Hostex 2028

How it compares

Hostex is the Johannesburg option for buyers whose shopping list crosses kitchen equipment, drinks, furnishings and operating systems. It brings the foodservice supply chain together with chef and coffee communities, giving a restaurant or catering business several reasons to attend the same fair. Its biennial rhythm also makes it a different planning commitment from a regular regional supplier visit.

For a hotel refurbishment or guestroom purchasing project, Hotel & Hospitality Expo Africa puts more weight on hotel operations, facilities, bedding and hospitality technology. Its Cape Town setting is useful for buyers working in the Western Cape, and its African hotel audience gives suppliers a route into accommodation businesses. The overlap with Hostex is strongest in catering equipment and hospitality systems; the balance shifts toward rooms and property operations.

Anuga Select South Africa is a broader food and beverage sourcing platform in Cape Town. Retailers, importers, wholesalers and distributors sit alongside hospitality buyers in its target audience. Choose it when the central question is which food brands, ingredients or distribution partners to bring into a market. Hostex makes more sense when those products must be considered together with the kitchen, beverage service and systems that will use them.

Hostex is the right Johannesburg trip for hospitality operators who buy across the kitchen, beverage counter and the systems that keep the business running.

Who exhibits

BCE Foodservice Equipment, Robot-Coupe and Scotsman Ice Systems sit alongside ButtaNutt, Cloud Nine & Rest Assured, Cosoft and Gaap point of sale in Hostex’s supplier mix. Those names capture the fair’s range from food preparation and beverage service to guest comfort and day-to-day operations. The combination is particularly relevant to operators who are replacing equipment while also reviewing what they serve and how they run the business. Country pavilion entries add an international sourcing strand to the South African supplier base.

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Hostex 2028

Hostex 2028 centers its offer on five categories, with technology and sustainability taking a visible place beside the kitchen and food supply. The technology range includes digital check-in, mobile ordering, inventory control and automation. Sustainability brings packaging, water use, energy management and waste reduction into the same purchasing conversation. Contract furnishing covers guest amenities as well as furniture, lighting and linen, extending the fair’s relevance beyond food preparation to the spaces where customers stay and eat.

• For a restaurant systems review, connect Technology Africa’s POS, mobile ordering and inventory offer with Equipment Africa’s cooking and cleaning range; assess where the two need to work together in your own operation.
• For a hotel refresh, compare Contract Furnishing Africa’s linen, lighting and guest amenities with Sustainability Africa’s water and energy solutions, so room improvements and resource use are considered together.