Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 20, 2018

No big surprise, but hotels will double-down on bringing local culture to the ballrooms and conference centers, in everything from pop-up action stations and food trucks to curated experiences led by local chefs and producers. The post Dishing 2019’s Hot F&B Trends for Groups appeared first on Smart Meetings. Local and Immersive.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 16, 2024

From sales and marketing to food and beverage management, we’ve welcomed over 250 delegates from both member and non-member venues over the past 12 months. Our Enquiry Service and Venue Find service has gone from strength to strength and we have doubled our sales from 2019.

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Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 26, 2023

below 2019. The good news is that 2024 is expected to eclipse 2019 results by 3.6%. The big three include food & beverage, A/V + production and speakers/entertainment. According to the Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR), the business-to-business exhibition industry is still in recovery mode.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 15, 2024

Tsui fills the role of director of food and beverage, bringing over two decades of experience in luxury hospitality. Nicholas Dukes and Zachary Abeyta Nicholas Dukes (left) and Zachary Abeyta (right), Pechanga Casino Resort Pechanga Resort Casino brings on two new beverage professionals to its F&B team.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 25, 2019

The first Smart Meeting of 2019 was on Jan. Marin is excited to greet you in the stunning penthouse @FairmontSF for the first Smart Meeting of 2019. — JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) January 22, 2019. — SmartMeetings (@SmartMeetings) January 23, 2019. Posted by Smart Meetings on Wednesday, January 23, 2019.

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Velvet Chainsaw

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Mattering can include attendee experience enhancers like a charging station, free Wi-Fi, food and beverage offerings or a give-away that attendees value. Mattering — participants should get something out of this: They may be entertained, educated, surprised, awarded, helped, satisfied or become more connected.

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Event Marketer

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Attendees were invited to explore the doors and enjoy food trucks featuring local international cuisine, cinnamon-flavored marshmallows and beverages. The experience was inspired by a 2019 Gallup poll that found more than 75 percent of Americans believe immigration is a good thing.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 16, 2022

Sims has spent over 20 years in the events industry, most recently the owner and event designer for Carrie Sims Events Design, a company she started in 2019. Hotel Haya in Tampa, Florida, appointed Carlson director of food and beverage. Fairmont Dallas appointed Searle director of food and beverage and Sous director of rooms.

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Prestige Events Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2022

Business on the books at the six-month point is up by 47% on 2019 with a solid base already in place for 2023. The resort’s sales strategy has been focused on specific sectors for many years and the sales team has reported a 75% increase in demand for events when compared with 2019.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 13, 2023

Hotels are charging more, but profitability is the same as in 2019,” Dominguez said. Dominguez encouraged meeting professionals to explain to their stakeholders that when they see inflation decreasing, that doesn’t mean prices are going back to 2019 levels. We’re paying for more labor. F&B Prices Are Impacted by War in Ukraine.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Lacassagne began his career as an assistant food & beverage manager at Hotel Concorde Montparnasse in France and continued to work in various F&B roles through Egypt, Morocco and the Caribbean. He has worked with the Shashi Group since 2019, first as director of food and beverage.

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Eventmobi

JUNE 13, 2019

Thankfully, with a few savvy budget-saving tips, you can run a successful, professional event with minimum event budget costs in 2019. Ask businesses to sponsor the entire event – providing the venue, food, and A/V equipment, or just one element. Pay for the food – not the catering. to cover your event costs.

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Bizzabo

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The most authoritative 2019 tech conferences directory on the web. Searching for top technology events to attend in 2019? This carefully curated conference directory features over 200 (and growing) 2019 tech conferences across multiple industries. 2019 Technology Conferences. JANUARY 2019 TECH CONFERENCES.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Third party legwork can consist of registration, promotional items, air manifest, air bookings, transportation, food and beverage, audiovisual production, collection of information, collection of speaker notes, agendas, and on-site logistics. We try to source as local as possible to maybe cut down on shipping costs.”

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Event Marketer

JULY 9, 2024

For years, Taco Bell’s answer to these activities has taken shape through clever and generous fan campaigns—2017’s FOMO-inducing “Secret Test Kitchen” dinners come to mind, as does 2019’s Taco Bell Hotel that oozed with superfan hospitality.

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Event Marketer

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

To boot, they were given access to luxury food and beverage options on the course grounds. The unique stay was capped off with breakfast delivered by room service.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Lisa Vanderpump is opening Vanderpump Cocktail Garden inside the Las Vegas hotel in early 2019. “It Vanderpump is a veteran on the beverage front. Caesars Palace is partnering with reality television royalty. It has always been a dream of mine to see our brand in lights at the iconic Caesars Palace,” the Bravolebrity says.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

He has worked with Marriott since 2011 and has excelled in food & beverage roles. Since then, he has shifted into more sales roles, and worked as senior catering sales executive in 2019.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Related : Dishing 2019’s Hot F&B Trends for Groups. In 2019, I expect that integrating end-to-end wellness for our guests will create a total 360-degree wellness travel experience that ensures they simply feel better on the road,” said Melissa Walker, senior director of global wellness.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Olmstead previously served in managerial and food and beverage positions with InterContinental Hotels Group, working at the brand’s properties in San Francisco, Chicago and New York.

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Attendease

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

In 2019, the pop-up event market is exceeding expectations for growth and projected to bring in $10 billion. Provide Food and Beverage Service. For successful pop-up events, providing a clean and hygienic food and beverage experience is a must. Only serve fresh food and drinks at optimal temperatures.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Five woman chefs of color in leadership roles across the United States spoke to Smart Meetings and shared stories of their careers, their inspirations and their passion for great food. In 2019, she was promoted to chef de partie at Capa; in 2020, sous chef. Peruvian food is very diverse and dynamic in its flavors,” she says.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 21, 2023

There, over 300,000 worms convert leftover food waste into compost that is used in the center’s green spaces. The company also hopes to see a year-on-year increase in sustainable procurement of materials and products and in sustainable media products and food and beverage menus offered to clients. It also is home to the U.K.’s

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Velvet Chainsaw

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Mattering can include attendee experience enhancers like a charging station, free Wi-Fi, food and beverage offerings or a give-away that attendees value. Mattering — participants should get something out of this: They may be entertained, educated, surprised, awarded, helped, satisfied or become more connected.

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

As food-and-beverage costs increase for venues, those expenses are passed directly to event organizers. A 2022 CWT report estimated the cost-per-attendee for meetings and events to be “25% higher than in 2019, with this set to rise by another 7% in 2023.” in group hotel rates, with a 7.8%

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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. In fact, the industry’s audience is expected to surpass even 2019 levels in the coming years. Of that 80% group, 30% agree spending would again rise by over 25%. billion by 2030.”

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Smart Meetings

JULY 8, 2022

She brings over 25 years of sales and events experience, recognized in 2019 as Supplier of the Year (Doer category) by Smart Meetings. Most recently, Espina opened Four Seasons Resort Los Cabos at Costa Palmas as its resort manager in 2019. Derek Douglass Drew. Brock Hochhalter. Mark Goeman.

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Connect Your Meetings

MAY 30, 2019

Experiential food stations, living walls and edible cutlery are just a few examples of how event caterers are appealing to this continued interest in protecting the environment. While one station may be plant-based new food trends, another station is set with comfort foods. Eco-Friendly and Experiential. Arel explains.

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Events by Amadeus has been working with UVB since 2019, and the team have signed a new three-year contract to deliver catering provisions to the organisation. Events By Amadeus’ menus boasts an array of creative catering options for event organisers to ensure memorable food experiences, with options available for every dietary need.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Held in collaboration with euphoria, the 2019 AFJ conference — called AFJ @ euphoria — turned into an educational and entertaining mashup of tastings and talks. I realized that a gala gathering of food writers was the kind of event which would fit perfectly into festival programming,” Raskin said. The Right Ingredients.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 10, 2021

He has worked in various leadership roles at Four Seasons since 2000, such as assistant food and beverage manager, director of sales in multiple locations and director of marketing, among others. Most recently, Giang was executive assistant manager of food and beverage at Alma Resort. Nick Vournakis and Derek Sharp.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2022

In fact, he predicted that when the dust settles and more virtual platform companies have acquired or been acquired, virtual events will be more frequent and engaging than they were in 2019. Decreased costs associated with venues, food, beverages and accommodations can help expand distribution.

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The MICE

OCTOBER 21, 2024

An extensive renovation that started in 2019 introduced the innovative dual-brand concept. Traditional German dining experience The restaurant can be privatised for events In addition to the restaurants, there is The Bar and the Davidoff Lounge , which focus on high-quality cocktails and beverages.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Because it was an event with so much to unpack, today we’re bringing you the IMEX America 2019 highlights! It’s time to talk IMEX America 2019 highlights! So before we tackle the actual IMEX America 2019 highlights, let’s hear how their journeys began. For Dustin, 2019 marked his first year at IMEX America.

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Prestige Events Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

It commends practices in the field of Food and Beverage, Energy and Water Conservation, Waste Management and Recycling, Corporate and Social Responsibility, and rooms, facilities and consumables. These achievements are key milestones within Radisson Hotel Group’s three pillars of Think People, Think Community and Think Planet.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The National Restaurant Association’s annual “What’s Hot” culinary forecast, compiled by leading chefs, identifies food and beverage trends and culinary themes for the coming year. Event Marketer. Event Marketer ). Read More.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 11, 2019

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