Debut for strawberry leisure
Newcomer Strawberry Leisure will have a prominent place at the show - as well as taking a stand, it is sponsoring all the furniture at the dual-themed, 120-seater La Parade des Chefs restaurant.
On show in one half of the restaurant will be its suede-finished Stardust range, for interior use.
In the other half will be the lively Strawberry Fayre range, finished in bright Colortex combinations, with seat and table panels in Strawberry Red and the underframes in Glade Green. These are built for outdoor, conservatory or café use.
Over on the stand, the third theme in the flagship range will be shown: Seagull, in its Caspian Blue and Spindrift White colour choices.
Strawberry Leisure furniture is British-made and designed, and is constructed from sheet steel.
Chairs and tables are available individually, or as attached units. Trade price for a "twosome set" of two chairs and an occasional table is £125.
Strawberry Leisure
Tel: 01283 511836
Stand X042
MINIATURE TABLE LAMPS
WITH all the romance of candlelight and none of the mess, liquid candle lamps are slowly creeping into more UK restaurants. But many of the early models have been a little garish, or overlarge. Restaurant smallwares specialist Transatlantic Specialties is launching a tasteful, miniature range at Hospitality Week - Transpec Mini-Lamps.
No taller than a salt-cellar, each Mini-Lamp contains a disposable fuel cell that is non-toxic, non-flammable and non-staining. The cells last for 17 hours.
Available in classic chimney, cylinder and circular globes, they cost from £8.99, plus VAT, and including one fuel cell.
Transatlantic Specialties Inc,
Tel: 01753 526138
Stand E204
STILL flushed with its success at last year's World of Hospitality - where its albalite range won a new product award - this year Steelite is showing the product in an expanded range.
Combining a translucent, white finish with the toughness of the company's steelite ceramic body, albalite now comes in a range of patterns that have evolved over the past year.
The lean, art deco shape of the Manhattan range - inspired by New York's Chrysler building - now comes in five bright, boldly coloured patterns: Monet, Deville, Cleo, Bordeaux and Noir.
The more rounded, classic Regency shape has been transformed with eight different patterns, from the spicy autumnal colours of Aztec, to the more subdued antique shades of Mosaic.
For purists, these two are also available in white, as is Premiere, a floral, embossed range.
Steelite International
Tel: 01782 821000
Stand X240
Designs on cutlery
Bradford cutlery specialist Lancaster is showing its five traditional cutlery designs, including Bead (pictured), in its stainless steel range, which also complies with British Standard BS5577 requirements for material and strength.
Lancaster holds more than two million pieces of cutlery in stock, and offers a guaranteed next-day delivery of any item.
Lancaster, Hewenden Mill, Tel: 01535 274637
Stand X330
soap dispensers
Hornbeam Ivy unveils its elegant soap dispensers, for the first time at World of Hospitality. Suitable for shower, basin or bath-side, they solve the problems of what to do with hardly used guest soaps.
Stand X218
PROBAR SERVICES
Once you have invested in an expensivecarpet, Probar claims to have the answer to protecting it. Intec is a wet protector that dries quickly but is absorbed into the fabric of the carpet, so no re-application is necessary after cleaning. It is also suitable for natural floorings.
Stand X071
PARKER KNOLL
Parker Knoll has a new tub chair for the show. Suitable for most contract applications, it is available in 13 wood finishes and more than 200 cover options or to the customers' own specification. A selection of chairs, sofa bedsand tables will also feature.
Stand X108
BRONNLEY's oasis
Bronnley's new Oasis Hotel Range will scent the Interiors exhibition hall. Aimed at both men and women, the new scent comes as a soap, bath/shower gel, shampoo/shower gel, shampoo/conditioner, moisturising lotion and bath foam.
Stand X110
COUNTRY SEAT
Country Seat has five new collections of tables and chairs, suitable for the leisure market. Ranges include the Illinois Collection, inspired by the American Arts & Crafts movement.
Stand X019
DUDSONS' dynasty
Reflecting the increasing ethnic influences of restaurant cuisine, Dudsons will be showing its Dynasty range, including Chinese-style rice bowls, chopstick stands, Dim Sum dishes and soup tureens.
Stand X140
GRIFFON wall-beds
Ideal for hotel bedrooms that have to double up as meeting rooms, Griffon's Sandringham range of wall-beds come disguised in easy folding wood veneer units.
Featuring at the show will be its new Console Tulip design, with anodised aluminium slides for constant folding and unfolding, and in-wall, folding bunk beds for kids' rooms.
Stand X002
Hotelware goes ethnic
A striking, ethnic-influenced pattern makes its debut from Churchill Hotelware. Inca is a geometric design, with burgundy and aquamarine details set against a taupe marbled border. Contemporary but subtle, it is designed to appeal across all sectors - but it's so new, there are no pictures of it yet.
Also on the stand will be last year's most popular patterns: Verona, which has a jade green marbled border inset with motif; and Black Line, a minimalist pattern with a simple line decoration to complement its classic shapes; also available in burgundy.
Churchill Hotelware
Tel: 01782 599399
Stand X151
OH SAUVAGE!
The Interiors/Exteriors Hall looks into the smallest details of interior planning, including bathroom toiletries. Alongside well-known brands exhibiting, such as Bronnley, is the lesser-known Sauvage Cosmetique.
Based in Mayfair, London, Sauvage Cosmetique offers vitamin-enriched, non-toxic toiletries, plus a range of hotel amenity products - robes, slippers and sewing kits. Packaging is re-cyclable, and can be customised.
It has already been snapped up by the hotel industry - one international hotel group recently agreed a $20m amenity package, and another four-star group sells the products, in its own packaging, in its lobby shops.
Sauvage Cosmetique
Tel: 0171-493 0665, Stand X315
Contract furniture manufacturer Grosfillex is launching the Manhattan armchair in Birmingham.
Of wide proportions, itis made from 100% resin, injection-moulded fordurability. And because the colour is integral, there is no surface finish to chip off or peel.
Heavier than the company's range of garden furniture, the Manhattan is available with a rattan or upholstered back, with burgundy or black frame as standard. Bespoke versions can be ordered.
Prices start at about £55 per chair.
Grosfillex
Tel: 081-965 2268
Stand X209
