Forbes Group goes to Dubai for Gulfood exhibition

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Forbes Group Ltd will be exhibiting for the first time under its new name in the middle east at the Gulfood Exhibition in Dubai from 21-24th February 2010.Forbes has in the past supplied hotels, conference centres and prestigious sporting venues in the UAE, Qatar, Oman and India.

Besides Forbes’ products including table skirting, conference cloth, restaurant skirting and hospitality furniture (such as robust but lightweight Alu-Lite tables and aluminium stacking chairs), Anna Smarzak from the UK office will be spreading the word of Forbes’ new textiles ranges including updated conference cloth designs, additional skirting styles and an entirely new range of soft furnishings and fabrics by the roll.

Forbes Group is keen to maintain customer contacts made at past exhibitions, to raise awareness of its change of name, and to show off the latest additions to its product range. Anna will be joining Forbes Group’s distributor in the region, Everstyle Trading LLC, on Stand E1-8 in Hall No. 1. She said: “This exhibition offers us an unparalleled opportunity to meet new and existing contacts, to form a better understanding of the market and the particular requirements of customers and designers in the region.”

If you are heading for Dubai, take a sneak preview of what Forbes Group has to offer at its brand new website at www.forbesgroup.eu , then head for Everstyle’s stand, E1-8 in Hall no. 1. Nearer to home, look out for Forbes at Hotelympia from 28 Feb- 4 March (Stand S1110).

Daniel Fountain / 04.02.2010

Editor, Hotel Designs

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