London Hospitality Events 2026: The Best HORECA, Hotel, Restaurant & Food Trade Shows This Autumn
Looking for the best hospitality events in London in autumn and winter 2026? From restaurant and hotel trade shows to food and drink exhibitions, hospitality conferences and design awards, London hosts a busy calendar of HORECA industry events between September and December 2026.
For restaurant owners, hoteliers, hospitality professionals, designers, suppliers, food and beverage brands and industry creatives, these events offer opportunities to discover new products, explore hospitality trends, meet industry leaders and find inspiration for future restaurant and hotel concepts.
Here is the Visualista Edit guide to the best London hospitality events, restaurant trade shows, hotel exhibitions and HORECA events taking place from September to December 2026.
7 September 2026
The Freed From Trade Launch at The Belvedere
Location: The Belvedere, Holland Park, London W8
Admission: By invitation
The Freed From Trade Launch brings an extensive international collection of premium non-alcoholic wines, spirits and elixirs to The Belvedere in Holland Park. Created for hospitality buyers, sommeliers, hotel and restaurant groups and drinks professionals, the showcase presents 150 products selected from more than 9,000 non-alcoholic drinks tasted by The Freed From Company, with every drink containing less than 0.5% ABV. Guests can explore wines on the ground floor and spirits and elixirs upstairs, alongside The Liquid Edit® — a bespoke alcohol-free minibar and retail concept designed for hotel and retail environments. With the rapid evolution of the premium no- and low-alcohol category, the event offers an interesting insight into how sophisticated alcohol-free drinks are becoming an increasingly important part of contemporary restaurant, bar and hotel experiences.
Website: freedfrom.com
16–17 September 2026
The National Restaurant, Pub & Bar Show
Location: ExCeL London, Royal Victoria Dock, London E16
The National Restaurant, Pub & Bar Show is one of the key restaurant and hospitality trade shows in London in 2026, bringing together restaurant operators, pub groups, hospitality founders, suppliers and senior industry leaders.
The event explores restaurant growth, hospitality operations, customer experience, technology and the commercial challenges facing the UK foodservice industry.
The 2026 programme includes speakers and representatives from major hospitality businesses including Pret A Manger, Wahaca, Mowgli Street Food, WatchHouse, Burger King and itsu.
The show forms part of the London Food & Drink Festival, allowing hospitality professionals to access several complementary trade events during the same visit.
16–17 September 2026
lunch! – The Food-to-Go, Retail & Coffee Shop Event
Location: ExCeL London
One of London's leading food-to-go and café trade shows, lunch! brings together buyers and decision-makers from coffee shops, cafés, delis, restaurant groups, supermarkets, travel catering and contract catering.
Visitors can discover emerging food and beverage brands alongside hospitality equipment, packaging, technology and new foodservice concepts.
For café owners, restaurant operators and hospitality entrepreneurs, the event is particularly useful for identifying trends within the fast-growing coffee, casual dining and grab-and-go sectors.
Website: lunch! London
16–17 September 2026
Natural & Organic Food Show
Location: ExCeL London
The Natural & Organic Food Show is particularly relevant for hospitality businesses following the growth of wellness-led dining, functional beverages, organic food and plant-based hospitality concepts.
The London trade show brings together emerging and established brands across organic food, natural products, functional drinks and plant-based categories.
For restaurant groups, cafés, hotels and hospitality buyers, the event provides an opportunity to discover products and consumer trends influencing the next generation of health-conscious food and beverage concepts.
Website: Natural & Organic Food Show
16–17 September 2026
London Packaging Week
Location: ExCeL London
London Packaging Week is not exclusively a hospitality exhibition, but it has become an important event for restaurant branding, food and beverage packaging, luxury hospitality and consumer experience design.
Thousands of packaging professionals, designers and brands attend the London event to explore packaging innovation, sustainable materials, new technologies and changing consumer expectations.
Its specialist areas include Food & Consumer Pack and Packaging Première, with the latter focusing on luxury packaging across sectors including premium food and confectionery.
For hospitality designers and F&B brands, it provides valuable insight into how packaging can become part of a wider brand and guest experience.
Website: London Packaging Week
29–30 September 2026
Restaurant & Takeaway Innovation Expo
Location: ExCeL London
The Restaurant & Takeaway Innovation Expo is a major London restaurant industry event focused on the commercial future of restaurants, foodservice and takeaway businesses.
Restaurant owners and operators can discover hospitality technology, operational solutions, new food and beverage products, marketing tools and customer-experience innovations.
It is particularly relevant for hospitality entrepreneurs looking for ideas that can improve restaurant efficiency, profitability and guest engagement.
29–30 September 2026
Hotel & Resort Innovation Expo
Location: ExCeL London
The Hotel & Resort Innovation Expo is one of London's key hotel industry exhibitions, bringing together hotel owners, operators, designers, hospitality professionals and suppliers.
The event explores hotel technology, guest experience, hospitality interiors, sustainability, food and beverage, wellness, marketing and hotel operations.
For designers and hospitality creatives, it is particularly interesting because it demonstrates how hotel interior design, branding, technology and guest experience increasingly intersect within modern hospitality concepts.
Website: Hotel & Resort Innovation Expo
29–30 September 2026
Trade Drinks Expo
Location: ExCeL London
Trade Drinks Expo is a dedicated drinks industry trade show in London covering the UK's on-trade and off-trade beverage markets.
The event brings together drinks producers, hospitality buyers, distributors, restaurant and bar operators and emerging beverage brands.
For restaurants, bars and hotels, it provides an opportunity to discover new products and identify upcoming drinks trends before they become widely established across the hospitality market.
Website: Trade Drinks Expo
29–30 September 2026
Food Service Industry Expo
Location: ExCeL London
The Food Service Industry Expo is a B2B event for professionals working across restaurants, catering, foodservice and hospitality.
The exhibition presents products, technology and commercial solutions designed for the foodservice sector alongside networking and educational content.
Restaurant operators, hospitality groups, caterers and F&B professionals can use the event to discover suppliers and new operational solutions for their businesses.
Website: Food Service Industry Expo
29–30 September 2026
Street Food Business Expo
Location: ExCeL London
Street Food Business Expo focuses on street food, mobile catering, food markets and emerging casual dining concepts.
Visitors range from independent food entrepreneurs and street-food operators to festival organisers, suppliers and established hospitality businesses.
The event is also an interesting place to observe emerging food concepts, as successful street-food ideas increasingly evolve into permanent restaurants, food halls and hospitality brands.
Website: Street Food Business Expo
29–30 September 2026
Grab & Go Expo
Location: ExCeL London
Grab & Go Expo explores the rapidly evolving quick-service restaurant, takeaway and convenience food market.
The exhibition covers food products, packaging, technology and operational solutions designed for high-volume and convenience-led hospitality businesses.
A programme of keynote talks and industry panels also examines changing consumer behaviour and developments within the quick-service restaurant sector.
Website: Grab & Go Expo
5–6 October 2026
Independent Hotel Show London
Location: Olympia London, Hammersmith Road, London W14
The Independent Hotel Show is one of the most important hotel and hospitality events in London, particularly for boutique, independent and luxury hotels.
More than 200 curated brands are expected alongside hotel owners, general managers, interior designers, suppliers and hospitality decision-makers.
The exhibition covers hotel interior design, guest experience, hospitality technology, refurbishment, operations and commercial strategy.
The 2026 theme, Shaping Tomorrow, examines how hotels can embrace innovation while maintaining the individuality, service and sense of place that distinguish independent hospitality.
For anyone working across hospitality design, hotel branding or luxury guest experience, this is one of the key London events to attend in autumn 2026.
Website: Independent Hotel Show London
October 2026
Restaurant & Bar Design Awards
Location: London / programme details via the organiser
The Restaurant & Bar Design Awards celebrate some of the world's most innovative restaurant interiors, bar designs and hospitality spaces.
The international awards are particularly relevant to architects, interior designers, restaurant groups, hotel operators and hospitality creatives.
Categories cover a wide range of hospitality environments, from heritage restaurants and rooftop venues to clubs, biophilic interiors and fast-casual concepts.
The 2026 shortlist has already been announced, with winners due to be revealed in October.
Website: Restaurant & Bar Design Awards
5 November 2026
The Brit List Awards 2026
Location: Ministry of Sound, London
The Brit List Awards celebrates leading hotel interior designers, architects, hoteliers and hospitality suppliers working across the UK and international hospitality industry.
Organised by Hotel Designs, the awards have developed into an established networking occasion for the hotel design community.
The 2026 edition marks the tenth anniversary of the awards and is expected to bring together more than 600 hospitality and design professionals in London.
For anyone working within luxury hospitality, hotel interiors and hospitality design, The Brit List is one of the key industry dates of November 2026.
Website: The Brit List Awards
12 November 2026
HOSPACE 2026
Location: Royal Lancaster London, Lancaster Terrace, London W2
HOSPACE is the annual conference organised by HOSPA, the Hospitality Professionals Association, and one of London's leading hospitality business and hotel conferences.
Unlike a traditional hospitality trade show, HOSPACE focuses on the commercial and operational realities of running hospitality businesses.
The 2026 programme explores hospitality finance, technology, revenue management, sustainability, profitability, leadership, guest expectations and hotel innovation.
The conference is followed by a gala dinner and awards ceremony, creating an additional networking opportunity for senior hospitality professionals.
Website: HOSPACE 2026
25–26 November 2026
HIX – Hotel Interiors Experience
Location: Business Design Centre, Islington, London
HIX – Hotel Interiors Experience is one of London’s leading events dedicated to hotel interior design, architecture and hospitality experience. Bringing together interior designers, architects, hotel operators, developers, investors and leading design brands, the two-day event explores how design is shaping the future of hotels and guest experience.
Alongside a curated exhibition of furniture, lighting, surfaces, fabrics, bathroom products and interior solutions, HIX features installations, talks and discussions addressing the ideas and emerging trends influencing contemporary hospitality design. With its strong focus on creativity, innovation and the relationship between hotel interiors, brand identity and guest experience, HIX is a key date for hospitality designers and creative professionals looking for inspiration, new products and industry connections.
Website: HIX
16 December 2026
UKHospitality Christmas Lunch
Location: Old Billingsgate, Lower Thames Street, London EC3R
The UKHospitality Christmas Lunch is one of the largest end-of-year networking events for the UK restaurant, hotel and hospitality industry.
More than 1,200 hospitality professionals, operators, suppliers and industry leaders are expected to gather at Old Billingsgate in central London.
Rather than a conventional trade show, the event combines a drinks reception, three-course lunch, entertainment and networking, making it an important December date for hospitality industry connections.
Website: UKHospitality Christmas Lunch 2026
London Hospitality Events 2026: Key Dates at a Glance
For hospitality professionals planning their autumn calendar, 16–17 September and 29–30 September 2026 are particularly important, with several restaurant, hotel, food, drink and hospitality exhibitions taking place simultaneously at ExCeL London.
For professionals working specifically across hospitality design, restaurant interiors, hotel design, branding and guest experience, the standout London events include London Packaging Week, Hotel & Resort Innovation Expo, Independent Hotel Show, Restaurant & Bar Design Awards and The Brit List Awards.
For restaurant operators and foodservice professionals, The National Restaurant, Pub & Bar Show and Restaurant & Takeaway Innovation Expo are among the most commercially relevant events.
Together, London's autumn–winter 2026 hospitality calendar reflects several of the industry's defining themes: technology-led operations, wellness-conscious food and beverage, sustainability, experiential hospitality, stronger brand identities and an increasingly sophisticated relationship between interior design, branding and guest experience.
Visualista Edit will continue to follow the key hospitality, restaurant, hotel and design events shaping London and the international hospitality industry.
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