HOTEC 2026, the Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association’s premier trade exhibition, returns on October 22-23 at the Crowne Plaza Fiji Nadi Bay Resort and Spa in Wailoaloa, Nadi. Each week, we introduce some of this year’s confirmed exhibitors. This week’s line-up features the Austrade delegation, confirmed as HOTEC 2026’s Platinum Sponsors.
Sidewood Estates
Founded in 2004 by Owen and Cassandra Inglis, Sidewood Estates is a family-owned producer and the Adelaide Hills’ largest certified sustainable winegrower, holding Sustainable Winegrowing Australia accreditation.
Sommeliers, food and beverage managers and procurement teams can discover cool-climate wines from a true grape-to-glass producer, recognised over the past decade with more than 70 trophies and over 470 gold medals across national and international wine shows.
Built on craftsmanship and sustainability, Sidewood offers hotels, resorts and restaurants premium Australian wines with a credible environmental story, well suited to properties refining wine lists around quality and provenance, and keen to offer guests a genuine sustainability story alongside the wine itself.
Noah’s Creative Juices
Noah’s Creative Juices is one of Australia’s most successful premium fruit juice brands, and food and beverage teams can explore a range built entirely from Not-From-Concentrate fruit, including juices, smoothies, coconut water smoothies, prebiotic smoothies and vegetable juices.
The range features exotic fruit combinations across almost every variety imaginable, packaged in premium glass bottles with a distinctive foil lid and integrated label that convey freshness while sitting gently on the environment.
Backed by nearly 25 years of juice-making experience and a newly opened, state-of-the-art bottling facility with expanded export capability,
Noah’s offers hotels and resorts a premium, guest-ready beverage option with genuine international pedigree, suited to breakfast service, mini bars and poolside bar menus alike.
Vitasoy
Established in 1940, Vitasoy Australia is a plant-based manufacturer based in regional Victoria, producing protein-rich soymilks, creamy oat milks for the conscious barista and plant-based yogurts.
Food and beverage teams can discuss how these products support growing guest demand for dairy alternatives, from coffee service to breakfast and dessert applications, backed by a HACCP-certified, state-of-the-art facility producing more than 70 million litres of plant-based product annually.
Now available in more than 30 countries, Vitasoy offers hotels and resorts a genuinely global, quality-assured option for expanding plant-based menus while supporting a more sustainable food future, with consistent supply behind every batch.
TAG Foods
TAG Foods brings smart, practical food solutions designed to help professional kitchens work more efficiently, reduce waste and control costs across busy resort and hotel service periods.
Chefs and food and beverage teams can explore QimiQ functional UHT creams, delivering reliable performance and stable yield across cooking, whipping and cold kitchen applications, alongside
Beyond Oil, which keeps frying oil cleaner for longer to extend oil life, improve food quality and cut usage and cost.
Together, these two HORECA products offer resort and hotel kitchens a practical way to achieve greater consistency and efficiency without compromising on quality, backed by clear operational cost savings that chefs and kitchen managers can see reflected in reduced wastage over time.
Prestige Foods International
For over 30 years, Prestige Foods International has supported chefs, hotels and retailers across the globe, and as a division of Mulwarra Export Pty Ltd, the company specialises in premium food export supply for the hospitality sector. Procurement teams and chefs can discuss how Prestige partners with luxury resorts and leading hospitality venues throughout the Maldives, Fiji, Singapore, Hong Kong, Seychelles, French Polynesia and beyond, built on a foundation of quality, consistency and genuine service.
For properties seeking a proven international supplier with deep resort-sector experience, this is an opportunity to explore tailored supply solutions built specifically around hospitality needs, drawing on Prestige’s established relationships across the wider Pacific and Indian Ocean resort markets.
Sandhurst
Established in 1988, Sandhurst is a family-owned Italian-Australian food company with heritage tracing back to the 1950s and three generations of family involvement, specialising in premium Mediterranean-inspired products for retail and foodservice. Chefs and food and beverage teams can explore a curated range of olives, antipasti, oils, vinegars, condiments, sauces and gourmet pantry essentials, sourced from trusted growers around the world and rooted in authentic European culinary tradition.
Built on consistent quality and family values, Sandhurst offers hotels and resorts a reliable source of Mediterranean flavour for menu development, from fine dining to everyday hospitality service, with samples available on the day for chefs to taste before committing to a supply order.
