HISPEC 2015

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HISPEC 2015, the annual face-to-face forum focused on Hotel Interior Design/ Hospitality Interiors will take place in the Grand Hotel Dino***** in Lago Maggiore, Italy from 23-26 June.This event will hold the top Hospitality Interiors Industry’s Executives: Buyers, Specifiers, Manufacturers and Suppliers from Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Every year, more than 50 decision-makers buyers and specifiers meet and network, during 3 days, with suppliers for the industry in a different venue in the Europe, Middle-East and Africa region.

The buyers and specifiers that attend are from the main hotel chains or the design firms in charge of the largest hospitality projects, they are all carefully selected and have confirmed projects.

HISPEC is limited to a maximum of 175 participants and takes place behind closed doors -only registered buyers and suppliers can attend the event.

How does it work?
– 3 days
– Pre-scheduled face-to-face meetings
– Product exhibition in the meeting room (no stand)
– Entirely organised from beginning to end
– Networking and teambuilding activities
– Maximum attendance: 175 delegates
– The whole event is held behind closed doors

The advantages?
– Only decision makers attend
– You know beforehand who attends
– You can select the meetings according to your interests
– Get 1 year worth of work done in 3 days
– 50 potential clients at your fingertips
– They all have short, medium and long-term projects
– Meet key people who don’t attend other events or tradeshows
– You don’t have to travel all around EMEA: meet everyone in one point
– You establish personal relationships with all possible clients

The disadvantages?
– It involves an attendance cost
– 72 intensive hours of work
– Follow up work after the event
– ROI depends on you and your product
– You can’t exhibit as much product as in traditional tradeshows

For more information about how the event works and what delegates normally attend, you can watch last year’s video here:

For more information you can visit our website www.hispec.es, or send an email to Claudia Cherigny: Claudia@madisonevents.com

Daniel Fountain / 03.04.2015

Editor, Hotel Designs

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