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2024 Food & Beverage Trends to Inspire Your Event Menus

Event Marketer

According to the National Restaurant Association’s 2024 “ What’s Hot Culinary Forecast ,” social media is influencing how consumers cook, eat and interact with restaurants. Event menus could become key talking points in marketing campaigns as well. Think: burger quesadillas, pizza pot pies, gummy candy kabobs and carbonara ramen.

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14 New Trends in the Event Planning Industry for 2024

Attendease

What does 2024 hold for the events industry? Thanks to rapid innovation and the global sharing of ideas entrenched in technology, event managers and planners have started experimenting with new methods and ideas in order to create the perfect blueprint for their events. In 2024, we’ll see more activity-based events.

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2024 Contracts Playbook

SmartMeetings

But if you look at them another way, event contracts are a dynamic landscape that can either serve as a solid foundation for your event, or a swampy marsh full of lurking danger! Even if that more adventurous perspective doesn’t make you any happier about them, they’re a necessary part of the meetings and events industry.

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Lessons Learned at IACC 2024

Smart Meetings

Luxury language and presentation tips IACC 2024 in Basking Ridge, New Jersey was centered around empowering attendees to be seen, heard and respected as they drive their careers forward as leaders in the meetings and events industry. The post Lessons Learned at IACC 2024 appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Earth Day 2024: Ending Single-Use Plastic

PCMA Convene

r.World, a company that provides reusable service ware, estimates 4 billion single-use plastic cups are used annually at live events in North America. As plastics break down into microplastics, they release toxic chemicals into our food and water sources and circulate through the air we breathe.”

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Two Tensions Keeping Senior Event Professionals Up at Night

Velvet Chainsaw

The good news is that 2024 is expected to eclipse 2019 results by 3.6%. For most business event professionals, rebuilding attendance and overall revenue is priority one. Business event professionals are also challenged to deliver net income to the bottom-line. Event innovation often takes a back seat. below 2019.

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Summer 2024 Travel Trends with Meaning

Smart Meetings

This summer is looking at experiential travel—whether that be a relaxing health and wellness retreat, a culturally rich destination or an environmentally conscious and responsible gathering, summer 2024 trends are geared towards progressive practices.

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