New Delhi:
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Hotel
Association of India (HAI), in association with the Hotel
and Restaurant Equipment Manufacturers Association (HOTREMAI)
of India are organising the third Hotelequip India to be
held in New Delhi from the 5 to 8 January 2002. Minister
of Transport, Tourism and Power Ajay Maken will inaugurate
the exhibition.
Hotelequip is an international exhibition of equipment and
services for hotels, resorts and restaurants, bakery and
catering sectors. The four-day exhibition to be held at
Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, would be spread over an area
of 10,000 sq mtrs with more than 250 exhibitors displaying
their products. More than 300 different product categories
would be displayed in the exhibition.
The exhibition would attract visitors from different hotels,
resorts, restaurant professionals and trade delegates from
all over the world especially from the SAARC region, Far
Eastern and Middle Eastern and African countries and the
US. A large number of professionals from the hospitality
industry is likely to take an active part in the fair. Over
50,000 visitors are expected to visit the exhibition.
One of the special events of the exhibition will be the
buyer-seller meet between suppliers and top-hotel brasses,
suppliers and professionals from hospitals, railways and
canteen. In addition to these meetings, a conference of
purchase managers of hotels and restaurants will also be
held.
Some of the 300-product category to be displayed at the
exhibition are air-conditioning and refrigeration system,
air and water pollution control, architecture and landscaping,
bakery equipment, crockery and cutlery, electrical appliances,
food and beverages, housekeeping equipment, glass and glassware,
kitchen and catering, interior design and accessories, laundry
equipment, safety and security systems, swimming pool equipment,
toilet fittings and toiletries, vacuum cleaners and water
purification systems and others.
The show is actively supported by the Association of Resource
Company for the Hospitality industry, the Society of Indian
Bakers and Indian Culinary Forum. Concurrent to Hotelequip
India, CII and ICF, in association with the National Council
of Hotel Management and Catering Technology, the ministry
of tourism and the Hotel Association of India, are also
organising Culinary Art India.
Besides endeavouring to showcase to the world culinary expertise
of Indian chefs and establishing gastroomy as a rewarding
career, Culinary Art also attempts to upgrade and highlight
the culinary standards of the young chefs. Over 150 chefs
from all over the world are expected to participate in the
contest.
Since suppliers and manufacturers in the hospitality industry
suffer from very little exposure to end-users of their products,
CII believes that events such as Hotelequip would help in
bridging the gap by bringing together on one platform the
largest cross-section of the hotel industry from across
the globe.
The meet will also provide an ideal launch pad for bringing
together different players in the hospitality industry and
provide the consumer a direct contact with the entire spectrum
of the service sector.
 The
previous show of Hotelequip India had achieved tremendous
success for the hospitality industry in India. The show
has graduated to a major show by diversifying into bakery
equipment and has become the first ever hospitality-centric
exhibition in India, presenting the best in the hotel industry.
According to CII, the hotel industry in India is expected
to experience a major boom in the next five years with the
arrival of the foreign tourists to India projected
to rise to 5 million and domestic tourists to 200 million
from the 2.6 million foreign tourists and 170 million domestic
tourists at present. This means that the existing infrastructure
facility has to be upgraded with addition to new capacity.
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