Leaders from the worldwide tea business are gearing up for Questex’s World Tea Conference + Expo, the main specialty tea occasion, scheduled for June 28-30 in Las Vegas on the Las Vegas Conference Middle. Along with gathering professionals from all areas of the tea business – from farm to cup – the occasion may also appeal to companies and consumers from numerous industries, together with grocery and retail, espresso and tea homes, eating places/bars and foodservice, resorts, beverage producers, distributors and extra. Attendees will achieve insights about tea and new methods their firm can revenue from it, along with discovering the most recent traits and merchandise. Registration and particulars can be found at WorldTeaExpo.com (early-bird registration is open by means of June 14, 2021).
Michael Harney, vice chairman and grasp tea purchaser and blender at Harney & Sons Fine Teas, an exhibitor of the upcoming occasion, mentioned, “After the final yr all of us had, we’re trying ahead to planting our flag out in Las Vegas with the worldwide tea business on the World Tea Convention + Expo – dwell and in particular person this June. We’re hoping what occurs on the market, doesn’t simply keep there. We’re trying ahead to the brand new enterprise connections and nice networking that the present all the time supplies. Convey it on!”
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Joseph Ndirangu, CEO of Starteam International Limited, an agribusiness export firm primarily based in Limuru and with workplaces in Nairobi, Kenya in East Africa, mentioned, “As a comparatively younger firm, this shall be our first time taking part within the World Tea Convention + Expo below the ‘New Enterprise Launch Pad’ class. We’re trying ahead to connecting with the business, exploring new traits, tasting new merchandise, studying new ideas, and networking with stakeholders throughout the tea business. Additionally, as we work in the direction of opening new markets and channels for our merchandise and pure, tasty Kenyan tea, we additionally look ahead to experiencing every thing that the World Tea Convention + Expo has to supply.”
Pavithri Peiris, director of promotion with the Sri Lanka Tea Board, a authorities statutory board that features as an apex physique for the tea business in Sri Lanka, famous, “America is the third largest importer of tea on the planet and one of many high Ceylon tea importing nations. For the final couple of years, demand for Ceylon tea – and for specialty teas produced in Sri Lanka – have elevated, exhibiting a possible for Ceylon tea to penetrate within the U.S. market. World Tea Convention + Expo 2021 shall be a singular discussion board that brings collectively consultants, enterprise leaders and fledging entrepreneurs all through the tea business below one roof. Since The Sri Lanka Tea Board is a daily participant at World Tea occasions, it’s anticipated that World Tea Convention + Expo 2021 shall be a very good platform for Sri Lanka to advertise its revolutionary Ceylon tea merchandise – artisanal teas, value-added teas – through the exhibition. We look ahead to the occasion being a really profitable, jam-packed program with tea enterprise and consumers from the USA.”
Haïtea Founder Sanaa Pierre and Co-Founder Sandra Florvella mentioned, “As first-time individuals of the World Tea Convention + Expo, we’re excited to affix and join with the distinctive group of tea lovers from around the globe. At Haïtea, we’re trying ahead to studying extra about tea merchandise from different areas, along with sharing a style of the Caribbean by means of the teas from our land of Haiti. We eagerly await this yr’s World Tea Convention + Expo, and we’re sure that that is our first of many participations at this wonderful occasion.”
Maurenique Greyling Johnson, panorama strategist with The Langkloof Honeybush Company, shared, “We’re significantly excited to have a possibility to create consciousness of an endemic species – so wealthy in taste and well being advantages – on a global platform such because the World Tea Convention + Expo. We’re grateful to Questex for offering the chance to showcase our product because the winner of the current 2021 Teas Tycoons Inexperienced/Sustainability Award, and we look ahead to re-connecting, face-to-face with the business, after what looks like an age of being remoted from our clients.”
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Sara Delaney, founder and CEO, 3 Mountains / Sarilla Sparkling and Tima Tea – who’s presenting two instructional periods and exhibiting – mentioned, “I’m honored to be presenting on the upcoming World Tea Convention + Expo. I first attended as an observer solely 5 years in the past, and since then I’ve been on fairly a experience that I’m excited to share after I current in two instructional periods. I’ve been working with tea farmers in Rwanda for over a decade, and it’s my nice pleasure to assist different enterprise house owners develop methods for constructing a aggressive benefit. Popping out of an extremely difficult yr, I actually look ahead to lastly coming collectively once more. Tea is a catalyst for change and might assist community-building and resilient lives. Please be a part of my periods on the World Tea Convention + Expo and go to our Sarilla Glowing Tea sales space.”
Highlights of different main organizations taking part within the occasion embody: Finlays, Starbucks, Zojirushi America Corporation, Firsd Tea, Drink Rooibos, Asheville Tea Company, Admari, The Tea Smith, Nepal Tea, Wild Orchard Green Tea, Just Add Honey Tea Company, Urban Teahouse, Sips By, AlaEat, Almendra Americas LLC, Coreshtech Co., FORLIFE, Fuji Merchandise Corporation, Gourmet Kitchenworks (Bredemeijer USA), NASA Corporation and Steeped Games, amongst many others.
The World Tea Convention + Expo will characteristic three days of schooling, two days to discover the vigorous Expo Corridor, a Tea Bar, tea-infused culinary demonstrations to showcase the flexibility of tea, workshops, and a night reception and networking alternatives.
World Tea Convention + Expo shall be co-located with Nightclub & Bar Show, North America’s premier convention and expo for the bar and restaurant business, and all World Tea attendees will obtain entry to the co-located occasion.
The strategic co-location – which makes this the most important gathering of the beverage business – will create thrilling new alternatives to attach consumers and sellers of tea and tea-related merchandise with the bar and restaurant business.
Registration and Particulars
Registration for World Tea Convention + Expo, together with the convention agenda, is out there at WorldTeaExpo.com.
For World Tea Convention + Expo sponsorship alternatives, contact Jamie Schroeder (U.S. and Canadian Firms) at jschroeder@questex.com or Veronica Gonnello (Worldwide Firms) at vgonnello@questex.com.
For Nightclub & Bar Present sponsorship alternatives, contact Jamie Schroeder (Firms G, H, J-S, U, W-Z) at jschroeder@questex.com, Veronica Gonnello (Firms A-F,I,T,V) at vgonnello@questex.com; or Fadi Alsayegh (Foodservice Firms) at falsayegh@questex.com.