The Road Ahead

Kingwood Country Club
1700 Lake Kingwood Trail
Kingwood, TX 77339

Agenda can be found here.

Registration for the event is $199.

Operator Attendee:
An individual who works for, manages, or owns a restaurant, non-commercial foodservice operation, or lodging establishment and is responsible for workforce planning, scheduling, or labor cost management in foodservice operations.

Retailer Attendee:
An individual who works for, manages, or owns a convenience store, specialty grocery, supermarket, or wholesaler/club store and is responsible for workforce planning, scheduling, or labor cost management in foodservice operations.

Roles:

• Corporate/Executive Management

• FOH Management

• Front Desk Management

• Catering Management

• Operations

• Culinary/Chef

• Beverage Management

• Sales/Marketing

• Training/HR

• Franchisor/Franchisee

No, but you must be affiliated with the restaurant/foodservice, lodging or retail industry. Please enter your title/company and business email during registration so we can verify you are qualified to attend this event.

An individual who works for a company that is a sponsor of the event. When registering, please use the company specific invite code that was provided to you.

Distributors and suppliers must sponsor in order to attend. If you are not yet a sponsor and would like additional information, please contact us at 312-853-2542, or email us at restaurantshowsales@informa.com to explore sponsorship opportunities. You can also review the 2027 Contracted Exhibitor and Exhibitor Prospect decks to discover the available options.

Discounted nearby hotel options will be available soon. We do not have a dedicated hotel block for this event.

Please be vigilant if approached by any company representing itself as the housing provider for the Road to the 2027 Restaurant Show. These companies will offer to make hotel reservations within the room block on your behalf or misrepresent themselves as agents of the hotel. Please note that the Road to the 2027 Restaurant Show does not rent, share, or sell your contact information to any third parties. If a company reaches out to you about a hotel room, please let us know as soon as possible.

Road to the 2027 Restaurant Show is not utilizing the services of any housing agent or third party, and the host hotel will never reach out to attendees to solicit booking rooms.

While we do not have a dedicated hotel block for this event, some discounted hotel options will be available soon.

The meeting attire is business casual.

We want everyone who comes to the Road to the 2027 Restaurant Show to have a great experience. Whether you are attending, speaking, exhibiting, sponsoring or working with or for us, our focus is on creating an environment and experience that everyone can participate in and benefit from. Click here to view the Code of Conduct and learn more about how we ensure a welcoming and inclusive event for all.

Informa is a leading international business-to-business information services group that connects people with knowledge to help them learn more, know more, and do more. Through its Informa Connect division, the company delivers content-led live and on-demand events, training, and specialist content to businesses and professionals across various industries.

As part of the Informa family, the Road to the 2027 Restaurant Show benefits from global reach, industry expertise, and the infrastructure necessary to host gatherings that assemble key decision-makers and financial partners in environments specifically designed for meaningful business connections and actionable insights across the foodservice landscape.

Informa Connect is dedicated to creating experiences that deliver positive impact while minimizing environmental footprints. Through the FasterForward sustainability program, events like ours will move faster to become zero-waste and net-zero carbon by 2030.

In the future, we will actively help partners, customers, and wider markets achieve their own sustainability goals. By attending the Road to the 2027 Restaurant Show, participants will not just gain valuable industry knowledge and connections, but they will also support a more sustainable future for their industries.