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FOOD BUSINESS MEETINGS TAVOLA 12 th March 2012. TAVOLA show – basic information. Sector : fine food and fresh products Dates : from 11 th to 13 th March 2012 (every 2 years) Place : “Kortrijk- Xpo ” in Kortrijk (BE)
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TAVOLA show – basic information • Sector : fine food and fresh products • Dates : from 11th to 13th March 2012 (every 2 years) • Place : “Kortrijk-Xpo” in Kortrijk (BE) • Meeting point of all professionals of the fine fresh food sector in the Benelux and Northern France. • leading position as the exclusive business forum for the retail food sector and the large catering organizations. • The organizers apply extremely high quality standards when approving applications from candidate exhibitors at their event, and this ensures that there is always a unique specialist range of top quality food products on show each time round.
Tavola show – facts & figures 2010 • 11 041 m² of exhibition • 395 exhibitors: • 64% are Belgium-based businesses • 36% are from 11 different countries (FR, NL, LU, UK, DE, IRL, IT, SP, AUS, PL, USA) • Sectors:
Tavola show – facts & figures 2010 • 18 000 professional visitors (+2.3%) • from 24 countries - largely from Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxemburg and northern France. • Exhibitors considered that both the number and quality of the visitors were high. • Profile of trade visitors from retail and catering organizations: • Buyers from large retail distributors (central purchasing organizations, hypermarkets, supermarkets) and medium-sized distributors • Wholesalers(for retail and for the catering industry), distributors, import/export businesses • Managers from small supermarkets and retailers: delicatessen businesses, caterers, butchers, dairies, fishmongers, drinks and beverages retailers, greengrocers, chocolate shops, etc. • Buyers from catering businesses More info : www.tavola-xpo.be
FOOD Business MEETINGS • International matchmakingevent B2B • Date: Monday 12th March 2012 (duringTavola show) • FREE PACKAGE offered to participants, includes: • Signing-up for business meetings during the day on 12th March 2011 from 10.30 am until 6pm • Up to 12 meetings (of 30 minutes), selected and organized according to your choices • Free access to the event and exhibitors • Free lunch on 12th March 2012 • An invitation to the international drinks event (Monday 12th March 2012, from 6pm) • + OPTIONAL: for people arriving on the 11th March: dinner + room (place and price to beconfirmed, negociationwithhotels in progress) More info : www.tavola-xpo.be
FOOD BUSINESS MEETINGS • Places: room 3 in the Meeting Center of Kortrijk-Xpo (next to hall 6) + on the exhibitors’ stand
FOOD BUSINESS MEETINGS • Partnerships/B2B matching: • Technological • Commercial • Communication: • SpecialWebsite*: http://www.gie-eicwallons.be/v2/page.php?&eventId=45&languageId=2 • Invitation to companies • (e-)mailing from EEN partners to their « clients » • Negociation in progresswith the show organisator in order to integrate • News in Tavola’s newsletter • 1 push button on Tavola’s home page leading to the specialwebsite • 1 option on the sign-up form for Tavola’svisitors. * still in progress, logos of partners and final information shouldbeadded. Suggestions are welcome!
FOOD BUSINESS MEETINGS • Planning
FOOD BUSINESS MEETINGS • Planning
FOOD BUSINESS MEETINGS • EEN partnershipsfor thisevent: • EEN Wallonia (BEP) – BE • EEN Flanders (AO) – BE • EEN Brussels ? • Others? • Partnershipswithotherprojects: • CTE GO-KMO (Interreg IV A France-Wallonia-Flanders, gathering 14 Belgian and French economic institutions) : offers stands to companies on the « Village Gourmet Transfrontalier » withspecifictariffs, services and animations (hall 4) • 2Sea trade (Interreg IV A Kent-Flanders-SW Holland-Nord-Pas de Calais) : offers free stands for some UK companies (hall 4)