Arena Christmas Event
Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park
Arena's popular Christmas Event returns once again to the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park on Monday 2 December 2024. One of the highlights of the hospitality industry's event calendar, this event will bring together over 200 senior hospitality professionals. The event will focus on strategic growth and opportunities within foodservice and hospitality, current challenges being experienced, what's new and what's different plus what's in store for the future as we eye the 2030's.
Single Tickets Excl. VAT
- Members £189
- Non-members £350
Tables of 10 Excl. VAT
- Members £1,701
- Non-members £3,150
Event Timings
| 10.30am | Guest Arrival and Refreshments |
| 11.00am | ‘2030 Vision – the Future of Foodservice’ presented by Simon Stenning, Founder, Future Foodserivce |
| 11.45am | Drinks and Canape Reception |
| 12.45pm | Three course seated lunch |
| 2.45pm | Panel Discussion hosted by Peter Martin, Co-Founder, Peach 20/20 |
| 4.00pm | Drinks and Networking |
| 4.30pm | Guests Depart |
The Event
The finale in Arena's calendar of events for 2024 brings together four highly experienced foodservice and hospitality industry leaders who will take part in a panel discussion hosted by industry commentator Peter Martin, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Peach 20/20. Our first speaker to be announced is John Nugent, Founder and CEO, Green & Fortune.
John Nugent, Founder and CEO, Green & Fortune.
Green & Fortune is a hospitality company John launched in 2008, in London’s Kings Cross. It was the first hospitality operator to open in the area, as part of this regeneration project. Green & Fortune operates five prestigious sites in London, focusing on restaurants, events and conferencing, as well as bars and cafes. John is a partner in the Shoreditch restaurant, Daffodil Mulligan with Richard Corrigan. He is also an investor in a number of other restaurant companies. In 2022 he launched Patina - a bakery, bar, restaurant and events venue in Edinburgh.
Prior to launching his own company, John was CEO of Searcys and led the launch of some of London’s iconic hospitality venues - The Gherkin, Royal Opera House, Champagne Bar St. Pancras, The Portrait Restaurant. He was also managing director of Richard Corrigan’s restaurant company.
John supports Sadler’s Wells with their catering strategy and he is also a founding director of the Kings Cross Business Partnership.
On the morning of the event, Simon Stenning, Founder, FutureFoodservice will present ‘2030 Vision – the Future of Foodservice’
Simon will present data and forecasts for the 9 sectors covering the breadth of the UK foodservice market, delivering a deep understanding of the drivers of change as we head towards 2030. Following on from the last Future Foodservice report on the ‘Changing Landscape’, Simon will outline how the market will continue to evolve over the next few years, as consumer behaviour settles into a new normal, but also as societal, economic and technological change affects the market.
Simon will include forecasts for how the Pub market will develop through new formats, how Restaurants will polarise, and how Hotels will adopt new segments such as ‘Friendly Comfort’; Other sectors that will be explored include Contract Catering, and how elements of public sector catering are forecast to grow, plus of course, the exponential growth of Fast Food, and whether this growth can be maintained.
The presentation will conclude with a vision for the market in 2030 and the key consumer behaviours that need to be taken into account.
The event also includes a networking drinks reception and three-course seated lunch.
Look out for more speakes to be announced shortly.