EquipHotel Paris is returning and will take place from 6 to 10 November 2022 in Paris, at Porte de Versailles.
As the leading international BtoB tradeshow for hotel and restaurant professionals, EquipHotel showcases the latest innovations, products and services from over 1,200 French and international exhibitors. For 5 days, professionals from the hospitality industry will be able to meet, discover a wide range of practical and concrete solutions, talk with new suppliers and find out more about the sector through conference sessions, workshops, master classes, competitions, displays, experiences and more.
“This year’s event will feature sustainability, attractiveness, digital, layout and well-being.“
Béatrice Gravier,
show director – EquipHotel Paris
For this latest edition, EquipHotel is focusing on conscious hospitality. Hotel and restaurant guests want to feel reassured, stay connected while getting a change of scenery, and enjoy sustainable and responsible services. People are looking for more environmentally friendly dynamics. Local food and activities, slow tech and slow living, energy saving and soft mobility approaches are new assets for establishments where the guest experience is everything.
``Two major & beneficial economic events for the Hotel & Tourism industry will take please in the upcoming years in France, the World Rugby Cup (2023) & Olympic Games 2024.``
The employee experience is also becoming a priority. Attractiveness, team spirit, inclusion, and employee retention are at the heart of a hotel or restaurant’s organisation. “Society is evolving. So are behaviours and jobs. We need to adapt. This November, EquipHotel will therefore increase the number of discussions and perspectives from experts to help hotel and restaurant professionals anticipate these changes, handle them and overcome them,” explains Béatrice Gravier, Director of the show and of the Hospitality & Food division at RX France.
Interiors Pick: France will welcome a lot of major events by 2024, what will it bring to the French Hospitality industry?
Béatrice Gravier: Two major & beneficial economic events for the Hotel & Tourism industry will take please in the upcoming years in France, the World Rugby Cup (2023) & Olympic Games 2024. With 15 to 20 millions of expected visitors from all around the world and €8,1 BILLION expected median economic impact for the tourism industry (including hotels). The Hospitality industry is getting back on his feet with 299,208 rooms opening planned in Europe including 17,400 rooms in France by 2023. Refurbishments, constructions & new concepts are currently under conception, for EquipHotel 2022 the hotels will enter the final stretch and begin the development and programming of their living spaces.
``We’re heading to a Hospitality that will be more conscious. It will be a way of thinking of an establishment as a place of life.``
Interiors Pick: How do you see Parisian & French Hospitality evolving?
Béatrice Gravier: We’re heading to a Hospitality that will be more conscious. It will be a way of thinking of an establishment as a place of life,” it’s important to think of the word “life” in the plural, “because customers expect professionals to provide spaces not only for sleeping, lunching or dining, but also for working, meeting, relaxing, recharging their batteries, and immersing themselves in a local culture or nature.
Interiors Pick: In April 2021 you’ve launched eh! ONLINE a digital platform, how do you see the role of eh! ONLINE and the platform targets for the future?
Béatrice Gravier: We’ve launched eh! ONLINE to create a digital community and provide continuous access to products and services from French and international suppliers as well as exclusive industry content.
We had a very good reception from the industry professionals and as we are nearly approaching the one year anniversary of the platform, we can say that eh! ONLINE is here to stay in conjunction to EquipHotel Paris.
Our plans on the future is to use eh! ONLINE to bring even more quality industry content to our audience alongside new and innovative hospitality products and suppliers.
Interiors Pick: What can we expect on EquipHotel 2022?
Béatrice Gravier: The EquipHotel trade show will be back from 6 to 10 November in Paris, Porte de Versailles. This year’s event will feature sustainability, attractiveness, digital, layout and well-being. All this will be punctuated by conferences, experiential spaces and workshops. This year, the theme will be conscious hospitality. And for good reason: the more environmentally friendly dynamics are in demand. Territories, slow tech, slow living, energy savings or soft mobility are all new strong points for an establishment: customer experience is essential. As for the employee experience, it is becoming a priority: attractiveness, team spirit, inclusion, loyalty. These are the key words for attracting newcomers and retaining established talent.
Society is changing. So are behaviours and jobs. We have to adapt. EquipHotel will therefore feature a wide range of debates and expert points of view, to help hotel and restaurant professionals anticipate these changes, tame them and overcome them.
``This year’s event will feature sustainability, attractiveness, digital, layout and well-being.``