Expo Returns to Las Vegas This June for a Jam-Packed Program of Business-Building Tea Strategies and Innovative New Products
The North American tea market is bursting with energy as the industry is seeing more and more successful products on the shelf and online; the industry further focusing on quality; businesses innovating with blends; additional U.S. and Canadian tea retail establishments; professionals becoming tea certified and pursuing the tea sommelier role; and North American consumers learning even more about tea, enjoying its health benefits and appreciating its variations, complexities and cultural distinctions. All of this tea excitement will come to a head as the global tea industry converges this June for World Tea Expo 2016, to focus on tea’s evolution in the North American marketplace.
World Tea Expo is the leading tradeshow focused 100 percent on premium teas and related products, and it takes place June 15 – 17, 2015 (with a pre-conference program June 13 – 14) in Las Vegas, Nev. at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Registration is now open, and the conference agenda is available at WorldTeaExpo.com.
Grow with Tea
This year’s agenda will attract thousands of professionals for a five-day platform of new tea products, education sessions, workshops and business-growing activities, setting the pace for “what’s next” in tea. The education curriculum covers a broad range of key topics to help businesses boost their sales and profit through tea.
Core conference sessions are designed to meet the specific needs of retailers, foodservice businesses, distributors, product developers and many others with different levels of experience. Numerous ‘Focused Tea Tastings’ offer 90-minute organoleptic explorations of tea styles, tea regions and tea pairings. And the ‘Skill Building Workshops’ hone important industry skills like cupping and blending.
Just some of the hot topics at World Tea Expo 2016 include:
- North America: The New Cutting Edge of Specialty Tea
- State of the Tea Industry: Global Foodservice
- Stop Losing Your Beverage Sales to Water!
- The Romance & Broken Dreams of Buying at Origin: What Your Domestic Supplier Really Provides
- What Tea Style Works Best for Your Establishment?
- Creating Unique Blends
- A New View Into Natural Products Consumers: Who They Are, What They Buy, and Why They Buy
- Why Are There So Few Chain Tea Shops?
- Is There Opportunity for Tea in Retail?
- Products Manufacturing Insights: Tea Bags, Loose Teas and Raw Materials Goldmine Resources for Tea Ventures
- In 2050, Will There Still Be Tea?
- Tasting Ceylon, A Tea Garden Manager's Insights
- Tea Retailing 2.0: Achieving Scale
- The Science of Intuitive Brewing
- How Can You 'Be More Tea' to Sell More Tea?
- Being Provocative: The Art of Merchandising
- Not Your Granny's 'Afternoon Tea'