Food, hospitality expo begins Feb 14

A three-day Food and Hospitality Bangladesh Expo 2019 will be organised in Dhaka starting February 14.

Bangladesh International Hospitality Association (BIHA) and Wem Bangladesh Limited under the supervision of Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation will organise the fair at International Convention City Bashundhara.

Around 70 exhibitors from seven countries, including India, Thailand, Malaysia, China, Italy and Spain, 150 brands and 200 international delegates will take part, organisers told a press conference at the Radisson hotel in Dhaka yesterday. 

The participants are representatives of hotels, restaurants, cafés, importers, distributors, housekeepers, spa specialists, architects and interior designers, hotel suppliers, chefs and government employees.

The fair is also going to have live shows such as chef challenges, workshops on food of different countries, roundtables with CEOs and job fairs.

Akhtaruz Zaman Khan Kabir, the Parjatan chairman; HM Hakim Ali, the BIHA chairperson, and Khandakar Ruhul Amin, chairperson of Bangladesh Restaurant Owners Association, attended the press conference.