PHILRESCA HIGHLIGHTS GROWING RESTO, CAFÉ AND BAR INDUSTRY

Following a successful debut last year, the Philippine International Restaurant, Café & Bar Expo (Philresca ) once again brought the world’s leading and rising brands, suppliers, players and professionals under one roof, and provide the industry with a definitive business-to-business (B2B) sourcing platform from March 8 to 10 at Hall A, World Trade Center Metro Manila.

Philresca remains as the only trade show in the Philippines that officially hosts competitions sanctioned by World Coffee Events, the premier produc- er of events for the coffee community worldwide.

As the one-stop-shop B2B event for restaurant, café and bar entrepreneurs, Philresca’s three-day event will connect about 3,000 attendees to 45 suppliers at the exhibit floor and during business seminars.

The number of exhibitors rose by 22 percent this year, attesting to a dynamic and growing industry. To complement the presence of exhibitors, Philresca seminars will provide the latest trends and best practices to scale up their businesses.

Meanwhile, the country’s most awaited coffee competitions, the Philippine Coffee Championships, will run concurrently with Philresca.

The championships are designed to upgrade and test the skills of professional Filipino baristas, latte artists, mixologists and brewers through a series of four events: the 5th Philippine National Barista Championship, the 4th Philippine National Latte Art Championship, the 1st Philippine Brewers Cup, and the 1st Philippine Coffee in Good Spirits Championship.