Calendar of Events

Nation's Restaurant News, March 18, 2002

Aug. 7-9, 2002

CHRIE, The Hospitality & Tourism Educators, will host its annual Conference & Exposition at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, Fla. For more information call (800) 996-9840.

Aug. 11-14, 2002

The Council of Hotel & Restaurant Trainers (CHART) will hold its semiannual conference at the Fairmount Queen Elizabeth hotel in Montreal. For more information call (800) 463-5918 or visit online at www.chart.org.

Sept. 20-22, 2002

NASCORE 2002, the eighth annual Specialty Coffee & Tea Trade Show, will be held at the Portland Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Ore. Conference attendees will tour a tea-blending facility. For more information contact Jan Gibson at (800) 548-0551.

Sept. 26-Oct. 6-8, 2002

The Conference & Exposition for Spa, Resort and Hotel Executives will be held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. For more information about the event call (212) 924-9300, Ext. 211.

Sept. 26-28, 2002

The Foodservice Consultants Society International will hold its annual conference at the Hilton-Barcelona hotel, Barcelona, Spain. For more information call David Drain at (502) 583-3783.

Oct. 9-12, 2002

The Society for Foodservice Management will hold its National Conference at the Hyatt on the Riverwalk hotel in San Antonio. For more information about the event call Tony Butler at (502) 583-3783.

Oct. 23-24, 2002

The Eastern Perishable Products Association will host its 31st annual Taste Show & Exhibition at the Meadowlands Convention Center in Secaucus, N.J. For more information call (201) 288-5454.

Oct. 24, 2002

People Report, a human resource research and consulting firm catering to the foodservice industry, will hold its sixth annual Best Practices Conference in Dallas. For more information call (972) 364-0490 or visit online at www.peoplereport.net.

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Oct. 27-30, 2002

FS/TEC 2002, Nation's Restaurant News' seventh annual International Foodservice Technology Exposition, will be held at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. The conference will evaluate the products and services of more than 200 technology exhibitors and will present experts in the technology and foodservice industries as keynote speakers. Attendees will learn from educational breakout sessions and attend awards presentations honoring leaders in foodservice technology. For information and registration call (212) 756-5245.

MUFSO 2002

Multi-Unit Foodservice Operators Conferences

Sept. 29-Oct. 2, 2002

MUFSO 2002, Nation's Restaurant News' 43rd annual Multi- Unit Foodservice Operators Conference, will feature an all-star lineup of industry leaders as well as renowned speakers. The nation's only awards for foodservice advertising -- the EAT and EAR Awards -- will be presented, too. The conference will kick off Sunday, Sept. 29, with a cocktail reception featuring foods from the top chefs of Florida. MUFSO 2002 will be held at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. For more information contact Coleen Harte at (212) 756-5201.