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We create corporate travel experiences for food retail businesses that combine innovation, networking, travel and entertainment to connect you with talent and inspiration around the world.
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We design and deliver unique, tailor-made trips and vacations in all four corners of the globe, offering discerning individuals and their families hassle-free smart travel options and outside-the-box experiences.
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Concerts & Seasonal Happenings
Plan your season around the concerts, awards nights and festivals worth travelling for, from Oasis and the Oscars to Christmas in Copenhagen and Midsummer in Stockholm. Filter the calendar by month, region or event type.
Meet our new research partner: IGD
A2D has partnered with IGD, the food and grocery research charity founded in 1909. Discover how IGD insight will strengthen our content and add optional expert briefings and retail safaris to your Food Innovation Travel.
UK Food Innovation: A Recent Round-Up
London’s booming salad chains, the UK’s push into fermented and cultivated proteins, regenerative sourdough in Tesco and Whole Foods Market’s smaller stores: four UK food innovation stories from 2026.
Tokyo: A Summer of Food Innovation
Inside Tokyo’s summer of food innovation: FamilyMart’s queue-worthy Famima Park flagship, five essential kakigori and dessert spots, matcha’s supply squeeze, and how Tokyo’s Neapolitan pizza scene is exporting itself to Manhattan.
New York’s Markets: Where the City Actually Shops
From an Uzbek buffet counter in the West Village to a cyberpunk-styled night market in Flushing, New York’s most revealing food stops are its markets, supermarkets and food halls, not its restaurants.
New York’s Micro-Openings: Big Bets in Small Spaces
Inside three of New York’s smallest, boldest restaurant openings, from a Michelin chef’s gluten-free izakaya to the Cronut inventor’s newest bakery, and what they reveal about testing big ideas in tiny spaces.
Food Events Calendar 2026-2027
Major food trade shows and public festivals, Sept 2026–June 2027 — SIAL Paris, Gulfood, FOODEX Japan, Oktoberfest, and more.
Asia’s New Convenience Tech
AI-powered kitchens, fashion-forward wellness meals and Korea’s sustainability push are redefining what convenience food means across Asia
