B2B events organiser Informa Markets and online marketplace Saladplate are to launch a series of bi-monthly online events to help food and hospitality businesses connect and fast-track recovery following the coronavirus pandemic.

The Food & Hotel Digital Week is a first-of-its-kind collaboration between Informa’s hospitality and F&B portfolio in Asia and Saladplate. The inaugural online event will take place from May 25–29 and feature realtime B2B matchmaking, product galleries, live presentations and resources.

Participating presenters include AgFunder, Big Idea Ventures, Dole Food Company, Impossible Foods, Pinduoduo, the Singapore Food Agency and Sodexo.

“Food & Hotel Digital Week is the perfect timing for the launch of Saladplate.com, a 365-day online marketplace where our communities engage with one another, discover new products and make trade connections around the clock with best-in-class technologies,” said Informa Markets VP digital business & advanced analytics – Asia Dave Chan. “This event will bring together the best of online sourcing and the best of content suited to our professional community in a highly accessible format.”

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