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.

Tech 168

Tech 2019 Conference Technology 168

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. Afterward, TikTok blew up with green screen-effect clips and commentary.

2024 264

2024 Food and Beverage Fashion Tech 264

Event Marketer

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

What better way for a brand to showcase its luxury hospitality services than to tap into a luxury sports market? 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. Golf has been picking up steam. It’s the No.

Hotels 245

Hotels Food and Beverage Sports Hospitality 245

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. Ley has served in sales and marketing for numerous hospitality brands, including Four Seasons, Auberge and Alila since 2007.

Hospitality 263

Hospitality Food and Beverage 2007 2011 263

Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Maria Elena Armenta Mahekal Beach Resort in Playa del Carmen, Mexico has added Armenta as director of sales and marketing. The Mexico-native also spent time in Cancun as director of sales and marketing for Nizuc Resort & Spa in and director of leisure sales position for Fiesta Americana Grand Coral Beach Resort & Spa.

Food and Beverage 189

Food and Beverage Government Hotels Tourism 189

Attendease

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Pop-up retail events - commonly known as flash retailing - are an emerging marketing tool used by brands to boost their sales. At these pop-up events, a brand will set up their products and services at a temporary location, and through event marketing, will hype these events as the ultimate place to be at.

Food and Beverage 210

Food and Beverage Retail Social Media Technology 210

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. Compression of the market is huge.

Negotiating 246

Negotiating Management Contracts 2028 246

Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Following are considerations gathered from industry media, meetings market surveys and anecdotal reports from Velvet Chainsaw Consulting clients. Hotels are raising rates for both leisure and group business as they are currently experiencing strong demand in many markets. in group hotel rates, with a 7.8%

2023 221

2023 Food and Beverage 2022 Transportation 221

Velvet Chainsaw

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Sponsorship is the most powerful form of marketing. Mattering can include attendee experience enhancers like a charging station, free Wi-Fi, food and beverage offerings or a give-away that attendees value. It’s not sponsorship but a worthwhile marketing micro-investment for driving booth traffic. opportunities.

Sponsorships 195

Sponsorships Food and Beverage Advertising Contracts 195

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2022

“We live in a hybrid world where almost every major event has a virtual component, even if we don’t call it that,” said Bizzabo Chief Marketing Officer Alon Alroy. Pineda also predicts consolidation in the number of virtual platforms available since the market can’t support all venture capital-backed companies.

Meetings 276

Meetings Food and Beverage 2021 Speakers 276

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. Bloomberg anticipates that the metaverse market may reach $783.3 billion by 2030.”

Meetings 246

Meetings 2030 Food and Beverage 2024 246

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.

Hospitality 225

Hospitality Food and Beverage Hotels Travel 225

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. New Orleans’ Windsor Court Hotel promoted Dumont to assistant director of sales and marketing.

Food and Beverage 130

Food and Beverage Hospitality Hotels Travel 130

Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 10, 2021

A twenty-year hospitality veteran, Casserly was most recently director of marketing in Baltimore, Maryland for Four Seasons. 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.

Food and Beverage 130

Food and Beverage Hospitality Advertising 2011 130

The MICE

OCTOBER 21, 2024

I spoke to Isabelle Salau, Multi-Property Director of Sales & Marketing at Frankfurt Airport Marriott Hotel and Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center and she shared with me: ‘We often compete with major European destinations like Madrid, Barcelona, or Warsaw. ‘Our

Hotels 111

Hotels Conference Venues Food and Beverage 111

Smart Meetings

MAY 5, 2021

ban on sailing: “Over the past eight months, a highly controlled resumption of cruising has continued in Europe, Asia and the South Pacific—with nearly 400,000 passengers sailing to date in more than 10 major cruise markets.”. In their initial request, CLIA emphasized the safety of cruise travel based on voyages taken from non-U.S.

Travel 264

Travel 2021 Food and Beverage 2022 264

Attendease

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Pop-up retail events - commonly known as flash retailing - are an emerging marketing tool used by brands to boost their sales. At these pop-up events, a brand will set up their products and services at a temporary location, and through event marketing, will hype these events as the ultimate place to be at.

Food and Beverage 150

Food and Beverage Retail Social Media Technology 150

PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Event Marketer. 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 ). Read More.

Food and Beverage 40

Food and Beverage 2019 Event Marketing Marketing 40

Smart Meetings

MARCH 11, 2019

He’s held leadership positions in food and beverage as well as hotel operations for properties across the country, including The Arrabelle at Vail Square in Colorado, Sunriver Resort in Bend, Oregon, and Silverado Resort and Spa in Napa, California. Trish McClean Visit Baltimore has named McClean its director of brand marketing.

Hotels 127

Hotels Food and Beverage 2012 2015 127

Planning Pod

JULY 25, 2019

Before we take an in-depth look at some of the best event management software on the market today, let’s look at the basics of what event management software is, its benefits and how you would go about choosing from the many options available. Summary: Learn about what event management software tools to look for. Enhanced attendee engagement.

Event Management 112

Event Management Management 2019 Social Media 112

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

ballroom, a 90,000-square-foot theater, a 25,000-square-foot Meridian Garden, 57 meeting spaces, 3,700 guest rooms and 27 different food and beverage outlets on the 25-acre property, soon to be announced. Visit Orlando launched a new destination brand to promote the Orlando region to the meetings and conventions market.

2022 293

2022 Airlines Hotels Tourism 293

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

He’s held multiple senior leadership positions, including general manager for Roka Akor and Roka Bar, both in San Francisco; director at Bellagio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas; and director of food & beverage at The Battery hotel in San Francisco. Carolyn Turnbull.

Tourism 130

Tourism Ecommerce Food and Beverage Hospitality 130

Event Industry News

MARCH 5, 2020

Convene magazine released results of its 29th Meetings Market Survey showing meeting attendance continued to increase in 2019 as the business events industry experienced yet another year of consecutive growth. Meetings Market Survey results, based on responses from 867 participants, were released by PCMA’s Convene.

2019 64

2019 Food and Beverage Meetings 2020 64

Planning Pod

JANUARY 12, 2021

” “Your best market is probably going to be whoever is the largest demographic in your area who is willing to pay for your services. Knowing your market is the number one thing that’s most critical to succeeding with a new facility,” said Dianne. That’s just not something you want to have to deal with.”

Venues 148

Venues Food and Beverage Social Media Marketing 148

Eventory

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Check our list to see where you can learn the hottest hospitality trends for 2019. First, you need to watch closely the market events and draw the appropriate conclusions from which you can build a new and unique quality. These events have the power to shape and model behavior on the market. When: January 2019.

Hospitality 61

Hospitality 2019 Conference Food and Beverage 61

Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Elizabeth Grillos, area director of sales and marketing, describes the new addition as Vintage House’s naughty sister—with its faux fur throws, dark wood, in-room fireplaces and terraces and polished lobby bar. including a garden area to soak in vineyard views that is currently booking memorable events for 2019. Elevated Housing.

Meetings 220

Meetings 2018 Hotels 2019 220

Cvent: Event Marketing

MARCH 26, 2019

There are seemingly a million ways to go about event marketing. In fact, depending on your role in your organization, event marketing can take quite a few forms. Marketing has a place in every stage of the event process and events are necessary to an all-inclusive marketing program. What is Event Marketing.

Event Marketing 55

Event Marketing Marketing 2019 Social Media 55

e2m.live

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

c) It is expected that the global event management market will worth 8.5 billion USD by 2023 at a CAGR of 10% (source: Event Management Market Demand, Size, Growth Research Report by 2023). Apart from curtailed budgets, there are many other challenges that will impact the events industry in 2019 and the years to come.

2019 56

2019 Food and Beverage 2026 2023 56

MeetingsNet

JANUARY 26, 2018

Not only are we in a seller’s market, but planners will also face tighter budgets, higher meeting costs, and less bandwidth. And 2019 and 2020 don’t look much better. . And, based on the pipeline for 2019/2020 hotel construction, there will not be a lot of new hotels adding meeting and event space in top-tier markets.

Marketing 61

Marketing Food and Beverage 2019 Hotels 61

MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Back in August 2019, Accor, Hilton Worldwide, IHG, and Marriott International made a $50 million investment in Groups360 for development of the direct-booking platform. Because Accor has a significant number of properties outside the U.S., their launch of this technology will speed its adoption across the globe.”.

Food and Beverage 91

Food and Beverage Meetings 2021 Hotels 91

e2m.live

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

The global event management software market was valued at $6.4 In less than ten years, the event tech market will nearly double. For example, on the basis of data like the numbers of registrations, AI-based apps can anticipate logistical requirements like food, beverages, and seating arrangements for attendees.

Event Tech 72

Event Tech Tech 2019 Social Media 72

Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2023

From a tired mid-market corporate and wedding hotel, we have managed to transform the business to create a leisure retreat for a perfect escape in the Cotswolds, whilst still providing a five-star wedding experience. Last year, we opened the Bar and Terrace 2021, capturing a new local market that worked alongside the wedding business.

Hospitality 130

Hospitality Sustainability Food and Beverage Hotels 130

Meeting Tomorrow

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

In 2019, you should expect to see more event pros trying to find a way to bring this out of the novelty phase and into their events through content delivery, virtual site tours and gamification. We know from past cycles of consolidation that the door is opened for innovative disruptors or differentiation in services.

2019 57

2019 Event Tech Tech Food and Beverage 57

Social Tables

MARCH 19, 2019

Those and other nonprofit fundraising statistics point to an upward trend in giving for 2019 and beyond. Use your theme to determine your venue, event activities, wardrobe, food & beverage, and decor. The two most important factors of this event type are the food and the guests. in the last calendar year alone.

Event Ideas 155

Event Ideas Food and Beverage Sports Events 155

PCMA Convene

MARCH 18, 2024

No one understands the importance of proper cultivation better than those who work in the food and agriculture sector. Since the program launched in 2019, finalist companies have raised more than $100 million in follow-on funding (additional funding from existing investors) and have created nearly 300 new jobs in the region.

Food and Beverage 103

Food and Beverage 2023 Sustainability Events 103

PCMA Convene

JUNE 17, 2019

Peter Haycroft, MCEC’s executive chef, wanted to show off the multicultural foods available in Melbourne, so he and his staff came up with new menu planning guides that focus on bold, exotic flavors, and ingredients native to Australia and the Melbourne area. You will always take away a memorable food experience.

2019 81

2019 Sustainability Events Technology 81

Planning Pod

JULY 25, 2019

Before we take an in-depth look at some of the best event management software on the market today, let’s look at the basics of what event management software is, its benefits and how you would go about choosing from the many options available. Summary: Learn about what event management software tools to look for. Enhanced attendee engagement.

Event Management 60

Event Management Management 2019 Social Media 60