Saudi Gazette SAUDI Arabia's 22nd International Event for Food, Beverages and Catering, Hotel Equipment, Supplies and Services expects 8,000 trade visitors during the four-day exhibition. More than 300 companies from 14 countries are participating in the largest food, beverages and hospitality event in the Saudi Arabia, whose food imports are projected to 31.1 million MT in 2019, showing an annual average growth of 3.0% since 2014. Running from April 23-26 April at Jeddah Center for Forums and Events, the show is the biggest in Saudi Arabia, leveraging its regional influence to highlight the latest trends, innovations and developments in the industry. Saudi Food, Hotel & Hospitality Exhibition offers the ideal platform for all sectors of the food, hotel and hospitality industry to both showcase and source products and services for the region's markets. This year Saudi Food, Hotel & Hospitality Exhibition features national pavilions and individual companies from Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Morocco, Poland, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey and UAE. The event will gather a number of the city's top professional chefs, pastry chefs, cooks and bakers for Jeddah Open Cooking Championship & Art de Table competition adjudicated by a panel of renowned experts mandated by the World Association of Chefs Societies (WACS). Commenting on this year's exhibition, Zahoor Siddique, vice president of Al Harithy Company for Exhibitions (ACE), said, "At a time when the food and hospitality sectors continue to flourish, the annual Saudi Food, Hotel & Hospitality event provides a valuable sourcing opportunity for the products and services catering to the food and hospitality industries, ranging from the finest and most unique food ingredients, to food service, kitchen and catering equipment and hotel amenities." Mohammad Bin Abdullah Al-Omari, director general of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage - Makkah Al Mukarramah Region, will inaugurate the show on Sunday.
