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14 New Trends in the Event Planning Industry for 2024

Attendease

Let’s take a look at the top event trends that will shape 2024. Trend #1: Cross-Cultural Dishes & Menus Food and beverage selections at events are becoming more cross-cultural. Today’s event menus include more diversity instead of sticking to one culinary genre. It’s all about curating their eating experience.

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Event Planning Tips for Food and Beverage Functions

Master the Event

For most meeting planners, planning for a main event often involves food and beverage. And, as most meeting planners will also tell you, when planning an event with food and beverage you can chew up a large portion of your budget. Another aspect of the menu cost is the food menu itself.

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Choice Cuts for Food and Beverage Savings

MeetingsNet

And “if you’re getting them sponsored, make sure the price reflects the cost of the beverage.”. • You need to accommodate food allergies and preferences, so try to save costs simultaneously by incorporating dietary needs into the overall menu design—for example, by creating a gluten-free menu—to minimize personalized plates. •

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3 Event Planning Tips for Off-Site Venues

Master the Event

If you’re planning an event, do you keep it on-site (say the hotel ballroom, for example) or do you take a group off-site for a unique venue? That’s a common question that meeting planners address during the planning stages. The planner wants to ensure that each meeting that he or she plans is original.

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The Ultimate Event Planning Checklist

Guidebook

Managing events is stressful. You need an event planning checklist to support you from beginning to end. From picking a venue and speakers to ensuring you’ve sent out thank you notes and running a post-event debrief, there’s a lot to think about. We suggest tailoring your checklist to fit your event.

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21 Tips for More Sustainable Event Planning

Planning Pod

With environmental concerns becoming increasingly urgent, the event planning industry has the unique opportunity to shift how we think of events and lead the way toward sustainable practices. How do you plan a sustainable event? The four principles of event sustainability On average, events create nearly 2.5

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IACC’s Meeting Room of the Future report illuminates evolving trends in the event industry

Prestige Events Magazine

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. The report also found that venues are adjusting to accommodate the behavioral differences of the next generation.