On August 19, 2026, the 12th edition of the Aakar 2026 Integrated Exhibition officially opened at the India Expo Mart in Greater Noida, India. As a premier trade show for India's events, hospitality, and entertainment industries, the event brings together four specialized exhibitions: Tent Decor Asia, HORECA Asia, Hospitality Asia, and SFX & Light Expo/Sound & Light Asia. Over the course of the four-day event, more than a thousand exhibitors are expected to showcase their offerings across a total exhibition area of 50,000 square meters. The show comprehensively presents the latest products, cutting-edge technologies, professional equipment, and innovative business solutions across related sectors, providing an efficient and integrated B2B platform for cooperation and exchange among global and domestic manufacturers, suppliers, traders, hoteliers, event professionals, and buyers. The exhibition is open daily from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
Operating under the innovative "One Venue, Four Co-located Exhibitions" model, Aakar 2026 achieves in-depth coverage across the upstream and downstream segments of the industry value chain. First, Tent Decor Asia focuses on event spaces and decor aesthetics, showcasing tents, marquees, temporary structures, fabrics, outdoor furniture, and various decorative elements. These products and solutions are tailor-made for weddings, large-scale exhibitions, corporate events, and grand celebrations, designed to meet the growing market demand for premium and flexible spatial solutions.
Second, HORECA Asia aligns with the rapid evolution of the food service and hospitality sectors, highlighting commercial kitchen equipment, professional catering solutions, food service products, and other specialized hospitality supplies. This zone provides comprehensive hardware support to enhance the efficiency and quality of food and beverage services.
Meanwhile, Hospitality Asia is dedicated to empowering hotels and hospitality spaces, featuring hotel furniture, fine tableware, premium linens, guest room amenities, and interior decor products. It comprehensively assists the hospitality industry in elevating guest experiences and spatial design.
In addition, SFX & Light Expo/Sound & Light Asia serves as a centralized showcase for audiovisual and special effects technologies, presenting professional sound systems, advanced lighting equipment, cutting-edge stage technologies, visual solutions, and special effects installations. These state-of-the-art technologies are widely applied in concerts, weddings, corporate events, entertainment venues, large-scale exhibitions, and various major productions, providing robust technical support for creating immersive and spectacular live experiences.
According to the organizers, this year's Aakar 2026 is expected to gather over 1,200 companies across an exhibition area of approximately 50,000 square meters. This massive scale not only provides participating companies with a broad stage to demonstrate their strengths and interact directly with buyers and distributors, but also fosters a highly dynamic B2B trading environment. On this platform, industry stakeholders can keenly capture emerging market trends, comprehensively evaluate new technologies, and deeply explore potential collaboration and distribution opportunities.
The successful holding of this exhibition comes at a golden period of rapid expansion for India's wedding, MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions), hospitality, HoReCa, and entertainment industries. Driven by consumption upgrades, the market is witnessing robust growth in demand for premium event decor, innovative venues, technologically advanced sound and light systems, modern hospitality products, and customized experiences. This surging demand creates tremendous business opportunities for manufacturers and service providers. Aakar 2026 has keenly captured these shifts in industry demand, perfectly aligning with the pulse of market development by integrating multiple niche segments of the events and hospitality ecosystems onto a single platform. The exhibition not only showcases a full industry chain of products—from modern tent structures and innovative decor concepts to professional sound systems, smart lighting solutions, stage technologies, commercial kitchen equipment, and hotel interiors—but also highlights the increasingly vital core role of innovation, design, and technology in creating memorable consumer experiences and enhancing corporate operational efficiency.
Beyond its rich product displays, Aakar 2026 is positioned as a premier business networking platform. Professionals from event management, wedding planning, hospitality, food and beverage, entertainment, production, and related industries gather together, enabling exhibiting brands to seize this opportunity to strengthen their market presence, expand their business networks, forge new industry connections, and gain a deeper understanding of market demands.
Looking back, Aakar has been deeply engaged in the trade exhibition sector since 1998. To date, it has successfully hosted over 50 professional exhibitions, connecting thousands of companies with a massive audience of trade visitors and industry elites. Leveraging its profound industry expertise, the organizers of Aakar 2026 aim to further consolidate the business ecosystem surrounding India's events, hospitality, and entertainment industries, providing enterprises with a dedicated platform to showcase their core competencies and explore new markets.
It is reported that the 12th edition of the Aakar 2026 Integrated Exhibition will run until August 22, 2026. Industry professionals, trade visitors, buyers, and business stakeholders are welcome to visit the India Expo Mart in Greater Noida, India, to explore and negotiate, and to share in this premier industry event.