Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

September 2021 — Are in-person events COVID safe? You can watch Freeman’s 55-minute webinar, posted on August 25, 2021, below. ?. This slide compares the mid-August, 2021 rate of COVID cases amongst the entire population in the United States with the reported rates from four recent large in-person events.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 17, 2021

The center was not going to be available for groups from March to August 2021. There was no way we were going to move it again. ” Shortly after the notice from the Convention Center, Andrea flew to San Diego with an open mind willing to redesign the whole event to fit in the available venues. It was the end of March.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

You read it right – we’re finally tackling the topic of hybrid venues! In fact, according to our State of The Industry Survey , 64% of planners believe hybrid events will be the most common experiences in 2021. And this, of course, includes venues! Hybrid Venues: Broadcasting Time! Answering Hybrid Needs.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Gloucester-based Freemans Event Partners, a leading food & beverage solutions provider in the events industry has appointed Jason Mumby as Client Development Director, a brand new role that will focus on shaping the sales strategy, pricing, and scoping of key areas for targeted, profitable growth for the family owned-business.

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Endless Events

APRIL 30, 2021

Choosing a hybrid event venue presents its own set of challenges. While pre-COVID considerations also play into the decision-making process, the event landscape of 2021 brings more complexity to the table. The support planners require from their venues increases tenfold in face of a hybrid future. Source: ESNS 2021.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 26, 2024

Mahon is also a 2021 Smart Woman in Meetings: Innovator award winner. She has worked with Convene for seven years, during which she has led the development and expansion of a global Enterprise Sales Team and an Inbound Sales Team, created a new incentive and commission structure and opened 17 new venues. branded property in Louisiana.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JULY 7, 2021

The hottest hotel launch in London this year is confirmed to open its doors to guests in September 2021. Radiating from the lobby of The Londoner is The Stage , featuring an all-day programme of food and beverage menus centred around the luxury, glamour, elegance and sophistication of its headliner, Champagne. @TheLondoner.

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 25, 2021

At a time when many marketers begin returning to in-person events and venues start to reopen, they’re being confronted with a supply and labor shortage that affects their ability to execute the kind of events they want.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2022

After a slowdown from 2021, the use of streaming technology is steadily growing again, Alroy reported, citing a survey that found 68% of organizers plan to have a virtual component at their next in-person event. By the fall of 2021, a lot of Joanna Pineda’ global clients were saying they were done with virtual. The Back-up Plan.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Good places to start are by making sure your venue has WPA-encrypted Wi-Fi; uses password managers, such as Dashlane and Lastpass , which creates strong, randomized passwords for stronger protection; and uses two-factor authentication for logins. What safeguards does the property take for events that have a food and beverage component to it?

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Smart Meetings

MAY 23, 2023

Renovations to various meeting spaces at Harrah’s Cherokee were completed in October of 2021—illuminating the more than 130,000 sq ft. 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 The Great Smokey Mountain railway.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 12, 2022

Reno has recently undergone a renaissance with many meeting venues having upgraded their facilities, alongside citywide improvements guaranteed to inspire. We can’t afford Frank Sinatra, so we’ll make our food Frank Sinatra,” Ostempowski explained, quoting Don Carano, who founded Eldorado in 1973. Room to Meet.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 3, 2023

Read More : Event Safety PSA: Failing to Prepare Could Cost You Special requirements can vary from requesting certain foods, rooms away from the lifts or on a particular floor, blocking off a whole area or floor of the hotel for security reasons, etc. Any alcoholic beverages should be removed from the room. .”

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Prestige Events Magazine

JULY 8, 2024

New and existing clients as well as leading industry professionals helped celebrate the landmark year at the event on 4 July by indulging in delicious food prepared by Green & Fortune and listening to a spine-tingling live performance by Get Gospel.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Statistics show that 58% of the audience at sports events are prepared to spend more on food and beverages if they don’t have to stand in line. [1] Before the pandemic, fans showed a growing interest in using self-ordering kiosks and mobile apps to speed up the food ordering process. Improved order accuracy.

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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. When they find they are sitting next to the winemaker involved in creating the beverage in their glass, that is pretty special. It’s an elusive quality, but it’s also very down to earth.”

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Eventmobi

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

After a year of adapting to virtual-only formats, many within the events industry are eagerly predicting that 2021 will be the year of hybrid events. Planning Hybrid Events in 2021. Physical event attendance will continue to face limitations in terms of venue capacity and travel restrictions for at least the first of half of 2021.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Beyond the convention center, Minneapolis is home to eye-catching venues for both tight-knit and sizable groups. Mill City Museum , for example, was once a flour mill and is now not only an architecturally aesthetic venue, with brick, steel and wood facades, but is also a place where groups can learn the history of the milling industry.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 13, 2023

All too often we attempt to glean some semblance of an explanation or understanding when confronted with an understaffed hotel or event venue and you have probably strategized about all the ways you would “fix” the situation if you were in charge. between September 2020 to September 2021.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 21, 2023

San Francisco’s welcoming people, its unbeatable food scene, and its endless activity regularly lead to record-breaking meeting attendance. With these new venues, San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area offer more than 360 special event facilities in addition to the city’s impressive Moscone Convention Center.

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All Seated

JUNE 7, 2021

We love creating image projections of the city and displaying them throughout the venue. For 2021, we have the unique addition of Brood X cicadas to think about on top of potential weather issues. Households are being seated together, and this is perfect for those that want to bring their beverages along from cocktail hour.

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 18, 2023

When you calculate flights, hotel accommodation, food and drink, ground travel, accommodation, and the energy it takes to host such a mammoth television production to 161 million viewers, you are talking big numbers.” Furthermore, more than 8.8 Grey questioned whether the competition was a “carbon headache or a reason to jump for joy”.

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Prestige Events Magazine

AUGUST 25, 2022

Since the hotel’s launch in May 2021, the team behind The Dilly have been making sustainable choices throughout every department of the hotel and just over a year later following a thorough audit, has been certified by Green Key to meet the criteria for a sustainable tourism business. ‘We

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Of course, our event marketing budgets will need to be higher in 2023 than in 2021 or 2020. More events with more events mean more food, room blocks, entertainment, production equipment, and travel – and those all cost extra money. Book venues with renewable energy sources like solar panels. Higher Food and Beverage Costs.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 3, 2023

Accessible from most Bay Area cities in under an hour, Oakland is a true Pandora’s box of culinary creatives, artists of every ilk, and distinct meeting venues all wrapped in a city where passion and a sense of community provide a life pulse throughout the city’s streets. And it is very true!

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

An expanded exposition floor at Mandalay Bay Convention Center was brimming with activity Tuesday as an estimated 10,000 people flowed through hosted buyer appointments, education sessions and nearly 400 booths representing more than 180 countries, venues, technology vendors and suppliers. And almost a third were new since 2021.

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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, Oroarezzo will reopen the Arezzo expo centre from 12th to 15th June 2021.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Editor’s Note: This article is the second part of Smart Meetings December 2021 issue Dash of Smart column. . was greater not only than compared to March 2021 (7.2), but more than pre-pandemic (7.6). There has also been a shortening of booking windows almost throughout 2021. An Automated Future .

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SevenEvents

MAY 5, 2021

whether it’s an evening drinks reception on a gorgeous rooftop or exclusive use of a venue, we will find the perfect place for your taste and budget. our venue finding team have made a list of their top 3 hottest summer party venues for 2021 right here: corinthian roof terrace. the walks, grays inn gardens.

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InitLive

JANUARY 25, 2021

Step 3) Secure a festival venue. Increase food and beverage sales by 35%. Here is a list of common budgetary line items that you should consider as you plan out your budget : The venue or location rental cost. Step 3) Secure a festival venue. Can your venue fit your current attendee numbers?

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Endless Events

AUGUST 19, 2021

Our 2021 Endless Event Trends guide predicted that one of the two realities would come true: either the COVID-19 vaccine would become widely available or the virus would remain a part of our everyday lives. At the same time, vaccine mandates are increasing by local enterprises and venues all around the world. Food & beverage.

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Eventmobi

JUNE 23, 2020

There is still production needed for virtual, but the additional A/V costs are not going to outweigh the cost-savings from having a smaller venue, less food & beverage costs, and other items needed on site. I’d recommend the virtual ticket is 30% less than the in-person. Valerie Bihet, Director, VIBE , Miami, FL.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Going into full hostess mode, she arranged for a hospitality suite stocked with food and a changing room in case early arrivals wanted to hit the beach before the welcome reception. “I Almost three out of four (72 percent) had produced at least one in-person meeting between March 2020 and August 2021. Physical Limitations.

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Bizzabo

APRIL 27, 2021

Advantages: With most attendees tuning in remotely, you’ll be able to save budget on items like venue, food, and rentals. Smaller venue needs, and the ability to more easily follow safety protocols. A multi-site event requires multi-site logistics, including food and beverage and AV. Challenges. Hub and Spoke.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2023

In 2016, we made the decision to invest £250k in refurbishing the 1980s conference room into a 5-star wedding venue, which saw tremendous success, having increased and then doubled our average wedding spend. Last year, we opened the Bar and Terrace 2021, capturing a new local market that worked alongside the wedding business.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 30, 2020

Drowning in a sea of protocols and guidance documents released daily by government agencies, venues and organizations? The preview of best practices turned into a vigorous question-and-answer session covering everything from food and beverage to contracts, to roles and responsibilities. Here are highlights.

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Brilliant Event Planning

MAY 21, 2020

We know that if you’re planning a 2021 wedding and looking for a wedding venue, it’s hard to find something with availability because of events rescheduled due to covid-19, especially in urban areas like NYC or Boston. Today we’re sharing a step-by-step process with you for how to find a wedding venue you love!

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