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Article: GOURMET SHOW GAINS SCOPE, IMPORTANCE.
- Article from:
- HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network
- Article date:
- February 15, 1999
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NEW ORLEANS-The scope and size of the 23rd annual Gourmet Products Show will expand in 1999 with the Show's move to New Orleans from San Francisco.
The move comes at a time when foreign attendance at the Gourmet Show is up, doubling over the past few years. Now, foreign retail buyers are expected to make up nearly 10 percent of the 9,000 buyers anticipated to attend this year's show, to be held May 16 to 19 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.
Due to an increase in the number of new exhibitors, as well as many returning exhibitors expanding their booth space, the Gourmet Products Show anticipates nearly 285,000 net square feet of exhibit space -- ...