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The Muslim Lifestyle Expo 2019

This annual two-day event is the world’s leading Muslim lifestyle event. The Expo hosts over 150 exhibitors to showcase the best of the thriving global ‘halal’ and Islamic lifestyle sectors. With worldwide halal food and lifestyle markets set to reach US $3.7 trillion by 2019, this award-winning event welcomes a wide range of businesses, products, and services to connect with the non-Muslim and Muslim consumer and business markets.

 

The event provides businesses with new opportunities to penetrate a burgeoning global consumer market.

 

The event offers a wide range of entertainment, activities and educational seminars for people of all faiths and backgrounds to connect and enjoy this popular annual event.

 

26th – 27th october 2019

Event City, Phoenix way, Manchester, Gtr Manchester, M41 7TB

 

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UAE: Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre tracks progress of its 2017-2020 Strategy

DUBAI, 1st October, 2019 (WAM) — The Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre, DIEDC, held its third board meeting for 2019, where the board members reviewed the progress of the DIEDC 2017-2020 Strategy, and discussed ways of aligning it with the priorities highlighted in the Letter of the New Season by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai.

 

The meeting was chaired by Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy and Chairman of the DIEDC, who noted that Dubai is consolidating its status as the global capital of the Islamic economy by systematically updating its strategies and action plans in line with the rapid developments in the Islamic economy and the wider global economy.

 

He said, “What makes the UAE the most competitive country in the region and the one best prepared for the future, as His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum announced, is its courage to face facts, review calculations and continuously adjust strategies. In line with this course of action, the DIEDC conducts periodic reviews of its strategies to adapt them to the changing world.”

 

“In close collaboration with its strategic partners, the DIEDC continues to implement its plans to establish Dubai as a global destination for entities active in the Islamic economy space. In this context, the Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities Department is organising the fifth edition of the Islamic Economy Fiqh Forum that will take place in Dubai in November 2019.

 

Furthermore, Dinar Standard plans to launch the updated version of Salaam Gateway this October in partnership with the DIEDC,” he added.

 

Essa Kazim, Secretary-General of the DIEDC, said, “We are working with our strategic partners to build a unified global reference for the Islamic economic sectors to pave the way for the next phase of growth. This, together with standardisation is currently among the DIEDC’s top priorities.”

 

Kazim noted that updating the Salaam Gateway is a critical and strategic step in catering to the growth of the halal and Islamic finance sectors.

 

Serving as a comprehensive global repository of information, news, and data on the Islamic economy, Salaam Gateway is one of the unique initiatives overseen by the DIEDC. The online platform features a database of more than 10,000 international companies active in various sectors of the Islamic economy.

 

During the board meeting, Abdulla Mohammed Al Awar, CEO of the DIEDC, briefed members on the progress of the “Dubai: Capital of Islamic Economy” initiative and proposed the budget for 2020.

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Expo Halal will be part of the new Alimentaria Trends trade show

Alimentaria Show held in Barcelona, Spain will expand its offer dedicated to halal food, increasing the number of participating companies specialized on halal. In addition, it will also host cooking shows as part as the third edition of Halal Congress, which will include participation of international experts.

 

Alimentaria 2020, one of the top worlds’s fair trades in food, beverages and food services has announced its renewed commitment to Halal-certified products, which are foods that are permitted to be consumed in accordance with Islamic dietary law. Rising demand for convenience foods that meet halal standards in emerging Middle Eastern markets, coupled with a growing need for these products in the West has led to strong growth in halal certified foods.

 

Alimentaria 2020 will feature Expo Halal, a specific space dedicated to offering these types of foods and beverages, although it will now be part of Alimentaria Trends, a new trade show aimed at showing the latest food trends in ecological, diet, functional and gourmet products, as well as halal products.

 

 

Halal goes far beyond meat

At Alimentaria 2018, Expo Halal brought together 25 national and international companies in a 500 m2 space, although another 150 exhibitor companies offered Halal-certified products in other spaces of the fair, such as Dulcesol, Europastry, Industrias Cárnicas Viñals, or Mercabarna, among others. Furthermore, 20% of the international buyers invited by the organisation had halal products in their portfolios, and 11% of all visitors to the trade show stated that they were interested in this product segment.

 

“Food and beverage spending in the Muslim world will reach 21.2% of the global total, €2.2 billion, in 2019, with processed foods the products in greatest demand (33%), followed by products of animal origin (17%)”, says Anwar El Mezwaghi, President of Ambar Connect, a partner company of Alimentaria 2020, organizing Expo Halal, which works in direct contact with the majority of halal producers around the world.

 

In this sense, “85% of the animals and meat consumed in Muslim countries comes from countries that do not belong to the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC)”, indicates El Mezwaghi, which means there is plenty of room for international expansion for a sector in full growth. El Mezwaghi also underlines that halal goes far beyond meat, and that there is a range of products in different areas, from other food sectors to fashion or cosmetics: “The high participation of exhibitors and buyers that belong to other sectors, such as sweets, confectionery, and non-alcoholic beverages, gives us an idea of the wide variety of products and opportunities in the halal markets”.