Registration is now open for National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show 2018. Join the NRA at Chicago’s McCormick Place from Saturday, May 19 through Tuesday, May 22 for the largest annual foodservice trade show in the country. More than 66,000 foodservice professionals from around the world are expected to come together to share innovation, insights and solutions for the future of food and beverage.

This year, 2,300 exhibitors representing 900-plus product categories bring their latest and greatest products and solutions for attendees to see, touch, taste and test throughout the four-day event.

Industry celebrities will take center stage to showcase their culinary prowess and industry insight. Chefs will educate and delight as they demonstrate their techniques and share tips and tricks at the World Culinary Showcase, which runs all four days.

NRA Show 2018 education sessions will cover a wide variety of timely subjects from workforce development and business operations to food, nutrition and beverage/alcohol focused content. These sessions have been fine-tuned to deliver helpful takeaways, stimulating ideas and powerful messages that help improve operations and spark new philosophies. Better yet, they’re capped at 30 minutes, ensuring attendees receive cutting-edge industry knowledge for a manageable time investment.

Back for its fourth year at the NRA Show, this is the destination for emerging, tech-savvy startups in the restaurant technology space to gain the opportunity to get in front of more than 66,000 foodservice professionals to showcase technologies that help operations run smoother and more profitably.

New this year, this unique, forward-thinking experience for restaurant leaders is focused on tools and resources to deliver actionable strategies for exponential growth, while providing takeaways that are critical to business success.