26 companies from the Lazio Food & Beverage sector participate at “The Speciality Food Festival“, the historic fair in the Persian Gulf area scheduled to take place in Dubai from 7 to 9 November and dedicated to new lines of gourmet food and aimed exclusively at a professional audience of buyers and distributors from the Gulf area, Africa and Asia.
The initiative is part of the activities that the Lazio Region is implementing on the occasion of Expo 2020 Dubai, the Universal Exhibition taking place in the Emirates capital with the participation of 192 nations.
The initiative is organised by the Italian Chamber of Commerce in the United Arab Emirates, and is promoted by the Department of Economic Development, Trade and Crafts, University, Research, Start-up and Innovation and the Department of Agriculture, Forestry, Promotion of the Food Chain and Culture, Equal Opportunities of the Lazio Region, in collaboration with ARSIAL, Regional Agency for Development and Innovation in Agriculture in Lazio and Agro Camera.
During the days of “The Speciality Food Festival” in the Italian Pavilion, coordinated on site by the Italian Chamber of Commerce in the Emirates, the group of companies from Lazio will be able to take advantage of the services offered by the fair and a series of customised ancillary activities, such as the presentation of Lazio products by international chefs and restaurateurs from Dubai.
These are the companies from Lazio that will offer to the visitors of the Fair a wide overview on refined and typical flavours of the regional territory: Agnoni, Antonio Ruggiero, Biosolidale Distribuzione, Caffè Trombetta, Caffè Haiti Roma, Casa Oilio Sperlonga, Cipriani Tartufi, Collefraioli Società Agricola, Compagnia Alimentare Italiana, Cortese Cooperativa Agricola, Dicos Group – Caffè Dokito, Francia Latticini, Frantoio Presciuttini, Geo Bio, Iannino, Il Mondo di Laura, Molino Iaquone, Mr. Moris, Nile Srl, Olio Olio Dokito. Moris, Nile Srl, Olio Ottaviani, Op Latium, Pallini, Paone Distribuzione, Perino & Perino, Pizza Croccantina, Truffleat.
“The markets of Middle Eastern countries are paying great attention to the Italian agri-food sector and the presence of the excellence of Lazio’s agri-industry at Expo Dubai represents a great opportunity for our companies to promote the excellence of our territories, an expression of quality, tradition, culture and innovation. The economy of Lazio is showing important signs of recovery and its exports have recorded the highest growth in the last 5 years compared to other Italian regions. This encourages us to strengthen our development strategy, which has innovation and the internationalisation of our companies as its key words, in order to return to promotional activities and compete on world markets,” states Paolo Orneli, Regional Minister for Economic Development, Trade and Crafts, University, Research, Start-Up and Innovation of Lazio.
“The flavours of Lazio could not be missing in Dubai, with our excellent artisan products and those with denominations of origin. We strongly wished that our best agri-food companies could have the opportunity to make themselves known in a context of the highest international level and look to the future. For this reason, I would like to thank the coordinator of Lazio at Expo Dubai, Quirino Briganti, my colleague in the Council, the Councillor for Economic Development, Paolo Orneli, and Lazio Innova for the invaluable teamwork which, I must say, has always distinguished the Zingaretti administration and which this time too has led to important goals that see us as protagonists in the United Arab Emirates in a transversal and diversified manner. And my best wishes to the 26 Lazio agri-food companies selected for this great opportunity,” said Enrica Onorati, Councillor for Agriculture, Forestry, Promotion of the Food Chain and Culture, and Equal Opportunities of the Lazio Region.
Discover more about “The Speciality Food Festival
“Italian Food and Beverage in the Gulf is an initiative promoted by the Department of Economic Development, Trade and Crafts, University, Research, Start – Up and Innovation and the Department of Agriculture, Forestry, Promotion of the Food Chain and Culture, Equal Opportunities of the Lazio Region, in collaboration with ARSIAL, Regional Agency for Development and Innovation of Agriculture in Lazio and Agro Camera. The event aims to promote the export and internationalisation of the agro-industrial chain and is organised by the Italian Chamber of Commerce in the United Arab Emirates, technical advisor to the Lazio Region.
Each company participating in “Italian Food and Beverage in the Gulf” will have, for the duration of the programme, at its disposal:
- a commercial manager resident in Dubai, dedicated to the promotion of the Company and the Products in the entire Gulf Area through direct contact and initial training.
- its own representative at the Chamber’s offices in Dubai, to provide initial assurance to local Buyers.
- the use of a B2B digital export platform, to present one’s products and company, not only in the Emirates, but also to other Gulf countries such as Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain.
