At the Union of Industrialists of Naples was held the press
conference to present the 44th edition of the fair Exposudhotel.
Moderator the journalist Daniele Trosino. Are intervened Gianni
Punzo, chairman of the CIS-Interporto Campano, Raffaele Cercola,
chairman of the Mostra d'Oltremare, Antimo Caputo, director of the
Young Entrepreneurs of Confindustria, and Francesco De Masi,
director of the Promhotel Italia.
Despite the crisis, 75% of exhibitors remains faithful to the
historic fair of the Ho.Re.Ca, but at low budget. 'A satisfactory
outcome', as announced by Francesco De Masi: 'The exhibitors have
shown their attachment to the fair, even if reducing the space of
30-50%. I Think that few people has understood the importance of
this sector: in Italy there are 136,426 bars, 122,326 restaurants,
21,000 pizzerias, 16,500 bakeries and 13,500 pastry. In Campania
1,700,000 coffee and more than 3 million meals per day consumed
outside the home (data FIPE 2009), with over 400 thousand employees
in the sector.
More than 20 thousand visitors expected, 130 exhibitors with 290
domestic and foreign brands, an exhibition area of 8,000 square
meters.
Among the novelties of this year the participation of a tunisian
delegation of Siher, fair of Tunis, the participation of FIPE of
Naples (Italian federation of public shops), and a full schedule of
events, competitions, contests and conferences.
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