Event Marketer

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Stand Together, a philanthropic organization focused on immigration awareness, is taking its “Common Ground” cause marketing installation on tour. More Cause Marketing Strategies: Pin It: Pinterest Inspires Wellness With Digital Program, Pop-Up. Tazo Tea Embraces Climate Justice With a Tree-Planting Cause Marketing Initiative.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

And savvy marketers are carving out time and space within their events and activations to ensure that those riding the alcohol-free wagon feel comfortable, welcome and seen. Naturally, non-alcoholic brewers and zero-proof beverage makers, who create complex drinks that mimic cocktails without the alcohol, are leading the charge.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 15, 2023

Unless you plan events for a booming industry, your reality working for professional and trade associations is that revenue from your 2022 and 2023 meetings is 15 percent (or more) lower than 2019. Shifting marketing budgets. Exhibitors are being more selective about the conferences they will support. Price increases.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Some people self-select and give us that survey information, says Trevor Drewry, head of experiential marketing at Webflow. In 2022, the brand did some testing on catering to next-gen personas, offering programming and messaging geared more towards age than experience. So we have to be a lot more creative now.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 11, 2023

Ryan Hink and Aaron Losch Ryan Hink (left) and Aaron Losch (right) Hink is director of food & beverage at Durango Casino & Resort. He has 20 years of experience in food and beverage, with 11 years as manager of food and beverage at the Grand Hyatt San Diego.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 28, 2021

“Since the turn of the year, we’ve been excited to see our group bookings pace pick up dramatically across the five properties,” said Ty Brassie, vice president of sales and marketing. Douglas Camp , director of sales and marketing, Salamander Resort & Spa , Middleburg, VA.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Fine dining, diverse cuisine and unique culinary experiences When traveling internationally, one of the ways in which visitors can tangibly absorb the culture, personality and literal taste of the destination is through food. Dinner entree from Ginza Toyoda But travelers to Tokyo can expect more than traditional Japanese food.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 22, 2024

In his most recent role as general manager of Calistoga Motor Lodge, he spearheaded a construction project that added 39 rooms, reduced food and beverage costs and skillfully managed finances. Dringham enters as director of marketing. Throughout her career, she has held multiple strategic marketing positions.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 22, 2024

Couples were greeted by a “Love Life” neon sign at the participating restaurants and presented with themed placemats and customized food and cocktail menus inspired by the series and its characters. The post Share the Brand Love with Five Activation Ideas for Valentine’s Day appeared first on Event Marketer. Agency: 160over90.

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 8, 2024

Ahead of Earth Day 2024, James Bogle, Head of Marketing and Communications, The QEII Centre details the top five sustainability practices the venue uses to help them run the centre, and its events, in the most environmentally friendly way possible. This is supported with the use of climate labels to highlight environmental impact.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

She joined Fontainebleau Las Vegas in 2022 after over a decade in multiple leadership roles in the Las Vegas gaming and hospitality industries. There, he led the hotel in exceeding top line and GOP budget in 2022 and saw the hotel reach #1 rankings in the city across a number of publications. Powers looks ahead to leading The St.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2024

Throughout his years in the industry, he has worked across many departments including front desk, housekeeping, food & beverage, accounting and more, and has established a reputation for collaborative work budget creation, improving service scores and building strong cultures.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Time at Qua Spa at Caesars Palace, light bites at Guy Savoy Restaurant and dinner at Eiffel Tower Restaurant in Paris Las Vegas highlighted the brand’s focus on tasty, well-prepared food and relaxing, healthy experiences. billion in 2022 and is projected to grow to $1.2 trillion by 2030.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 26, 2024

Angela Blackstock Angela Blackstock, Limelight Boulder Limelight Hotels ’ forthcoming property, Limelight Boulder, has appointed Blackstock as director of sales and marketing. Chandra Allison Chandra Allison, Sphere Entertainment Sphere Entertainment welcomes Allison as executive vice president, sales and service.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Telling a Story Beyond its profit-making—which is substantial, the industry made $190 million in 2022 —the city’s agricultural industry is doing much more; its telling a story and educating its locals and visitors. We would sell stuff at markets and we would sell it through stores and sell it through wholesalers,” he says.

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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%

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) October 11, 2022. JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) October 12, 2022. Events Industry Council (EIC) in partnership with its global EIC Equity Task Force, released the results of its 2022 Equity Benchmarking Study at an IMEX press conference. SmartMeetings (@SmartMeetings) October 11, 2022.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Tracy Barr, director of sales and marketing, Sheraton Grand Los Angeles. We are booking small corporate meetings and associations for 2022. Room setups are still requested to be socially distanced and we are offering food and beverage in a separate space with more room to spread out. 496 guest rooms; 26,200 sq.

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Event Marketer

DECEMBER 19, 2022

A bar offered nonalcoholic beverages, including rosemary hibiscus lemonade and sweet tea with lemon, and served as an opportunity to highlight Savannah’s open-container policies. The event earned the single-day record for highest pedestrian foot traffic on Gansevoort Plaza in 2022. Agency: Engage and Resonate.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

She brings over 10 years of experience in hospitality sales and marketing and a specialty in weddings, milestone anniversary celebrations, reunions and more special events. In this new role, she will optimize the resort’s growing wedding market. Choi joins ‘Alohiliani Resort Waikiki Beach as director of sales and marketing.

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Nunify

JANUARY 4, 2022

Virtual events are now a value creator to your marketing & top-of-the-line. By 2028 global virtual event market could reach $500+ billion ( Global news wir e, 2021). 63% marketing leaders say they plan to conduct “the same number or more” virtual events in 2022. Forrester , 2021 ). Eventmarketer , 2021).

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 29, 2024

Morascini, who has sat on the board of Island County tourism since 2016, takes on the role of marketing and public relations director. She will also lead all marketing efforts and oversee the county’s implementation of its regenerative tourism approach. She will now lead the Aspen resort’s sales efforts and strategic initiatives.

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Social Tables

APRIL 1, 2022

Food and beverage is perhaps one of the most anticipated elements of any event. For this blog post, we interviewed experts in food and beverage and event planning to get the inside scoop on catering trends for the years ahead. Are you doing any food for remote events? Do we still see food as an experience?

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 25, 2021

These are just some of the enticements for hospitality and other service workers in a labor market where demand is exceeding supply. Major events, conventions and business meetings have also already been canceled or postponed until at least 2022.”. You Might Also Like: Ticker: Regular Updates on Events Taking Place in Person.

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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.

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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.

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OCTOBER 18, 2023

They offers experiences in over 110 countries with 5,500 properties, 10,000 food and beverage venues, wellness facilities and workspaces. 78% of respondents say that their or their clients’ expenditures have increased since 2022. Recycling, limiting food waste and managing temperature in eco-friendly ways make positive impacts.

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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.

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Event Marketer

DECEMBER 20, 2021

While the omicron variant dashed some organizations’ event plans at the eleventh hour, the brands that were fortunate enough to activate this season delivered creative work that just might spark inspiration for your 2022 events. Amazon (@amazon) December 4, 2021. Agency: Cartwheel and Co. JOHNNIE WALKER. Agency: Faculty.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 29, 2021

Launching on 25th – 27th May 2022 at the Poly World Trade Center Exhibition Hall, Food and Hospitality Guangzhou will give you access to the largest food & hospitality province in South China.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 23, 2023

A lineup of multisensory red-carpet experiences, press junkets and consumer events were activated in Los Angeles, Mexico City, Mumbai and London in early fall 2022 to captivate cast members, executives, influencers, press and fans on a global stage, as well as ramp up viewership ahead of the debut of the most expensive TV series ever made.

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EventMB

MAY 22, 2022

Food is a crowd pleaser, particularly for long exhibitions and trade shows. You needn’t sell cookware or food to use a booth like this. Two things that always draw a crowd: food and activity. One of the best ways to ensure that happens is to generate traffic and attract visitors to booths. These booths drive traffic very well.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Hall was board chair at Destinations International for the 2021-2022 term but has since stepped down from the position to fill her new role. Dipalma brings 25-plus years of hospitality and food and beverage management experience and a sommelier certification to the position. Dana Porter Higgins. Richard Szilagyi. Carrie Bligh.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Hall was board chair at Destinations International for the 2021-2022 term but has since stepped down from the position to fill her new role. Dipalma brings 25-plus years of hospitality and food and beverage management experience and a sommelier certification to the position. Dana Porter Higgins. Richard Szilagyi. Carrie Bligh.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

More than simply stretching our pre-existing 2022 budgets thin might be required in this climate. 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.

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Canadian Special Events

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

This conference, produced by e=mc² events in partnership with Energy Disruptors, took place way back in September 2022 and won Best Conference at the 2023 Canadian Event Awards. We are throwing it back to one of the most incredible events we have ever seen.

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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

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