The 100th National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show was held at Chicago’s McCormick Place from May 18-21. For the fifth year-in-a-row, the Show had record exhibit space sales at 723,069 square feet and welcomed 42,557 restaurant operators, retail foodservice professionals, equipment dealers, food distributors, and many others -- 3% more than 2018. Total registration, including exhibitors, exceeded last year’s total at 65,526.
“The centennial Show was a success by every measure,” said Mary Pat Heftman, President, Restaurant Show Group at Winsight, the Show’s producer. “Besides the record exhibit sales and strong attendance growth, the energy on the Show floor was palpable. Education sessions were standing room only, there were delicious new foods at every turn, and once again, ingenuity was on display everywhere you looked.”