Rimini, 27th February 2013 – 53,115 trade visitors, 7,000 business meeting with international buyers, 357 journalists accredited, top award-winning chefs: from Davide Oldani to Massimo Bottura, Sergio Mei to Marco Sacco and Andrea Aprea; from the hospitality design world, such as Simone Micheli and Ettore Mocchetti, Massimo Roy and Maurizio Papiri; from the hotel sector, with delegates from the EHMA and ADA; the wine world, such as sommelier Luca Gardini and journalism (including Enzo Vizzari and Davide Paolini), who met the public and anticipated future trends.
This, summed up in a few figures, was the first edition of RHEX, Rimini Horeca Expo, the new event focussed on the Hotel-Restaurant-Catering/Café (HoReCa) sector, conceived by Rimini Fiera to highlight the experiences of the previous SIA Guest and Sapore expos, and which ended yesterday at the halls of the Rimini Expo Centre. The expo, which ran from Saturday 23rd to Tuesday 26th February, hosted chefs, wholesalers, food & beverage managers, barmen, hoteliers, architects, buyers and public venue owners, who expressed their appreciation of the format, which combines the catering and hospitality sectors.
RHEX features and stands out as an international appointment able to bring together under one roof not only products, but also and above all cultural initiatives: success stories, exhibitions with new formats, contests and professional updating for all categories under the banner of innovation, solutions and market trends, thus offering an incredible showcase for exhibitors from the hotel, hospitality, catering and entertainment industries. Plus tasting sessions, debates, conferences, round tables, exciting talk shows and memorable international events. Presentations of new professions and new trade associations, studies of best practices worldwide, new business projects and important protocols for hotel sustainability.
International business was successful, thanks to the attendance of hundreds of foreign buyers from Australia, Saudi Arabia, Belarus, Bosnia, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Arab Emirates, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Latvia, Luxemburg, Morocco, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine and Hungary, with top level managers (it is sufficient to mention for the contract sector the purchase manager of the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Doha – Qatar, for the food sector the representative of China’s Goodwell China Marketing Service Co. and for the wine trade the exponent of the Brasile Italian Wine Selection), attracted by the expo that put on show the best of eating out, hospitality design and food & beverage sectors, with real Italian-made excellence.
The next edition of RHEX will be held in February 2014.
All this edition’s press releases are available in the Press area of the Web site www.rhex.it
