Event Marketer

JUNE 29, 2021

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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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 20, 2023

David Nowak Hawaii’s Hilton Waikoloa Village named Nowak director of food and beverage. Nowak most recently worked as food and beverage specialist at Premier Hotels & Resorts in Guam. He is the recipient of the James Beard Award for Rising Star Chef of the Year in 2005 and Best New Chef by Food & Wine in 2006.

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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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Velvet Chainsaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

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. Hotel and convention center service — Catering staff and food-and-beverage outlet servers are noticeably hard to come by.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 13, 2023

As meeting professionals begin to plan events for 2023, Mike Dominguez, president and CEO of Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI), joined Editorial Director JT Long for his annual Smart Chat Live! predictions conversation about the trends meeting profs need to prepare for in 2023. Compression Is Here for Awhile.

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Exhibitor Magazine

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

LAS VEGAS, NV � The second annual edition of the Las Vegas Food and Beverage Industry Week (LVFBIW), in partnership with Emerald, Comexposium and Ques.

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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. Along with an overhaul on the delegate experience, such as enhanced Food & Beverage products and alternative dining options, the uplift on average booking value has increased substantially since 2019.

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SpotMe Blog

JUNE 13, 2023

Pharmaceutical meeting planners handle it all – from venue selection and food and beverage to HCP attendee management, content creation, and more. SpotMe Named a Leader in The Forrester Wave : B2B Event Management Technology, Q1 2023 report. To see SpotMe in action, request a demo now.

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SpotMe Blog

MAY 31, 2023

The energy consumed for event logistics, such as heating, cooling, and lighting the venue, as well as the waste generated from food and beverage services, disposable materials, and promotional items, also contributes to the environmental footprint. Have snacks, drinks, or interactive food stations so people can taste and smell.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 23, 2024

Accessible, healthy, creative food and the people who order F&B for events took center stage at Smart Meetings Culinary Experience at Paris Las Vegas this week. The Power of Catering Tracy Stuckrath Meeting professional choices about food and beverage orders impact everything from sustainability, engagement and inclusivity to budget.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 12, 2022

The summer of 2023 will herald a new era of meetings in South Lake Tahoe with the arrival of the over $100-million Tahoe South Events Center. The events center’s projected date of completion is July 6, 2023. The events center’s projected date of completion is July 6, 2023. main event floor and 10,000 sq.

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Expo Pass

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The season of food is upon us, planners! While traditional menus are packed with these old favorites, this is your opportunity to break new ground with emerging food trends. 2023 has been an exciting year for food. Say goodbye to dry finger sandwiches and hello to boujee comfort foods! Boujee comfort food.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 18, 2023

Following are some of the key findings of the 2023 study: Overall passenger satisfaction declines, driven largely by cost of airfare: Overall passenger satisfaction is 791 (on a 1,000-point scale), down 7 points from a year ago. The study was fielded from March 2022 through March 2023. Travel is something people are prioritizing.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 4, 2024

Whether it’s non-alcoholic beverage offerings or wellness activities such as electrolyte IVs, the demand is surging for event programming that promotes a healthy lifestyle and supports a vast array of drinking choices. Catering and event teams know that mixology is a craft—at its essence, it is a recipe, just as customizable as a food dish.

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Event Marketer

MAY 1, 2023

Last year may have marked the post-pandemic return of Coachella, but 2023 signaled its renaissance. Photo credit: Shutterstock for BDG POSTMATES For its third year partnering with Coachella, food delivery service Postmates turned up the heat with a garden-inspired footprint themed around its chief offering: tasty treats.

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Socio Events

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Supply plenty of food and beverages in the green room for their pleasure. The post The ultimate event planning checklist for 2023 appeared first on Webex Events (formerly Socio). Check in on the production team to make sure everything is running smoothly and the broadcast is seamless. After the event. Ready to get started?

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 16, 2023

In advance of IMEX America 2023 coming to Las Vegas, Caesars Entertainment, the largest gaming company in the world, launched its Wellness Menu during a one-day Wellness Day that included tai chi classes in Valley of Fire State Park led by Pink Jeep Tours. Why stop there? billion in 2022 and is projected to grow to $1.2 trillion by 2030.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

With COVID-19 guidelines loosening up this year, it’s time to tighten up your 2023 marketing plan. Follow these six tips to blend event promotions with your 2023 marketing plan seamlessly. Promote Yourself If you want to add more events to your marketing calendar, you must make a big impression in 2023.

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Do Good Events

DECEMBER 21, 2023

2023 is coming to a close and 2024 will be here soon. million – Dollars raised at Do Good Events supported non-profit events 106 – Event days in 2023 26,000 – Attendees at Do Good Events in 2023 We are grateful for all of you and for a year worth celebrating!

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Participants of the American Geophysical Unions 2023 Annual Meeting, sitting at the AGU virtual hub in Zurich, Switzerland, follow a presentation broadcast from San Francisco. And because these events are local or regional, they reach attendees where they are resulting in a smaller carbon footprint.

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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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PCMA Convene

MARCH 18, 2024

No one understands the importance of proper cultivation better than those who work in the food and agriculture sector. Grow-NY 2023 was held on Nov. In 2023, Grow-NY received 323 applications from startups in 49 countries, but only 20 made it through to pitch live during the annual summit.

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Chase’s key objective for the 2023 US Open, which ran from Aug. Returning for 2023, the Chase Pass is a digital pass that consolidates all customer-exclusive benefits on-site under one umbrella. 22 to Sept. 10, was to take those spaces and evolve the experiences to bring more value to attending customers.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 21, 2020

He called for a relaxing of the 7 percent commission rule at the major hotel properties, along with a more understanding approach to attrition, food and beverage minimums and force majeure clauses during these uncertain times. Work on future years: 2021-2023. Communicate with hotels and sales reps who have been furloughed.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 26, 2024

Patrick’s Day Revelers to Move for a Cause Most Consumers are Interested in Alcohol Moderation; Not Abstinence According to NIQ’s 2023 Non-Alcohol Report, 94 percent of consumers who buy non-alcoholic beverages continue to buy beer, wine, spirits and other products containing alcohol.

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 8, 2024

Instead of plastic, we use re-useable and recyclable aluminium cans, glass or ceramic jugs for milk and all our food is served in sustainable food boxes. We now have a 50 per cent plant-based food and beverage menu, beef has been removed from our menus, all our deserts are plant-based (and taste delicious!)

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 8, 2021

Especially because “the pace of meeting bookings has picked up tremendously since late March for events anywhere between Q3 2021 and early 2023, planners need to be transparent with us about the flexibility they have with their event dates,” noted White.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Grimes is also seeing contract issues around food-and-beverage pricing, where rapid inflation is causing some hotels and caterers to ignore certain terms of their contracts because of rising costs. The hotel is saying “given rapid inflation on food and beverage, we can't afford that” irrespective of the contract’s terms.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 16, 2024

That could show up in higher prices for food and beverage (F&B) which you may expect, or in costs that are somewhat disguised. According to the American Hotel & Lodging Association’s Front Desk Feedback survey in May 2023 , more than 80% of hotels are experiencing staffing shortages.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 29, 2023

SmartMeetings #meetsmart pic.twitter.com/xbj1bBc6I4 — JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) June 26, 2023 Be an AV Evangelist: Animatic Media founder Scott Frankel advised planners to “change your mindset and question how audio-visual is done.” “Use it to love them and lead them.” Thank you @TheVeraJones for bringing the empathetic leadership.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 14, 2025

Afterward, participants could enjoy live music and wellness-enhancing food and beverages (assuming they could still feel their limbs). Photo credit: Jeremy Cohen IKEAS SLEEPEASY Following its Art Week debut in 2023, IKEA returned to Miami Beach with a big, bold brand experience that was open to the public.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 12, 2023

The foundation for providing top-shelf catering was laid by celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck, who believed that catering services shouldn’t be mired in mass-produced batches of food in hot boxes and served in chafing dishes. They were really interested and willing to change it up,” Brunson said.

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Attendease

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Learn more : How to Promote Events with Social Media in 2023 Crypto Giveaways Cryptocurrency giveaways continue to gain momentum for their novelty and valuability. Virtual Food Tastings Enhance virtual events by arranging to send attendees curated food and beverage tasting kits.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 18, 2023

Nearly all water used inside Mandalay Bay Convention Center for restrooms and food preparation is treated and returned to Lake Mead through Southern Nevada Water Authority programs. A total of 14,557 pounds of food has been donated in that time. IMEX is not new to the quest for more sustainable events.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 21, 2023

Room rentals used to be something that you would have to pay if you had a really low food and beverage minimum or if you were coming in within like 60 or 30 days at a hotel,” Pilcher reflected, “Now, you’re coming in and saying, ‘I’m bringing a thousand people to your hotel. “The

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 5, 2023

pic.twitter.com/YVabo6ZVV6 — JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) April 4, 2023 “As leaders and humans, we have an obligation to be creative; inventing solutions is how we serve,” Climer said. The timed dish-making is judged based on food safety, waste (all discards are put into a small bowl and evaluated at the end), presentation, taste and creativity.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

How to prepare for 2023 contract negotiations Yes, we’re out of the pandemic shutdown, but it’s not back to “business as usual.” From workforce shortages to inflation worries, what should event planners be looking for when it comes to 2023 contracts? This article appears in the January/February 2023 issue.

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