CATEX 2023 launches with sustainability and innovation top of the bill
It just been announced that CATEX – Ireland’s greatest foodservice & hospitality party – is now confirmed for 21-23 February 2023 at the RDS Simmonscourt, returning to its regular biannual dates of early in the yr. Supported at the time once more by steadfast sponsors, Bunzl and Calor, the 2023 occasion is hoping to return to the thriving heights of 2019 when the expo welcomed its most significant-at any time attendance of 12,500 sector professionals who satisfied with 250+ exhibitors more than the a few-days.
A actual celebration of expertise, service, excellence and innovation inside foodservice and hospitality, CATEX is just one of Europe’s longest-running trade occasions that is very effectively-supported by the sector.
Owned and sent by IFSA (Irish Foodservice Suppliers Alliance), sustainability and innovation will be leading of the invoice at the 2023 function. The 2021 Bord Bia ‘Outlook on the Irish Foodservice Business Post Pandemic Foodservice Report’ observed that as the pandemic took hold, lots of foodservice and hospitality firms paused their initiatives in sustainability. Nevertheless, in its ‘Key Macro Traits to Watch in 2021 (and Over and above)’, the report notes a ‘Return to Sustainable Practices’ as a critical macro craze.
IFSA, in affiliation with its party companions, have determined sustainability, alongside innovation, as the big themes for CATEX 2023.
Commenting on plans for the 2023 celebration, the new Chair of IFSA, Alan Cruite, Common Supervisor of Trinity Acquiring Eire, element of the Avendra Team, an affiliate of Aramark, provides: “In 2021, we organised CATEX in document time – in just 12 weeks – and I’m unbelievably very pleased of my colleagues in IFSA for stepping up and presenting a system and party for our marketplace to arrive collectively for the duration of an unbelievably hard time. The supportive and large comments from the occasion cemented just how exclusive CATEX is to our marketplace.
“Looking ahead, we’re delighted to be getting into a brighter yr. Albeit there are continue to lots of challenges, nonetheless we’re established on planning CATEX 2023 to assure it provides some thing for everyone in the industry. It’s prolonged been recognised as the should-go to function for foodservice and hospitality, and we’re self-assured that CATEX 2023 will deliver remarkable value to each exhibitors and people as we shift forward.”
CATEX partners with foodservice and hospitality bodies to deliver an party that’s for market, supported by industry. Partners include things like Chef Network, Panel of Chefs, Speciality Espresso Association (Ireland chapter), Bartenders Affiliation of Ireland and the European Speciality Tea Affiliation.
Around the final 50 decades CATEX has recognized by itself as a important pressure in the hospitality and foodservice industries. By booking early, exhibitors can just take benefit of securing primary positioning and getting incorporated in the advertising marketing campaign in the operate up to the present.
Preserve the day in your diary. CATEX, an IFSA function, taking put from 21st– 23rd February 2023.
To obtain out far more about CATEX, be sure to contact Margaret Andreucetti at Eventhaus on (00353) 1 846 0020 or see www.CATEXexhibition.com.
CATEX – Ireland’s definitive foodservice celebration, 21st – 23rd February 2023.