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Smart Moves: Food and Beverage

Smart Meetings

Bolivar is director of food and beverage for Innisbrook, A Salamander Resort in Tampa Bay, Florida, where he will oversee the property’s five F&B options, as well as its banquet operations. Luksza us director of food and beverage and Bergman is executive chef for NoMo SoHo in New York City. Gilbert Bolivar.

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New Report: IMEX 2022 Reached Net Zero Carbon Events Goals

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Nearly all water used inside Mandalay Bay Convention Center for restrooms and food preparation is treated and returned to Lake Mead through Southern Nevada Water Authority programs. Since 2012, the conference has been tracking diversion, recycling and reuse and has averaged an 86% diversion rate.

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Reduce and Reuse: Meeting Spaces Go Green

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of meeting space and also has a 19-year-old food compost program. Eventually, when the local farmer retired, Inn by the Sea started working with Garage to Garden, a community driven organization founded in 2012. In 2011, the program expanded to include a sustainable beverage program, recycling center, food donations and a green roof.

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We are biased against truly creative event design

Conferences that Work

A “creative” event design is one with a novel venue and/or decor and lighting and/or food and beverage. .” —Sarah Kendzior, The View From Flyover Country: Dispatches from the Forgotten America The meeting industry is no exception. We define creativity as a subset of what is actually possible.

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Reduce and Reuse: Meeting Spaces Go Green

Smart Meetings

of meeting space and also has a 19-year-old food compost program. Eventually, when the local farmer retired, Inn by the Sea started working with Garage to Garden, a community driven organization founded in 2012. In 2011, the program expanded to include a sustainable beverage program, recycling center, food donations and a green roof.

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Back to the Future: Revisiting Event Planner Predictions From 2012

PCMA Convene

One event planner predicted in 2012 that that keynote speakers would give their presentation from the new orbiting space station in 2022. In 2012, Angry Birds was the most downloaded app, the iPhone was five, and Zoom was only a year old. And the major difference is that no one complains about the food!

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Ocean’s Edge

Smart Meetings

When Ocean Casino and Resort opened as Revel in 2012 with Beyonce as its headliner, people got a sense that this was going to be something big. Serendipity 3 at The District Food Court in Oceans Casino and Resort. Distrito Cantina at The District Food Court in Oceans Casino and Resort.