Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) authorities are positive a new fractional show style will certainly be the following stage of the annual Gulfood exhibition's evolution, as the program plans for the most significant layout shakeup in its highly effective 30-year background.

Opening tomorrow (Sunday, 26 February), Gulfood's five-day run is anticipated to attract as much as 90,000 food professionals, with some 5,000 plus exhibitors from 150 countries trying to getting a stake in a multi-billion- buck MENA F&B market. The show will certainly additionally encompass the world's biggest annual Halal food sourcing trade exhibition, Halal World Food.

And for the very first time, Gulfood will certainly showcase a segmented layout, with 8 specialized zones made to guarantee site visitors obtain one of the most from their check out by having the ability to rapidly connect with their priority manufacturers and vendors.

The eight dedicated segments at Gulfood 2017 are: Beverages; Milk; Fats & Oils; & Oils; Health, Wellness & Free-From; Pulses, Grains & Cereals; Meat & Poultry; Power Brands and World Food.

Spanning some 1,000,000 sq ft - the dimension of 17 football pitches - Gulfood 2017 will certainly occupy every inch of interior space throughout 19 DWTC halls, along with 2 purpose-built outside structures.

According to Trixie LohMirmand, Senior Vice President, Exhibitions & Events Management, DWTC, the 22 nd version of the program will place 'business initial' and retain its mantle as the world's biggest annual food and beverage trade. "We are certain the new fractional layout being piloted this year will certainly receive a favorable feedback offered that it has actually been made to conserve visitors time and cause enhanced performance. The new layout will also maintain Gulfood's continued development throughout all sections, from active ingredients to complete products," stated LohMirmand.

" All analyst projections for the region indicate sustained climbing need well right into the next years stimulated on by population development, altering dietary patterns and the region vast expanding retail and hospitality sectors. Regardless of adding our largest-ever array of new-to- program exhibitors this year, such is demand for room that we continue to have an extended waiting listing of exhibitors.

"This year's occasion caters to all food and beverage professionals from the entire industry eco-chain with unmatched fresh sourcing possibilities from the high percentage of new-to- market exhibitors and new-to-market products. The worldwide account of exhibitors makes this an absolutely global B2B platform, which offers access to companions that they would discover incredibly taxing and expensive to get to otherwise-- we are placing business initially at Gulfood," she added.

The geographic pull of the program is additionally broadening. This year Gulfood features 120 national structures with four nations - Azerbaijan, Finland, Malta and Somalia - represented for the first time. China, India, Italy, Spain, and the USA will certainly likewise install their biggest Gulfood structures to date. The international structures will certainly be up against a host of regional country promos, most especially from Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, and Morocco.

The exhibitor account is a genuine 'Who's Who' of the global food supply industry - from dairy products to oil producers, from grain farmers to the most recent in organics and healthy and balanced snacks. Literally hundreds of new product launches are aligned, with most signalling a seismic change in the nutritional routines of food buyers.

"This show is a pattern tracker. As a source of market knowledge, it's unbeatable. For those in the industry should remain ahead of the contour, it is vital to see. Times and hungers are changing and this is clearly reflected in elevated consumer emphasis being positioned on healthy and balanced eating with food provenance rising swiftly up the agenda," described LohMirmand.

Going back to Gulfood for a fourth consecutive year, Halal World Food will further seal its standing as the world's greatest annual Halal food sourcing trade show. More than 1,000 worldwide specialist Halal food brands and firms will certainly convene at Halal World Food 2017 advertising countless Halal products, from energy beverages, vegan and vegetarian foods, to meat and fowl, canned products, gourmet and great foods.

Among Gulfood's indisputable attracts is the yearly Emirates Culinary Guild International Beauty parlor Culinaire - the world's largest single-entry chef competition. The 2017 Hair salon Culinaire will certainly gather greater than 1,000 of the region's top specialist cooks, pastry chefs,, chefs and bakers for a collection of competitions examined by a panel of prominent specialists mandated by the World Association of Chefs Societies (WACS) to judge cooking events around the world.

Meanwhile, the 8th version of the Gulfood Innovation Honors will certainly identify and award best-in- class excellence and innovation across the region's food and drink industry. Split right into 20 categories, the highly-prestigious accolades are evaluated by a worldwide panel of independent industry professionals. The event will take place at the Conrad hotel on the night of Sunday 26 February.

Gulfood 2017 is a rigorous trade-only occasion and is open to business and trade site visitors. The show is open 11am-7pm from February 26 to March 1 and 11am-5pm on March 2. Site visitors could register on-site for entrance charge of AED350 (US$ 95).