Good news for franchise investors sourcing new investment alternatives and opportunities. The once a year ASEAN No. 1 franchise exhibition, Thailand Franchise & Business Opportunities 2011, 7^th edition, is returning with a big bang.

Mr. Kavin Kittiboonya, Managing Director of Kavin Intertrade Co, show organizer, said TFBO 2011 will be held on October 27-30, at BITEC, Bangkok, Thailand.

This year, Mr. Kavin said, TFBO 2011, the largest franchise show in this region, will showcase almost 20 franchise and SME businesses from food and drinks to coffee, bakery and doughnut, pizza, education, beauty and spa, jewelry, printing, vending machines, software and etc.

The managing director said further that this year exhibitors are represented by more than 110 companies from 10 countries, including Thailand, the US, Australia, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, India and others.

Confirmed exhibitors include from Thailand: The Pizza Company, Swensen , Dairy Queen, Daddy Dough, Chokdee Dimsum, Coffman, Moly Care, The Waffle, First Cup, Double A, Genius Planet, etc; from the US: Subway; Australia: Gloria Jeans; Korea, Etude, Red Mango; Singapore: Sarpino Pizzeria and Hong Kong: Astem Inc.

As the largest franchise show in ASEAN, Mr. Kavin stated that ASEAN grown franchise businesses are increasingly recognized and accepted by investors in not only the 10-nation group, but also elsewhere as can be seen from more than 20,000 investors from 40 countries visited TFBO last year to discuss business opportunities with exhibitors.

He expected more than 22,000 investors from 45 countries to register and visit TFBO 2011.