Ambiente Press releases

Jan 22, 2020

Nextrade: international rollout at Ambiente 2020

The digital marketplace Nextrade keeps growing. At the forthcoming Ambiente, the platform already has a three-digit number of suppliers, each with its entire product range. To ensure further growth of the platform, a team of fifteen will be available at Ambiente to talk directly to exhibitors in all three product groups – Dining, Living and Giving.

Jan 14, 2020

In touch with the latest trends – Future Thinkers at Ambiente 2020

The Future Thinkers are not simply students at the Fontys University of Applied Science in the Netherlands. They are above all professional trendwatchers. As before, they will be sharing their knowledge with trade visitors at Ambiente 2020 in Frankfurt. Being in touch with the latest trends, they will be presenting innovative designs for the coming season.

Dec 16, 2019

Increasing delight in ethical consumerism. The Ethical Style Guide for Ambiente 2020

Nothing wrong with consumerism – as long as it’s fair and socially responsible. Sustainability is a meta-trend that is gaining more and more momentum, and this is also reflected in the Ambiente Ethical Style Guide. The curated directory for 2020 features 314 exhibitors from 49 countries, all of them manufacturers who follow eco-friendly and socially responsible production standards. This is an increase of 66 companies compared with the previous year. 250 enterprises applied to be included for the first time, of whom 113 succeeded in convincing the professionals on the interdisciplinary jury. They will now be listed in the Ambiente Ethical Style Guide for the next three years. The world’s biggest consumer goods trade fair will take place in Frankfurt from 7 to 11 February 2020. Last year it welcomed 4,460 exhibitors from over 90 countries.

Dec 12, 2019

Ambiente 2020: A glimpse of the vast range of front-of-house products in Hall 6.0

By opening Hall 6.0 as a new HoReCa fixture in 2020, Ambiente is substantially expanding its expertise in the hospitality sector. Two months before the event, a glimpse of the hall reveals the vast diversity of its front-of-house products, offered by both established and new exhibitors. This diversity makes Ambiente 2020 an absolute must for all major global decision-makers in the hotel and catering industry.

Dec 9, 2019

Inventive solutions for a changing world: Solutions 2020

Year on year, Sebastian Bergne runs his Solutions special presentation at Ambiente, highlighting the unbroken innovative spirit of the kitchen and household industry. This year’s selection of well-designed and useful products will be displayed together with explanatory videos in the foyer of Hall 4.0.

Dec 2, 2019

Relevance meets beauty Talents at Ambiente 2020

Young, bold and provocative. Once again, Ambiente is inviting the new generation of designers to take part in the Talents programme of the world’s largest trade fair in consumer goods. This area within Hall 4.0 – the Dining Hall – will focus on products related to tableware, leisure and home accessories. Talents in the Living Hall (Hall 8.0), on the other hand, will feature both highly conceptual and extremely specific approaches to the creation of contemporary habitats. This year’s 37 exhibitors come from countries such as Brazil, Germany, the UK, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, the Czech Republic and the United States.

Nov 28, 2019

HoReCa boom: What is affecting the market? Interview with Thomas Kastl

Hotels and restaurants are expecting good times ahead. New restaurants are opening one after another in international hotspots such as London, Mumbai and San Francisco. The hospitality sector in Asia is being stimulated by global events such as Expo 2020 in Dubai and the 2020 Olympic Games in Japan. Thomas Kastl, head of Dining, explains how the expectations of guests towards hosts have been changing due to the international boom in the HoReCa segment – and what makes Ambiente, the world's leading trade fair, a unique HoReCa marketplace to leverage this potential.

Nov 27, 2019

The Living area at Ambiente: an experience of home and lifestyle trends – with all five senses

Whether it’s the special tactile qualities of premium textiles, the delightful touch and feel of handmade furniture or the pleasurable warmth of natural wood – there is hardly a purchase decision where the sensory experience plays a greater role than with products for the interior design of a contemporary home or workplace. Ambiente will have around 1,100 international exhibitors, who will be turning the Living area into a multifaceted source of inspiration for buyers and experts in interior design, interior decoration and contract furnishing. Moreover, all the major topics of the industry will be highlighted at events on trends through specialist talks given by prominent speakers. So, as always, there are good reasons to travel to Frankfurt from 7 to 11 February 2020.

Nov 25, 2019

“2020 looks good” – with plenty of new exhibitors at Ambiente

Things are looking good for Ambiente. From 7 to 11 February 2020 the world’s leading trade fair for consumer goods will be welcoming several well-known first-time exhibitors as well as companies that have had a break and are now back in prominent positions at Ambiente. The bandwidth ranges from major international brands such as Christofle, Normann Copenhagen, Swarovski and Puro to some exciting start-ups that will add extra vigour to the product line-up in Dining, Living and Giving. And so the motto of the season – “2020 looks good” – will also be the motto of Ambiente itself.

Nov 6, 2019

Focus on Design – new special presentation showcases design highlights from Brazil

From 7 to 11 February 2020, the international consumer goods industry will revolve around this leading global trade fair in all matters of tableware, kitchenware, household goods and leisure as well as home, interior design and gifts. One of the highlights at Ambiente in the coming year will be the launch of the special presentation Focus on Design, featuring outstanding products and detailed insights of current design highlights in a selected country.

Nov 4, 2019

Knowledge creates the future: the Ambiente Academy 2020

The Ambiente Academy will provide a glimpse into the future of the consumer goods industry from 7 to 11 February 2020. On all five days of the trade fair, renowned specialists will be discussing current trends, exciting ideas and useful practical insights at the Ambiente Academy in Hall 9.1 and, for the first time, also in Hall 11.1.

Oct 23, 2019

Giving at Ambiente 2020: major focus on individual lifestyles

Whatever a person’s lifestyle, occasion or budget, Ambiente 2020 has answers to lifestyle-focused retailers wanting to explore future Giving Trends across all industries. Following the successful restructuring of this area, Ambiente will once again divide Giving into two different stylistic areas in 2020: Urban Gifts and Gift Ideas. In addition, Global Sourcing in Hall 9.3 will feature a wide range of exhibitors from the entire world, all with experience in export. Global Sourcing will therefore be the ideal platform for the conclusion of high-volume business deals.

Oct 17, 2019

Contract business at Ambiente – interview with Yvonne Engelmann

Contract business has been gaining considerably in importance for quite a few years now. This makes Ambiente a vital hotspot for professional buyers in the Living and Giving segments. It will be held from 7 to 11 February 2020, offering architects, contract suppliers and planners a place for inspiration, trends and innovative solutions.

Sep 24, 2019

Ambiente 2020: News from the HoReCa Academy

From 7 to 11 February 2020 the HoReCa Academy will be offering a varied menu of talks, tours and insights, all about international hospitality. The planning of the programme is proceeding at a good pace, and more top-of-the-range speakers have agreed to take part, including Dr Francesca Zampollo, Ido Garini and Jozef Youssef.

Sep 23, 2019

Ambiente Trends 2020

Ambiente Trends 2020 is one of the highlights at the world's leading consumer goods exhibition. What are the new styles, materials, themes and product mixes for the coming year? The answers can be found at Ambiente, from 7 to 11 February 2020.

Sep 19, 2019

Designer Tours 2020: Ineke Hans and Mark Braun give guided tours of Ambiente

How do innovative functionality, unusual materials and inspiring stories lead to outstanding products? These are the questions that will be answered by the two specialists Ineke Hans and Mark Braun on their Designer Tours on 8 and 9 February at the forthcoming Ambiente. This year’s newcomer is the Dutch designer Ineke Hans. Her personal motto: Design is incomplete unless the resulting objects communicate something.

Sep 16, 2019

Ambiente 2020: The meeting place for everyone with an impact on markets

The world’s leading trade fair for consumer goods offers some exciting prospects: exhibitors and trade visitors can make first-class contacts, discover the latest developments in the market and in design, and they can experience trends and opportunities in all segments. Covering three areas – Dining, Living and Giving – Ambiente will be showcasing the most important aspects of the entire spectrum of consumer goods. From the next edition of Ambiente onwards the Dining area will be expanded to include its own HoReCa hall. Ambiente is the most important marketplace of the year for HoReCa, contract business and ethical style.

Aug 29, 2019

Clearing the stage for the HoReCa Academy

This coming year the world’s leading trade fair Ambiente will be putting the spotlight on HoReCa in the dedicated Hall 6.0 as well as at its new HoReCa Academy. The first speakers are already booked for this highly varied and international programme of presentations focusing mainly on front-of-house operations.

Aug 6, 2019

Heading straight for business success

With its Ethical Style Guide, Contract & HoReCa Guide and a special presentation called Solutions, Ambiente gives its 136,000 worldwide visitors clear guidance in finding their way round. Whether they’re looking for resource-friendly solutions, clever functional designs or products for contract business, help is at hand. The two mini catalogues and the special presentation will help retailers find their bearings around approximately 4,500 specially selected brands, so that they won’t miss the exhibitors that suit their needs.

Jul 11, 2019

Major industry players are presenting their goods in new HoReCa hall

Seven months before Ambiente 2020, the new exhibition hall for hotel, restaurant and catering suppliers in the front-of-house segment is already almost fully booked. Leading suppliers to the hospitality industry are trusting the winning formula of the most important consumer goods trade fair and will be exhibiting in Hall 6.0 in the future. These include APS, BHS Tabletop and RAK.

Jun 29, 2019

Over 60,000 articles: Messe Frankfurt and nmedia launch Nextrade

Any place, any system: Nextrade – the digital ordering platform – celebrates the go-live of its pilot version at the opening of Tendence 2019. Over 40 suppliers with more than 60,000 articles have already set up their B2B shops on the platform.

Jun 29, 2019

Conzoom Solutions – The platform for retailers

From high street retailers to online shops and multichannel providers – everyone in the retail sector has to deal with the challenges of the fast-changing consumer goods market. To be successful, retailers need to find innovative ways to build connections between the real and virtual worlds. Conzoom Solutions offers stimulating ideas and suggestions for presenting your business more effectively – and answers urgent questions affecting the retail sector.

Jun 19, 2019

Design talents, this way please!

Attention, all interior design talents! Until 22 October 2019, up-and-coming designers can apply to showcase their innovative products and designs at the world's biggest trade fair for consumer goods.

Feb 13, 2019

Congratulations from Ambiente Eleven exhibitors, eleven anniversaries

Brabantia, Cor Mulder and KitchenAid were among the eleven companies with a special reason to celebrate at Ambiente 2019.

Feb 12, 2019

Impressive increase in quality and visitors at Ambiente 2019

The world’s leading trade fair for consumer goods in Frankfurt has come to an end after five days, finishing in an excellent mood and with a rise in visitor numbers. 136,000 trade visitors from 166 countries came to Ambiente 2019, ordering the latest products from the entire world for their businesses and obtaining inspiration for their merchandise presentation at the POS as well as new ideas for the digital future.

Feb 11, 2019

Incredible India: The Voice India coach Kanika Kapoor visits Ambiente as a star guest

What could be a better place for discovering the latest trends than the biggest consumer goods event in the world? Kanika Kapoor, singer, Bollywood star and member of the Voice India jury, gained a personal picture of the width and depth of products on offer at the world’s leading consumer goods trade fair in Frankfurt.

Feb 10, 2019

Messe Frankfurt works with nmedia and develops international B2B marketplace nextrade

The retail sector in the consumer goods industry has been undergoing an enormous transformation for a while now. Increasing digitisation has been changing and shifting order placements towards digital alternatives. Working with nmedia, Messe Frankfurt has therefore started to develop the digital B2B marketplace nextrade for the consumer goods industry. As well as placing orders at the trade fair in the usual way, retailers can use this central platform for the digital ordering of products and product lines 365 days a year.

Feb 9, 2019

Ambiente 2020 will have an international HoReCa Forum with its own hall level

From Ambiente 2020 onwards, the Dining area will have a dedicated hall level for exhibitors from the hotel, restaurant and catering segment (HoReCa). By giving this segment more space in Hall 6.0, the world’s leading trade fair for consumer goods is underlining its position as an important international HoReCa trading platform for everything that matters in the hospitality industry.

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