The food, drinks and hospitality tradeshow boasts of leading players in food, bakery, drinks, kitchen equipment, crockery, cutlery, housekeeping, technology solutions, furniture, and several others. The business platform is showcasing more than 200 brands, 500 product categories and is open to hotels, restaurants, caterers, bakeries, shacks, hospitals, retail, etc
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PANAJI
Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar on Thursday inaugurated the 31st edition of the Food Hospitality World (FHW) expo at Dr S P Mukherjee Indoor Stadium in Bambolim. Chef Ranjeet Pandey, president, Goa Culinary Forum and Mohan Deshpande, president, Hospitality Purchase Managers’ Forum were also present.
The ongoing edition of FHW will be held till June 3. The event features over 5,000 product categories, over 300 international brands, alongside more than 7,000 industry professionals.
FHW will have live workshops like ‘3D Cake Art’ by Dubai-based cake artist Vinita Lobo and ‘Apple Mania’ using Washington Apples by Chef Gangadhar Bahera, executive sous chef, Cidade De Goa.
There will be culinary competitions like Mixology Championships, Culinary Challenge of Goa and Professional Housekeepers’ Challenge.
Speaking on the occasion, Ajgaonkar said, “Goa is a beautiful destination, naturally blessed with beaches and also known for its churches and good food. As FHW has international participants from Russia and Belarus as well, it will help in putting Goa on the global hospitality and tourism map.”
Govt to promote MICE tourism: Ajgaonkar
PANAJI: Goa is a famous destination in India for MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) tourism, as the state hosts a number of such events annually. But now, it seems that the state government is keen on promoting Goa as a destination for international events as well.
Tourism minister Manohar Ajgaonkar laid emphasis on promoting Goa as an international destination for exhibitions and fairs to boost tourism and hospitality.
MICE tourism attracts tourists in large numbers typically as corporate teams. Therefore, such kind of tourism helps in improving occupancy rates of hotels, besides improving Goa’s image as a tourism destination.
Ajgaonkar said, “It will be the endeavour of the state government through the Department of Tourism to provide the right infrastructure and platform for MICE tourism in Goa, where such mega exhibitions and fairs of national and international repute are held for the benefit of Goa’s tourism stakeholders.”
