Monday. 7 November. 2011. 9:30 am
The 3-day trade event was bigger and bolder than ever.
So much wine so little time!
This year’s Hong Kong International Wine and Spirits Fair was as fantastic as ever with partner country Italy really bringing a taste of their country to Hong Kong with their giant pavilion that really set the stage for the entire event.
The HKTDC will announce visitor numbers soon and we’ll update the story here but we enjoyed the amazing Gala Dinner put on by Italy and the numerous seminars and tastings put on across the 2-day trade, 1-day public event.
While it’s nice that the organizers of the Wine and Dine Festival, HKIWSF and Wine Future decided to plan their events one after another so people could stay for all of them – it’s still turned into a marathon of wine, food and spirits for almost 2 weeks.
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Friday. 4 November. 2011. 5:05 pm
The fair is back bigger than ever!
The Hong Kong International Wine & Spirits Fair kicked off yesterday at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC); with a record 934 exhibitors from some 37 countries and regions taking. The fair is now Asia’s biggest wine show in exhibitor numbers.
Opening the fair was Professor The Honourable K C Chan, SBS, JP, Secretary for Financial Services & the Treasury, The Government of the HKSAR. To help him with a ribbon cutting was Alessandra Schiavo, the Consulate General of Italy, this year’s wine fair Partner Country. After the ribbon cutting the VIP guest from both Hong Kong and Italy made their way up to the VinItaly Pavilion for a mini event kickoff that featured Kindergartners dressed as little chefs.
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Friday. 9 September. 2011. 10:34 am
A great turn-out for this year’s fair.
This year’s Restaurant & Bar Hong Kong 2011 fair at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre was a festival of sights, aromas, tastes and, of course, fountains of fine liquids that would make any party thrown by Bacchus pale in comparison. Well, if he partied in Hong Kong that is!
Fair-goers were treated to numerous varieties of fine wines from all over the world that would make any connoisseur swoon. For foodies, there were various stalls offering mouth-watering samples that made everyone come back for seconds and thirds.
But that wasn’t the only thing on offer at the fair as convention-goers could also look at furniture, catering devices and even Crocs! So, if you haven’t gotten yourself down to this year’s Restaurant & Bar Fair then hop in a cab right now before you miss out on all the fun.
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Tuesday. 7 June. 2011. 9:35 am
Records are broken again at this year’s HOFEX 2011.
The final tally has been added up and the results are in: HOFEX 2011 was a huge success with record-breaking results over the last show in 2009.
We can feel it too – Winebuzz.hk was launched at the 2009 HOFEX and we can see how big the industry has grown in two short years. 30,718 trade buyers visited HOFEX 2011 of which 30.27% are international buyers came from 85 countries and regions, together with numerous conference delegates, contestants and media, the show welcomed a total of 33,409 visitors!
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Wednesday. 18 May. 2011. 9:32 am
Italy is aggressive in promoting trade in Hong Kong and China.
We turned our HOFEX 2011 booth into a Winebuzz TV studio and invited the movers and shakers in the Hong Kong wine scene to talk about how they see the current status of wine culture in Hong Kong and what the future looks like.
The Italian Trade Commissioner Roman Baruzzi stopped by the Winebuzz.hk booth at HOFEX to talk about how Italy promotes in Hong Kong. With over 60 events a year and intimate knowledge of the inner workings of Hong Kong Chinese and Mainland tastes for Italian wine and to the new generation of wine drinkers.
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Friday. 13 May. 2011. 9:19 am
Day 2 completes as we head into Day 3.
After a thunderous rain burst this morning, now turning back to sunshine, we’re now starting our third day at HOFEX 2011 here in Hong Kong and it continues to be a strong event for the wine and food industries.
While we’re covering mostly the food and spirits portions of the show, the food booths from around the world are amazing.
Here is a photo gallery of some of the sights at Day 2 of HOFEX 2011:
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