About

International exhibition PIR Expo is the main professional event in hospitality industry in Russia and CIS.

At present only in Russia there are 150,000 catering establishments and 7,000 accommodation facilities, not to mention neighboring countries. 3.5 mln people are engaged in the field. Moreover the industry continues to develop both in quantitative and in a qualitative sense. Annual market growth is 10%.

Having been for 15 years in the market, today PIR Expo is one of world’s top ten largest exhibitions for professionals of hospitality industry and it’s an important international event. Among participants of the exposition and program of events there are such countries as France, Italy, Japan, USA, Great Britain, Germany, China, Denmark, Netherlands, Greece, Turkey, Estonia, Israel, Iceland, Lithuania, Latvia, Romania, Serbia, Thailand, Croatia, South Korea, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Georgia, Kazakhstan and others.

Exhibition area

50 000 m²

Exhibitors

850 companies

from all over the world

Visitors

50 000 persons

Several segments can be clearly distinguished in hospitality industry in Russia; each of them develops in its own direction and at its own pace. Thus, for the last two years tea and coffee industry grew twice and the quality of bar industry improved a lot. In accordance with these segments, PIR Expo includes several large-scale international exhibitions:

«PIR. Restaurant Equipment» is an international exhibition for specialists in the field of professional equipment of HoReCa segment

«PIR. Food Products» is an international exhibition for specialists of restaurant business

Hotel is an international exhibition for hotel business professionals

Moscow Bar Show is an international exhibition for bar industry professionals

Moscow Coffee and Tea Expo is an international exhibition for tea and coffee industry professionals

Unique events program

More than 500 professional events are held in the course of PIR Expo. The program emphasizes training element. Competent authorities of the industry share their experience and knowledge with visitors – successful restaurateurs and hoteliers, recognized chefs, bartenders and baristas, directors of HoReCa sector famous companies, independent experts. Annually more than 3,500 people take part only in free program. Events of the exhibition cover different formats – training, discussion, presentation, competition – and they are aimed at improvement of professional skills and obtaining new knowledge.

The main events of PIR Expo 2013:

Program «Russian Cuisine – National Trend. Ideas, Food Products, Technologies»

Central Arena of PIR Expo will gather 20 leading specialists in the field of Russian cuisine, who are ready to share their exclusive ideas, recipes and technologies. The most famous and competent chefs and restaurateurs will give master classes and seminars in bright modern format – they’ll demonstrate their own original vision and share their thoughts about what is Russian cuisine now and what it will be tomorrow. Also professionals will get unique opportunity to familiarize with Russian regional products, which are promising in restaurant market, and to taste them.

«PIR. Food Products»:

Day of Scandinavian Cuisine at Central Arena – master classes in new format, dedicated to traditions and the most recent trends of Scandinavian cuisine
6^th International Kremlin Culinary Cup – international competitions of professional cooks and pastry cooks
«The Best Grill Master» is a practical competition of Russian restaurants leading specialists in grilling
«Baker’s Cup» are new team competitions among mini-bakeries as part of International Kremlin Culinary Cup
«Confectioners’ Cup» are new team competitions among confectioners as part of International Kremlin Culinary Cup
«The Best Catering» is a new competition among catering companies as part of International Kremlin Culinary Cup
4^th Youth Championship in Culinary and Service «Student PIR» are the most major Russian competitions among students of specialized educational institutions
11^th All-Russian Culinary Congress – training master classes from leading chefs in the most requested subjects with evening program
«Bread Variety» and competition for distinction «The Best Bread» – exposition of enterprises, interested in search of partners and those wishing to demonstrate world-class quality
Technologist’s Day at forum «Bakery and Confectionery» – program of events dedicated to market of equipment, ingredients and technologies
«Ice Cream Day» is the unique thematic project for HoReCa enterprises with the participation of the most famous confectioners in Russia
Program of School of Restaurant Business Managers – training events dedicated to the most currently important work aspects in restaurant market
Exposition «Education Street» – exposition of Russian and foreign educational institutions in HoReCa industry
Forum «Training. Personnel. Career» – annual forum dedicated to the most topical questions, it is designed to employers and employees

Hotel:

Conference «Development of Tourism Infrastructure in Regions of Russia» – key event on discussing topical issues of tourist infrastructure of the country with participation of authority representatives and market players
Forum «Cost-effective Use of Resources and Energy Efficiency» – new forum demonstrating innovative technologies which allow you to cut costs for hotels exploitation
Conference «Cost-effective Use of Resources and Effective Power-handling at Hotels» – an event dedicated to prospects of energy service development at hotels
Hotel Complex Annual Business Forum – forum which takes place with the support of Committee on Tourism and Hospitality Industry in Moscow
Hospitality in Russian Traditions – competitions among hotels for professionals of F&B department
Day «Me and My Career» – range of training events for future professionals of hospitality industry, aimed at individual revelation of suitable specialization

Moscow Bar Show:

Jam Session – unique joint master class of Russian and foreign star performers of bar scene
Days of Grape-Based Alcohol – program, dedicated to stiff and sparkling wines, brandy, cognac
Moscow Bar Show Cup – all-Russian competition of bars teams
Bar & Design Talks Program – workshops on bar management, answering the main question «how to create an ideal bar»

Moscow Coffee and Tea Expo:

Coffeeducation League–Russia – program of master classes where the best international and Russian experts will present their business cases
The Lab. – an exclusive project of Moscow Coffee and Tea Expo, laboratory for conduction of trials and experiments with coffee
Tea Garden – tea business zone with big quantity of training workshops, master classes, tastings and tea ceremonies
Moscow elimination round of Russian Championship Barista 2014 – championship among the best baristas of the capital

Structure of PIR Expo audience

By territory

52%

Regions of Russia

30%

Moscow

Moscow district

CIS countries

Far abroad

By position

30%

Managers, operators

19%

Chief-cooks, chief-confectioners

14%

Owners, partners

17%

Cooks, confectioners

12%

Dealers, trade companies, representatives, producers

Headwaiters, administrators, hostes

Promoters and strategic partners

PIR Group

Within 19 years it has been holding the largest in Russia exhibition «PIR», has experience in organizing major exhibition, educational and competitive events in Russia.

With the support of:

Government of Moscow City

Having in its structure more than 200 departments which are responsible for all the spheres of life and activities in the capital, it supports the most important events, including PIR Expo exhibition

Federation of Restaurateurs and Hoteliers

For more than 13 years it has been uniting catering establishments and hospitality enterprises in Russia of all levels and trends

National Guild of Chefs

The main public organization in the field which unites more than 2,500 chefs in Russia.