Hotelex Shenzhen : Event Name
Category: Travel & Tourism Fairs
Event Date: 12 – 14 December, 2025
Frequency: Annual
Location: Shenzhen World Exhibition and Convention Center (SWCEC) – No.1 Zhancheng Road, Fuhai Street, Bao’an District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province 518103 China
Organizer: Sinoexpo Informa Markets International Exhibition Co., Ltd. – 8F, Urban Development International Tower, No. 355, Hongqiao Road, Shanghai 200030 China
Phone: +86 21 3339 2229
Email: Alex.Ni[at]imsinoexpo.com
Timings: 10:00 AM – 18:00 PM
Tickets: Visitor Registration Required – Click Here!
Hotelex Shenzhen 2024: Event Profile
As a benchmark brand exhibition in the hotel and catering industry, HOTELEX has accumulated more than 30 years of experience, bringing together more than 800,000 professional buyers, gathering high-quality resources from the entire industry chain, and creating a professional trade exchange platform. In 2023, HOTELEX moved to Shenzhen for the first time with the 7th Guangzhou Exhibition to deepen the resources in South China, successfully creating the HOTELEX Hotel and Catering South China Flagship Exhibition, bringing a more concentrated and professional one-stop procurement event for hotels and catering in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao region.
In 2023, HOTELEX moved to Shenzhen for the first time and won the first battle. With an exhibition area of 200,000 square meters, 1,500 high-quality exhibitors, and over 100,000 professional visitors, the exhibition demonstrated its determination to deepen the South China market. In 2024, the exhibition will be fully upgraded and the scale will increase by 50%. It will bring together high-quality resources from nine major sectors: coffee and tea, comprehensive beverages, comprehensive food, catering equipment, tabletop supplies, baked desserts and light meals, chain franchises and chain resources, comprehensive wines, and trendy toys. It will present the industry’s top event with a super-large exhibition scale of 300,000 square meters, and once again ignite the South China market!
The scale of the exhibition is growing year by year:
The scale of the exhibition and the number of exhibitors are increasing year by year
- As the flagship exhibition of HOTELEX in South China, it continues the high-end quality of the parent exhibition in Shanghai and penetrates into the huge hotel and catering market in South China. The exhibition area of 2024 HOTELEX Shenzhen will reach 300,000 square meters, bringing together 2,000 high-quality exhibitors from home and abroad in nine sub-categories represented by coffee and tea, beverages, and food, bringing more than 10,000 high-quality brand products. It will bring more industry resource exchanges to the catering market, with stronger visibility and wider purchasing scope. It is a must-win place for hotel and catering people!
The number of visitors has been growing year by year
- The first HOTELEX Shenzhen 2024 exhibition attracted more than 100,000 professional visitors and business negotiations, of which nearly 80% came from catering terminal channels represented by “restaurants”, “hotels” and “group catering supply”, and the number of visitors from channels such as “supermarket retail”, “e-commerce” and “importers and exporters” is also increasing year by year. As a professional business platform for hotels and catering, HOTELEX brings together high-quality buyers from all channels to promote face-to-face trade docking.
Highlights:
- 200,000+ Visitors
- 2,000+ Exhibitors
- 200,000 Exhibition Area
- 15+ Forums & Events
Eye-catching Events:
- China Barista Championship – Shenzhen Division
- China Brewers Cup – Shenzhen Division
- China Latte Art Championship – South China Division
- China Coffee Roasting Championship – South China Division
- Shanghai Fashion Drinks Competition – Shenzhen Division
- Shanghai Pizza Master Competition – South China Division
- Central Kitchen Construction and Development Summit Forum (Shenzhen)
- Shenzhen International Hotel & Catering Summit Series Forum
- World Bread Contest China Selection – Shenzhen Division
- All Star China Champion Show
Why Exhibit?
- HOTELEX series exhibition, as the industry barometer, has been deeply rooted in the industry for 30 years and has accumulated more than 800,000 buyer resources.
- Since HOTELEX GUANGZHOU took root in the South China market seven years ago, it has accumulated 3,000 exhibitors and more than 200,000 visitors, which has stimulated abundant market potential.
- Connexion·ShenZhen, built by Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets International Exhibition Co.,Ltd. a leading exhibition organizer in China, comprehensively extends the upstream and downstream of industry, gathers and empowers advantageous resources for the industry with a total scale of 300,000 m².
Key products to be presented at the Hotelex Shenzhen 2024:
- Kitchen equipment
- Tableware
- Catering ingredients
- Food
- Beverages
- Coffee & tea
- Ice cream equipment and materials
- Baking equipment and raw materials
- Alcoholic drinks
- Food & catering packaging
- Catering design and accessories
- Franchisees and catering investment
Why Visit Hotelex Shenzhen 2024?
- Shenzhen has been included in the golden development period driven by the “two zones” of the Greater Bay Area and Shenzhen’s leading demonstration zone, with an average annual growth of 7.1% in five years.
- HOTELEX promotes industry pioneers to base themselves on Shenzhen, radiate the Greater Bay Area, layout exhibition on South China and enjoy the dividends of regional market.
Exhibitors Profile:
- Bakeries
- Confectioneries
- Manufacturers & retailers
- Retail equipment & supplies
- Importers / distributors
- Hospitality / furnishing / accessories supplies
- Department stores / retail outlets
- Fast food outlets / dessert houses
- Drink importers / distributors / wholesalers
- Catering equipment importers / distributors
- Food manufacturers