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Nine Ways to Make First-time Conference Attendees Feel at Home

Event Marketer

And that makes it critical for conference organizers to ensure that their first-time attendees are set up for successparticularly as a tidal wave of newcomers continues to flood the b-to-b event landscape. Providing first-time attendees with both a comfortable and valuable experience, however, requires a measured approach.

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Best of 2022: Food and Beverage

Smart Meetings

This year, hotel food and beverage departments as well as catering outlets and F&B in conference and exhibition centers struggled to catch up to post-Covid pent up demand as well as to what is now called “accommodation cuisine.” Essential F&B: 2022 Catering Trends. Bon Accommodation. And then we’re left out.

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Confection Convention: Sweets & Snacks Expo Returns as First Post-Pandemic Food Show

Event Marketer

The Sweets & Snacks Expo—a gathering that draws the biggest brands in candy, chocolate and snack foods sold at major retailers—made a sweet return as the first post-pandemic food show, taking place June 23-25 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. The Sweets & Snacks Expo will return to Chicago in 2022 and 2023.

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New Report: IMEX 2022 Reached Net Zero Carbon Events Goals

Smart Meetings

IMEX America Moves Toward a Sustainable Events Future IMEX America 2022 was the greenest one yet. Counting the Sustainable Event Measures IMEX America 2022 , which took place Oct. Since 2012, the conference has been tracking diversion, recycling and reuse and has averaged an 86% diversion rate.

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Event Planning Has Risen in the Ranks of Most Stressful Jobs

Velvet Chainsaw

IStock Photo by cyano66 Before the pandemic, one could argue that jobs with life-and-death consequences were surely more stressful than planning an annual conference. Exhibitors are being more selective about the conferences they will support. Annual conference budgets are usually finalized 12-plus months prior to the event.

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F&B Smart Moves in Lake Tahoe, Miami Beach and More

Smart Meetings

Tsui fills the role of director of food and beverage, bringing over two decades of experience in luxury hospitality. Wells serves as senior catering sales manager, bringing extensive experience in catering, conference services and wedding planning. Dukes is an expert in craft beer, wine and spirits and will serve as mixologist.

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Making Up for Fewer Skilled Workers at Your Conference

Velvet Chainsaw

Throughout 2022, nearly every meeting service provider continues to be short-staffed and plagued by last-minute no-shows or insufficiently skilled workers. To best prepare you, here are eight kinds of curveballs other meeting professionals have been thrown so far in 2022, with expectations extending into 2023— and how to deal with them.