New York’s International Restaurant and Food service Show and Health Expo Postponed to an In-Person 2022 Event

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After conferring with the New York and tri-state restaurant and foodservice community, and based on the feedback, Clarion Events Food & Beverage Group has announced that the 2021 International Restaurant & Foodservice Show of New York and Healthy Food Expo NY will not be held in July at the Javits Center in New York City. Instead, the next in-person event will now be held at the Javits Center March 6-8, 2022.

A Deeply Deliberated Decision

As the industry starts to come out of the year-long impact of the global pandemic, the group has been in close contact with hundreds of their exhibitors, sponsors, speakers and their association partner and they have all reported that they are not ready for a large-scale, live event in the second half of 2021. The consensus ruled that they are looking forward to gathering in person with their peers in March 2022. This was announced by Tom Loughran, Vice President, Clarion Events Food & Beverage Group. He also added, “Although disappointed, our events are here to support the industry as a partner, and we know this is the right decision for our community. And overwhelming support from the vendor community for the 2022 event points to a strong return to a live event in March.”

Digital Connections

According to Loughran, feedback from customers helped to refocus the event in order to meet the changing needs of the foodservice community. He also added, “One of those significant changes is an all-new education program through our new partner, EventEd. The restructured program will bring the best of curated content for all visitors through four new Educational Summits, for independents, foodservice, chains, and retail – and will make this a ‘must-attend” event. In the meantime, based on conversations with the foodservice community, we will continue to support the operator need for education and networking and will continue to provide year-round opportunities for foodservice professionals to connect virtually through our Digital Forums, a robust on-demand webinar library, and late 2021, a new national digital event.”