Madrid – This year, Italy steps into the limelight in full force at the International Salon of Club de Gourmets. The 30th edition of the leading Spanish professional exhibition dedicated to wine and typical food products will be held April 4-7 in the Ifema exhibition center of Madrid. More than 85,000 Spanish and international operators will visit the fair this year, along with 85 buyers from 22 countries invited by the organizers, who will take part in a total of 1,700 meetings with exhibitors. For this edition, the Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Spain (CCIS) will manage the 120sqm exhibition area that will house 11 producers and distributors of Italian products in Spain. In particular, Area Italia will showcase a number of representative products testifying to the variety and quality of Italian food: sausages, marmalades and hams, fresh and dried pasta, sweets, bakery products, olive oil and truffles. Regional specialties like wines, cakes and sausages from Sicily will be featured alongside gluten free products and special products for retail distribution and the HoReCa channel. Also for the first time, the exhibition space will display clothing products 100% made in Italy specifically designed for catering operators. (9Colonne)
