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PRESS INVITE: Casual Dining 2014

Welcome to Casual Dining – the new trade event for the UK’s £6.7bn casual dining sector.  With exhibition space now sold out and thousands of buyers already pre-registered, the show is all set for a successful first edition at the Business Design Centre in London on 26-27 February.

Catering specifically to the business needs of casual dining restaurant and pub operators, the event will feature 120 founding exhibitors showcasing an innovative choice of food and drink, equipment, interior design, furniture, technology and table top.  

Follow the links below to view a selection of exhibitor show highlights introducing some of the latest new products at this year’s event:

Food & Drink: http://www.casualdiningshow.co.uk/new-food-drink-launches-at-casual-dining-2014 
Equipment, tabletop & technology: http://www.casualdiningshow.co.uk/equipment-brands-announce-new-products-for-casual-dining-2014

The free Keynote programme includes sessions by Pizza Hut Restaurants’ CEO Jens Hofma, Loungers’ MD Alex Reilley, and an illustrious CEO panel debate featuring Yo! Sushi’s Robin Rowland, Simon Kossoff from Carluccio’s, Living Ventures’ co-founder Tim Bacon, Ian Neill, chairman of Las Iguanas, and CGA Peach’s VP Peter Martin.  

Plus there’s also the announcement of the winners of the new Casual Dining Interior Design Awards (chaired by David Worthington). 

To apply for a press pass, please email your details to ejones@divcom.co.uk before 25 February, alternatively register for a free trade visitor pass at www.eventdata.co.uk/Visitor/CasualDining.aspx?AffiliateCode=PR4.

While pre-registration is not mandatory for press, it will enable fast track entry.  Trade visitors are advised to register in advance however, as a £20 door charge will apply on the day. 

Please note: 

  • This is a TRADE ONLY EVENT. 
  • Additional details may be requested to verify journalistic activity and all press passes are issued at the management’s discretion. Marketing/advertising, sales, PR representatives, publishers, and other non-editorial professionals of media organisations are NOT eligible for press passes. 
  • Film crews will not be admitted into the event without prior authorisation from the show organiser.

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Topics

  • Food, Drink
  • Gastronomy
  • New products, services
  • Food industry
  • Gastronomy
  • Alcoholic beverages

Categories

  • casual dining
  • casual dining show
  • casual dining design awards
  • commercial interior design
  • pub food
  • bar food
  • managed pub restaurants
  • branded restaurants
  • pub chains
  • multiple restaurants
  • food
  • drink
  • alcoholic beverages market
  • soft drinks
  • foodservice disposables
  • foodservice equipment
  • catering supplies
  • epos
  • catering and restaurants
  • catering software
  • business services
  • tabletop
  • washerwares
  • tableware
  • kitchen appliances
  • trade event
  • pizza hut restaurants
  • carluccios
  • yo! sushi
  • loungers
  • gastronomy
  • eating out
  • dining
  • contract caterers
  • chefs
  • food buyers

Diversified Communications UK Ltd (Diversified UK) is a fast growing trade event organiser and publisher based in Brighton and Nailsworth (Glos).  Diversified UK’s portfolio includes office*; SITS – The Service Desk & IT Support Show; Casual Dining (new for 2014); lunch! (winner of Best Marketing Campaign of the Year at the Association of Event Organisers Excellence Awards in 2012, and Best UK Trade Show Exhibition (under 2,000sqm) in 2010 & 2011); camexpo; Natural & Organic Products Europe; Nordic Organic Food Fair & Natural Products Scandinavia in Malmö, Sweden; Geo Business (new for 2014); Ocean Business (including Offshore Survey Conference & Ocean Careers); MARELEC Marine Electromagnetics conference; Natural Products magazine; and the Natural Beauty Yearbook.

Diversified UK is part of Diversified Communications, a leading international media company with a successful portfolio of sector leading exhibition, conferences, publications and websites.

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    All eyes will be on London next month as Casual Dining, the UK’s new trade event for the casual dining sector, launches into action on 26-27 February. Already supported by a host of industry big hitters, the latest speakers to confirm are Robin Rowland, CEO of Yo! Sushi, Simon Kossoff, CEO of Carluccio’s, Tim Bacon, MD of Living Ventures, and Ian Neill, chairman of Las Iguanas.

  • Casual Dining Interior Design Awards finalists announced

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  • Casual Dining 2014: Exhibitor show highlights

    With exhibition space on the verge of selling out and thousands of buyers already pre-registered, Casual Dining – the new trade event for the UK’s £6.7bn casual dining sector, is all set for a successful first edition at the Business Design Centre in London on 26-27 February. The following is just a selection of some of the latest product innovations that will be on show later this month.

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    With food sales becoming an increasingly important income stream for the UK’s pub and bar sector, operators looking to expand their menu offering will find a host of new ideas at next month’s Casual Dining trade show. Taking place at the Business Design Centre in London, on 26-27 February, the new launch is now just five stands away from selling out of all exhibition space.

  • New Casual Dining Keynotes to feature who’s who of the sector

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