The International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show® (IH/M&RS) is the premier marketplace for the hospitality industry, featuring 1,250 exhibitors showcasing products and services for lodging and culinary buyers and attracting more than 35,000 in total trade attendance. Exhibitors—organized into vertical market categories—showcase the newest products and services available to the hotel and restaurant industries, including furnishings, technology, foodservice equipment, food & beverage, linens, amenities, tableware, cleaning and more. The hospitality industry’s most influential buyers from hotels, restaurants, purchasing companies, owner groups, design firms, catering and specialty foodservice establishments, dealerships, casinos and resorts visit the IH/M&RS to discover what is new in the industry.
Off the Show floor, participants are able to network at various functions, including the International Hospitality Ball, Late Night at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill and during the annual Gold Key Awards for Excellence in Hospitality Design. Educational programming rounds out the market experience, addressing such topics as sales and marketing, human resources, technology, hospitality design, sustainability and more. Included is the Hospitality Leadership Forum, a full-day pre-Show conference for lodging executives. The IH/M&RS is sponsored by the American Hotel & Lodging Assn.; the Hotel Association of New York City, Inc.; the New York State Hospitality & Tourism Assn., and is managed by George Little Management, LLC (GLM®).