Major food exposition coming to Las Vegas next March

Two commercialized amusement producers are partnering to nutrient a large nutrient exposition successful Las Vegas adjacent year.

Emerald Holding, Inc., which produces 10 shows annually successful Las Vegas — including the International Pizza Expo, the Las Vegas Antique Jewelry & Watch Show and the Sports Licensing & Tailgate Show — is teaming with Comexposium, a France-based amusement shaper that has events successful 30 countries, to bring SIAL America to the Las Vegas Convention Center March 22-24.

Representatives of Emerald Expositions, Comexposium and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority are giving details of the caller amusement successful a property league Tuesday. The 2021 International Pizza Expo, postponed from March due to the fact that of COVID-19 restrictions, opens its three-day tally astatine the Convention Center connected Tuesday.

SIAL, which stands for Salon International de L’Alimentation, is simply a web of 10 nutrient shows produced worldwide. It’s the world’s largest web of nutrient and portion fairs, and SIAL America volition beryllium the archetypal specified nutrient amusement produced successful the United States.

Typically, SIAL shows gully 16,000 exhibitors and 700,000 visitors from 200 countries. The shows see SIAL Paris, SIAL Canada Montreal, SIAL Canada Toronto, SIAL China, SIAL China South, SIAL Middle East, SIAL India, SIAL Interfood successful Jakarta, Indonesia, Gourmet Selection successful Paris and Djazagro successful Algeria.

“We are excited to invited SIAL America to Las Vegas for its inaugural amusement successful the U.S.,” Brian Yost, main operating serviceman for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority said successful a release. “SIAL’s accomplishment reinforces Las Vegas’ presumption arsenic a premiere culinary destination with world-class restaurants and eating experiences. We look guardant to providing the show’s organizers, exhibitors and attendees with an acquisition that tin lone beryllium recovered here.”

The SIAL America amusement successful March volition beryllium co-located with Emerald’s International Pizza Expo and International Artisan Bakery Expo. The amusement is expected to see products from respective nutrient categories, including grocery; beverages; seafood; meats; integrated and wellness; sweets and bakery; fruits and vegetables; dairy products; frozen foods; and snack foods.

“We are precise excited to spouse with Emerald to motorboat SIAL America,” SIAL Network Global CEO Nicolas Trentesaux said successful a release. “After establishing robust concern platforms successful Paris, Shanghai, Montreal and galore much cities astir the world, we program to bring a caller planetary nutrient accumulation to beingness successful Las Vegas to alteration broad sourcing of caller products. We look guardant to welcoming guests to stock our vision, and spark caller and breathtaking connections successful the nutrient industry.”

“This concern underscores the ever-increasing value of creating a azygous lawsuit for the nutrient industry,” added Jessica Blue, Emerald’s enforcement vice president of Emerald. “Emerald and Comexposium stock a imaginativeness of providing caller opportunities for our customers to turn and innovate, which is precise breathtaking for our manufacture arsenic a whole.”

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Contact Richard N. Velotta astatine rvelotta@reviewjournal.com oregon 702-477-3893. Follow @RickVelotta connected Twitter.