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07-10 February 2025

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Thousands of high profile visitors at HORECA 2019!

126,000 visitors from 50,122 businesses visited HORECA 2019, confirming it’s role as the leading international exhibition for the provisioning and equipment of Hospitality and Foodservice companies.

For four consecutive days, 14th HORECA was a vibrant commercial forum, where 550 exhibitors had the opportunity to do business contacts with old but also with potential customers of great quality and quantity. From their part, the thousands of hospitality professionals who flooded the Halls of the exhibition expressed their absolute satisfaction with the volume, variety, quality and innovation of the exhibits, but were also impressed by the original ideas and interesting proposals presented in special events.

For one more year, an increased turnout of hoteliers and entrepreneurs from the cafeteria market, chiefly executives, reflects the obvious business and investment interest that exists for these industries, thus confirming that HORECA responds to the real needs of the two main pillars of the Greek economy: Tourism and Catering and is a key “helper” in the development and promotion of the Greek tourist product. The 14th HORECA, with an incredibly high-profile professional audience, gathered thousands of professionals within four days, proved to be the most important commercial forum in our country and confirmed for another year that it is one of the few trade shows that can be proven to guarantee the commercial success of its exhibitors.

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Massive was the attendance of hoteliers from all over the country at the 8th Annual General Assembly

With the unprecedented participation of more than 1,000 hoteliers, the 8th Annual General Assembly of the Greek Chamber of Hotels in HORECA 2019 took place. The Annual General Assembly took place on Friday, February 8, during which the President of the Hellenic Parliament, Alexandros Vasilikos, referred to vision and strategy of the IEE, underlining that “Keeping Greek Tourism high is the big challenge ahead of us.”

From left to right: The members of the board of HCH, Mr. Alexandros Vasilikos- President of HCH.

The special events gained the attention of the visitors

Hundreds of professionals from every corner of Greece filled the premises of the 14th HORECA parallel events that covered every aspect of modern gastronomy, cafeterias and digital marketing. From early in the morning to the closing of the exhibition, hundreds of visitors flocked to the specially designed spaces of parallel events to watch the HORECA 2019 thematic program of events with unparalleled interest. Contests, seminars, interactive shows, live cooking shows and exciting happenings the interest of business visitors for another year!

Significant commercial gain for exhibitors and visitors

For yet another year, exhibitors express complete satisfaction with their participation in HORECA 2019 and their intention to take part in the trade show in 2020 as well. The results of the survey confirm HORECA as the largest and most important trade show for the provisioning and equipping of Hospitality and Foodservice companies in Greece. But also, HORECA 2019 visitors express utter satisfaction with their experience, praising both the level of the event as well as the variety and quality of its exhibits.

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