Igeho 2025 Celebrates Successful Anniversary Edition
Eva Mai
Igeho 2025 celebrated its 60th anniversary from 15 to 19 November at Messe Basel. Around 42,500 industry professionals and more than 400 exhibitors and partners contributed to the success of this edition of Switzerland’s leading hospitality trade fair.
Igeho remains an indispensable platform for exchange, inspiration and business development within the industry. With its successful 60th anniversary, it once again underlines its role as the most important hub of the Swiss hospitality sector – while also setting strong signals for the future.
For the entire team and myself, it was a great pleasure to finally open the doors of Igeho 2025 again. Igeho 2025 impressively demonstrates the strength and innovative capacity of our industry. In a time of major change, it offers exactly what the hospitality sector needs today: an independent meeting place for a wide variety of stakeholders, providing guidance, consolidating knowledge and showcasing new solutions to current challenges.
The fair was accompanied by an extensive program featuring 100 events, including talks on industry developments and live cooking sessions with renowned chefs such as Dominik Sato, Patrick Mahler and Elif Oskan.
Audience highlights included the special exhibition “Hotel Utopia,” which showcased cutting-edge technologies in robotics, AI and virtual reality, as well as “Barbesuch,” which put the Swiss and international bar community centre stage.
Numerous associations and networks – including GastroSuisse, HotellerieSuisse, the Hotel & Gastro Union, the Swiss Chefs’ Association and the Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley – contributed to a vibrant and diverse industry gathering.
