TRADE FAIRS IN FEBRUARY, INTERGIFT WILL INTRODUCE IMPORTANT CHANGES The next year’s Intergift, the International Gift Fair, will take place in the Madrid fairgrounds from 3rd to 7th February, 2016, coinciding, as always, with Bisutex, the International Costume Jewellery and Accessory Fair, and Madridjoya, the International Urban and Fashion Jewellery and Watch Fair. Starting in 2016, the three fairs will change their location in the heart of the fairgrounds; according to the fair’s organizers, this will make it easier for professionals to get around. MICHELIN STARS WILL BE AT ALIMENTARIA After its success in its first year, 2014, The Alimentaria Experience will be one of the main attractions of Alimentaria 2016, which will be held from 25th to 28th April at the Barcelona fairgounds. CHICAGO’S IHHS WILL HAVE NEW SECTOR DIVISIONS IN 2016 The International Home + Housewares Show that is held every year in Chicago, Illinois, is preparing a new division of sector categories for 2016, as well as changes in its image, expressed in the new slogan «It’s smART.» HOST MILAN IS CONSOLIDATED IN 2015 With over 150,000 visitors, 40% of them international ones, Host2015 has confirmed Milan as the capital of the professional hospitality sector. The high rate of international participation has two merits, given that this year’s Fiera Milano had record attendance despite the difficult logistical situation created by how close it was to EXPO 2015. HOMI IS BACK IN JANUARY WITH MORE TALENT HOMI, the Lifestyle Fair of Fiera Milano, which will be held from 29th January to 1st February, 2016, is confirmed as a real breeding ground for trends, which has managed to discover creative talent where it is born, in design schools and high-quality craft labo-rato-ries, and where it is transformed into objects made by the companies participating in the event. VICRILA EXHIBITS IN CANCUN In its 19th year now, Cancun ExpHotel 2015 is a worldwide leader in hotel industry events, with the participation of 480 suppliers for the hospitality sector. The Spanish firm Vicrila had a stand, to show its customers and the general public its newly-launched products and other projects that the company has underway. ARAVEN COMPLETES ITS RANGE Araven has launched two new products on the market that complete its current supply of dispensers and containers for sauces and l iquids. They are a sauce dispenser and a container with a tap for liquids. Both allow the exact amount that you want to put in containers to be stored and distributed. And all of this while they reduce the level of waste and, like all Araven products, offering every hygiene-safety guarantee. ARCOROC, THE OFFICIAL TASTING CUP AT FVAM 2015 Arcoroc’s Lineal collection has been chosen as the official wine-tasting cup of the FVAM, the Mediterranean Food and Wine Fair, which was held in the Torremolinos Convention Centre from 28th to 30th November. The fair brought together vineyards from over 40 denominations of origin and food and wine-growing regions, and wellknown figures from the world of gastronomy, sommeliers, and restaurants all over the world came together there. OPINION PROFESSIONAL DISTRIBUTION FACED WITH THE CHANGES IN THE SPANISH HOTEL SECTOR, by Álvaro Burgos, Makro Housewares Purchaser The Spanish hospitality sector is undergoing a very fast-paced process of change. In a very short period of time, trends that have been hinted at in previous years and new proposals imported from other markets are being consolidated in our country’s bars and restaurants. We can say that today’s cooking is more social, more democratic, more innovative from the traditional, more hybrid, and more intelligent. 73 - menaje abstracts inglés VELF.pmd 15/12/2015, 17:05 3
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