The third edition of Kerala's premier hotel and bakery equipment exhibition, HotelTech 2009, wase held at the Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium,Kochi from May 22 to 24,2009 .Mr T.O. Sooraj, Director, State Industries Department, inaugurated the three-day HotelTech 2009

Organised by Indian Exhibition and Conference Services Pvt. Ltd (IECS), Hoteltech is Kerala's premier hotel and bakery equipment exhibition. The supporting agencies and event endorsers are the Department of Industries, Government of Kerala, Department of Tourism, Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI), Kerala Hotel & Restaurant Association(KHRA), the National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) and South Kerala Hoteliers Forum.

The second edition of the Culinary Challenge 2009 and Kochi Boat Show took place simultaneously. Chefs from across the country are being invited to take part in the Culinary Challenge 2009.

The three-day expo is designed to be a perfect meeting place for suppliers and buyers of products for the hotel industry. The exhibition had on display the best in food and beverages, spices, ingredients, additives, equipment for bakers, restaurants & supermarkets, hotel supplies and other services. The event offers an opportunity for the local hospitality and bakery sector in the State to identify suppliers related to their sector. The show also facilitated and provide national and local manufacturers an opportunity to meet-up with Hoteliers and Resort Owners from all over the State.

HotelTech 2009, Kerala, is exclusively held for the booming food and hotel industry. The expo  include concurrent conferences and one-on-one interaction for the benefit of the buyers and sellers. It was an ideal networking platform for national and international food & beverages suppliers and hotel suppliers to establish their presence in Kerala. The show  offers an ideal opportunity for hotel supplies, bakery equipment and hospitality providers to target the growing hospitality sector throughout Kerala.

The event is an ideal networking platform for national and international F&B suppliers & hotel suppliers.

The decision to conduct the event in the State was taken considering the reputation achieved by Kerala as one of the most popular tourist destinations in India. International tourist arrivals in the State stand at over 5 lakhs, while domestic tourist arrivals have crossed the 60-lakh mark. In spite of the global crisis in tourism, many international and local hotel chains are still investing in new hotel properties and upgrading existing ones in the State.

The organisers also decided to conduct Kerala Culinary Challenge this year also with the support of the Department of Tourism. The prime objective of Culinary Challenge is to establish a professional platform where culinary professionals across the State can display their individual and collective skills, creativity, learn and share experience, partner and network in a purely competitive and business like environment.

We were the on-line media partner of the event. The huge data source of Indian manufacturers, suppliers ,exporters, and importers listed in its CD Rom found its way into the hands of quality buyers. Tradeindia Representatives distributed them and interacted with whoever were keen to obtain information about the portal. Most of the visitors already knew about Tradeindia and they visited the Tradeindia's booth to collect the Cd Roms in order to know more about the sourcing destinations in India for the Hospitality and Bakery sector. The comprehensiveness of the CD_ROMs was also quite appreciated by the masses.The bright Tradeindia bags, hanging on the shoulders of majority of the visitors, served as the mode for carrying exhibition stuff.