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THE NETHERLANDS IS AMBIENTE 2018 ’ S PARTNER COUNTRY

( l . to r .) Antonius Lansink , Consul General of the Netherlands , receives the Partner Country Globe from Counsellor Tony Sims , OBE , of the Embassy of the United Kingdom and Detlef Braun , Member of the Executive Board of Messe Frankfurt GmbH .
The Ambiente Consumer Goods Fair announced the Netherlands as its partner country for 2018 . The Netherlands will make a special presentation at the international fair , which will be held from February 9 to 13 , 2018 , in Frankfurt , Germany .
“ We are delighted that the Netherlands is to be next year ’ s partner country of the prestigious Ambiente trade fair ,” says Antonius Lansink , consul general of the Royal Netherlands Consulate General in Düsseldorf , Germany . “ The Dutch are extremely active and successful when it comes to innovative design trends . We will present numerous interesting products and are looking forward to the opportunities that will arise from this collaboration .”
BULK TV CONTINUES BEST WESTERN INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP
Best Western Hotels & Resorts renewed its partnership with Bulk TV & Internet as an endorsed supplier of free-to-guest TV services at all U . S . -based Best Western Hotels , which includes more than 150,000 rooms .
Bulk TV provides DIRECTV services to more than 400,000 rooms nationwide . The company delivers a residential lineup of more than 100 HD channels , an interactive program guide and an antimicrobial backlit remote that meets Best Western ’ s clean remote standard .
INTERGASTRA INCREASES 2018 EXHIBITION SPACE
The Intergastra trade fair for gastronomy and the hotel industry will showcase new products and trends across 28 acres ( 115,000 square meters ) of event space in 2018 . According to show organizers , many exhibitors have already booked space for the show , which will be held from February 3 to 7 , 2018 , at Messe Stuttgart in Stuttgart , Germany . The hall layout will be organized according to theme across 10 exhibition halls . Roughly 100,000 visitors and 1,400 exhibitors from around the world are expected at the 2018 show .
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