Horeq 2007 presents a number of significant new features

HOREQ has launched a new business forum in order to target the equipment market for group concerns: CONTRACT VISION EATIN'OUT, the First International Convention for the Food Service Sector, will be staged to coincide with HOREQ The coinciding activities at HOREQ will be devoted to technology and training

With still five months to go before the staging of HOREQ 2007, the Hotel and Restaurant Equipment Show, IFEMA has begun to intensify its preparations for an intensive programme of complementary trade activities, which have been organised in coordination with the fair's Organising Committee and in collaboration with FEHR and CEHAT.

Between 24th and 27th November next, professionals from this industry will have access to a comprehensive exhibition programme, one that is characterised by the high quality and innovation of the products and services it presents, aimed especially at the world of hotel and catering.

First of all, the excellent business response at this edition has led to the creation of a new section of the fair for Spanish and foreign manufacturers of catering machinery and equipment, who will be able to exhibit their products in a special group area within the exhibition itself. 

Furthermore, under the heading of CONTRACT VISION, HOREQ will present a new business forum for the contract segment, which caters for the development and bright prospects of this channel. This market entails the provision of integral equipment for facilities of collective use. At CONTRACT VISION, the various different representatives of the contract segment, such as furniture manufacturers and distributors, textile companies, lighting companies, companies that design facilities, prescribing parties for equipment, etc., will define their products, as well as their volume and their characteristics. They will be brought together with a series of Spanish and international buyers for hotels, restaurants and convention centres, all within the framework of an area set aside for the contract trade, one that enables the two sides to exchange information and experiences.
 
The coinciding activities at HOREQ are aimed at businessmen and professionals from hotels and restaurants and will revolve around two basic themes: the technology that is available within the hotel and catering trade and the training of professionals in their different facets.

EATIN'OUT, the First International Convention for the Food Service Sector will coincide with HOREQ 2007 on 26th and 27th November. This meeting forum with a European scope is organised by IFEMA and promoted by the Spanish Federation for the Food and Drink Industry, FIAB, with the collaboration of MAPA, ICEX, FEHR, CEHAT, Promomadrid, Acex and Rabobank, represents an added value for HOREQ.

EATIN'OUT has been designed around three events: an Exhibition Area, a series of Trade Meetings and an International Seminar plus Workshops. It will be a business forum for food and beverage manufactures, and hotel and catering entrepreneurs.