MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

88 percent of planners expect food-and-beverage costs to rise even further than they did last year, with 27 percent of those planners expecting a rise in costs of more than 20 percent. Another 39 percent are seeking to use properties at a lower chain scale and a secondary market, while 8.5

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Fine dining, diverse cuisine and unique culinary experiences When traveling internationally, one of the ways in which visitors can tangibly absorb the culture, personality and literal taste of the destination is through food. Dinner entree from Ginza Toyoda But travelers to Tokyo can expect more than traditional Japanese food.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 27, 2024

IACC , the association which represents the top one per cent of global meeting and conference venues, has released the findings from its eagerly awaited 2024 Meeting Room of the Future Report. Food and beverage preferences continue to evolve, with just under half of venues noting a decrease in alcohol consumption.

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EventMB

JUNE 22, 2022

It will debut in the spring of 2024 with two identical ships and eventually plans to grow its fleet size to 12. Meeting space, audiovisual equipment, and WiFi are all in place, as well as upscale food and beverage offerings, spas, and fitness centers. River cruises have plenty of things going for them.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Coffee is hot right now,” says Tracy Stuckrath, a food & beverage expert and founder of Thrive Meetings and Events. From the Coffee Bar Archives: Wake Up and Smell Eight Strategies for ‘Coffee Experiential’ 2024 Food & Beverage Trends to Inspire Your Event Menus How to incorporate it into your exhibit?

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Event Marketer

MAY 23, 2024

“The festival has a consistent desire to drive engagement and activity and feet on the ground to all the activations, partnerships, food vendors, festival stages and all of the things that happen at Coachella. The post Coachella Quests: Inside the Festival’s Gamified Scavenger Hunts appeared first on Event Marketer.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 5, 2024

percent) in 2024, compared to a strong 2023 that saw pent-up demand unleashed after the Covid pandemic. CoStar also expects acceleration of the group market in spring 2024 as well as in September through early November 2024. The result: Less negotiability for meetings. percent) and guest-room rate (3.0

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The beverage giant and “best of the city” publication announced the launch of Foodmarks, hand-picked, global “food landmarks” inspired by movies, pop culture moments, travel hotspots and other cultural phenomena that revolve around “the perfect moment, the perfect meal and an ice-cold Coca-Cola.” Refreshing.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 5, 2024

Raccoon Media Group has announced the latest addition to its rapidly expanding portfolio with the launch of its first B2B conference – the Allergy & Free From Business Event , scheduled to debut alongside the highly anticipated Allergy & Free From Show at Olympia, London, in June 2024.

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 8, 2024

Ahead of Earth Day 2024, James Bogle, Head of Marketing and Communications, The QEII Centre details the top five sustainability practices the venue uses to help them run the centre, and its events, in the most environmentally friendly way possible. This is supported with the use of climate labels to highlight environmental impact.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 15, 2024

Armed with limited-edition bottles of OJ featuring the “AI” dropped from its name (“Tropcn”), the brand showed up in Sin City and doled out free juice to celebrate its natural ingredients and underscore that its beverages have no artificial additives. Or as Tropicana put it: “Sure, we love STEM. Case in point: A pre-Super Bowl event on Feb.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 5, 2024

She brings over 13 years of experience in luxury hotels to oversee daily operations at the property, which will open in 2024. Simaan Hawa Simaan Hawa, Montage Laguna Beach Hawa joins Montage Laguna Beach as director of sales and marketing.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Rising is an accomplished athletics event and facility operations professional, who will now oversee four of Idaho’s largest convention center’s central departments, including event management, food and beverage services, facility operations and technology services. Powers looks ahead to leading The St.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 26, 2024

Nicholas Rowland, Senior Marketing Manager, Seedlip As an event marketer, you’ve likely been exposed to an array of non-alcoholic (NA) spirits, wine and beer products over the last 12 months—the industry’s explosive growth has been hard to miss. “We’re It’s good as a brand to be able to kind of control that.”

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Attendease

APRIL 9, 2024

SaaS company HubSpot is known for its inbound marketing expertise, so they aptly chose “Inbound” as the theme for their annual conference. Food Truck Alley Bring a fun, lighthearted vibe to your next event with food trucks. Give employees food truck coupons or tickets to sample different offerings.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Agency: Studio Wyse, graphic design) Related Stories: Pinterest and Anthropologie Host a Trendy Holiday Showhouse Based on User Data 2024 Food & Beverage Trends to Inspire Your Event Menus The Brief: Weed Sponsorships and Predictive Palettes 1. We analyzed the info and whittled it down to eight key learnings.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 18, 2023

They offers experiences in over 110 countries with 5,500 properties, 10,000 food and beverage venues, wellness facilities and workspaces. Over one-third of respondents report increases of over 25%, and 80% of respondents expect further spending increases in 2024. billion by 2030.”

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Time at Qua Spa at Caesars Palace, light bites at Guy Savoy Restaurant and dinner at Eiffel Tower Restaurant in Paris Las Vegas highlighted the brand’s focus on tasty, well-prepared food and relaxing, healthy experiences. The brand described the properties as being curated to serve a growing segment of “modern achievers.” trillion by 2030.

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MeetingsNet

AUGUST 14, 2023

As organizations build their budgets for next year’s meetings, they shouldn’t expect any relief from the increasing cost of airfares, hotels, and other services, according to the recently released 2024 Global Business Travel Forecast from CWT and the Global Business Travel Association. percent increase in 2024 to $174.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 5, 2023

She suggested that attendance at conferences in general be allocated to Human Resources budgets rather than marketing because they are powerful tools for employee development, retention and mental health. She is eager to get back in the market and put the skills to work in the field. You can’t learn to drive in a parked car,” she said.

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MeetingsNet

MAY 23, 2023

Based on several hundred planner responses, MPI’s latest industry outlook finds that rising prices have strained meeting budgets, and will likely continue to do so into 2024. Heading up the list is food and beverage, where 55 percent of planners have dealt with costs that are at least 10 percent higher than they were one year prior.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Concessions Worth Asking For in 2024 As the market continues to be tight, planners don’t have quite as much power as they might in a down market, but experts are still finding areas where they can get some relief. This article appears in the January 2024 and January/February 2024 issues as “Agree to Be Agreeable.”

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Conk says he’s just as excited about a successful 10×20 that helps local sales teams as about a 14,000-square-foot booth that the brand is bringing to the 2024 Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS) next week in Las Vegas to celebrate the company’s 70th anniversary and roll out the newest products across its brands.

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 26, 2023

Specifically, housekeeping and food & beverage are the areas where shortfalls are presently the greatest. Further, “as hotels fill roles and recover at varying paces depending on the market and demand, [planners] may see sales professionals who are new to a particular hotel, but not new to Marriott.”

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 28, 2021

Italian Exhibition Group, key international expo and conference player, with its Rimini and Vicenza expo venues in Italy and offices in Milan, New York, Las Vegas and Dubai and listed on the Screen-based Share Market (MTA) organised and managed by Borsa Italiana S.p.A,

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MeetingsNet

AUGUST 18, 2023

General Services Administration has released the fiscal year 2024 per-diem rates for government travel in the continental United States, with the standard reimbursable lodging rate rising from $98 to $107 for FY ’24, which begins on October 1. In Chicago, Denver, Boston, and many other big cities, it is $79.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 17, 2023

Darby Gyscek and Ricky de Jesus Darby Gescyk (left) and Ricky de Jesus (right) Kimpton The Forum Hotel in Charlottesville, Virginia, named Gyscek director of sales and marketing, and de Jesus director of catering. Adreanne Lewis Photo: Leo Thompson Lewis is director of sales, events and marketing for The Driskill in Austin, Texas.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 23, 2023

It seems like we’ve added so many new things with one of the latest features being our new Gordon Ramsay Restaurant, Gordon Ramsay Food Market.” “I Robbins also reports that Harrah’s Cherokee will soon be home to the Comedy Zone —featuring food and beverage options, 180 seats and live comedy five nights a week.

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Canadian Special Events

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Design Every element of the UNITE 2022 summit, be it the registration and the app, food and beverage, networking and sponsor areas, or session elements, was designed to maximize impactful connections between participants, all under one UNITED theme.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

His philosophy is that “Genuine hospitality is the way a restaurant makes you feel before you even take a bite of food. of event space with more for lobby activations and 53 workforce housing units) and should be open in 2024, with more in the works in Petaluma (45-minutes away on Highway 101 with 93 guest rooms, 3,000 sq.

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 25, 2021

These are just some of the enticements for hospitality and other service workers in a labor market where demand is exceeding supply. Business travel is down and not expected to return to 2019 levels until at least 2023 or 2024. Signing bonuses, valet parking, all-time high wages and greater flexibility on scheduling.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 6, 2024

Swag bags were delivered to all remote attendees, who were also allowed to order in food and beverage. This article appears in the May 2024 issue. Kovacs directed the bulk of her budget to a skilled AV team, which produced the event like a true show, complete with music, lighting, animations and videos.

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Unique Venues

JULY 6, 2021

Onsite, your guests will enjoy the award-winning food provided by Spectra Food Services & Hospitality which is the exclusive food and beverage provider at the Ranch Events Complex. The state-of-the-art complex houses four versatile event spaces including the First National Bank of Omaha Building, the Thomas M.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 22, 2024

It is the attention to detail in the design, service and food and beverage program that elevates the experience to quiet luxury. Specialty serving dishes keep food chilled in style and sustainable materials allow everyone to rest easier. Rooms have amenities tucked into thoughtful alcoves. That is pretty luxurious.

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Stova

MARCH 20, 2023

This comprehensive list covers several key industries such as event management, marketing, and technology, and will allow you to find the perfect events for you to attend in 2023 based on goals, audience, and more! If you can't make the June event, don't worry ETL will also take place in London on November 15 -16, 2023.

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Bizzabo

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Event marketers of cannabis events are undeterred by regional restrictions. Why You Should Attend: If you work in the Food & Beverage industry in any capacity, you'll have a lot to gain from attending the Cannabis Drinks Expo. 2020 Marketing Events. Why You Should Attend: There's something for everyone at this event!

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