‘4 Seoul International Food Industry Exhibition (SEOUL FOOD 2023, hereinafter referred to as Seoul Food 2023)’, Korea’s largest and one of Asia’s top four food industry exhibitions, will open at KINTEX in Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do on Tuesday, May 2023 and conclude on Friday, June 5. ) will be held over a 30-day schedule.
In this ‘Seoul Food 2023’ hosted by KOTRA, 30 companies from 1,500 countries will participate with 2,500 booths. This is a doubling of the number of companies and a 2% increase in the number of booths compared to last year, and is expected to provide a unique experience to visitors to the exhibition hall as well as opening up various sales channels in the domestic and overseas markets for those in the food industry.
‘Seoul Food 41’, which celebrates its 2023st anniversary this year, will be held by strengthening exchanges and cooperation between domestic and foreign food industry-related companies, as well as preparing a conference to discuss domestic and international food trends and insights and various programs to expand business networks. In particular, the Seoul Food Awards, which selects Korea’s outstanding food companies, is expected to develop into a global event by establishing a new food tech section and expanding the scope of opportunities for overseas participating companies to participate.
In particular, during the exhibition period, at KINTEX’s first exhibition hall, you can meet various food-related companies and contents, such as domestic and foreign food-related companies, as well as companies related to food equipment, food packaging, and safety devices related to food safety, as well as hotels and restaurants.
This year, opportunities for participating companies to expand exports and domestic sales channels will also be activated. In the case of the ‘Overseas Buyer Export Consultation’, which was previously held online and offline, overseas buyers with high purchasing power selected by KOTRA’s 129 overseas trade centers around the world are invited and will be held entirely offline. In addition, through the ‘Domestic Distribution Buyer Consultation’, we provide business expansion opportunities through consultations with buyers from domestic participating companies, large supermarkets, department stores, convenience stores, social commerce, and trade companies.
In addition, ‘Seoul Food 2023′ includes ▲’Live Commerce Sales Competition’, a live sales competition held by leading domestic sellers and global influencers, and ▲’SEOUL FOOD AWARDS 2023′, which discovers and awards excellent products at home and abroad. ▲We organized various programs such as the ‘Global Food Trend & Tech Conference’, which can share changing global food industry trends and innovation information, and the ‘Culinary Challenge’, a cooking competition, to promote the business of participating companies. We plan to provide a venue that can help.
Meanwhile, visitors who wish to participate in ‘Seoul Food 2023’, a venue for sharing global food industry information, can attend for free by pre-registering through the Seoul Food official website.
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