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Total Visitors to the Exhibition & Conference in London Exceeded 10,000 |
LONDON - Feb. 11, 2002-- In a year marked by declining travel and attendance
at industry tradeshows and conferences, Accuvia Events ("Accuvia"), the
International Hotel & Restaurant Association ("IH&RA") and FreshRM,
today announced that the HOSTEC - EURHOTEC Exhibition & Conference
("HOSTEC - EURHOTEC") exceeded all attendance expectations and hit a new
record for a global Hospitality and Foodservice Industry technology event.
Co-located with Hotelympia, the leading general hospitality exhibition at Earl's Court from February 4th to 8th , there were more than 80 technology exhibitors and more than 7,000 operator attendees that specifically came to visit HOSTEC-EURHOTEC 2002. Combined with the general attendees from Hotelympia, the estimated total visitors to the HOSTEC-EURHOTEC exhibition area exceeded 10,000. HOSTEC-EURHOTEC, a joint-venture between Accuvia, the IH&RA and
FreshRM, had four main components to the event which included an exhibition,
conference, networking opportunities and the IH&RA Hospitality and
Foodservice Technology Summit. The Educational Conference featured 26 sessions
and more than 40 speakers made up of industry leaders, consultants and
educators from around the world.
Robert Grimes, the Chairman of Accuvia remarked that, "The attendance
at this year's event, proves that the merger between the two shows was
the way to go. It also shows that the international hospitality and foodservice
technology community acknowledges the need for events of this type in their
own regions of the world. No other event aimed at technology for our industries
can meet the specialized interests and needs of the Pan-European marketplace
better than HOSTEC-EURHOTEC."
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HOSTEC-EURHOTEC Michael Schirrmacher, Event Manager Tel: +44 (0)20 7886 3051 [email protected] |