Smart Meetings

MARCH 20, 2025

At the height of this transformation is the new Native Foods Experience, a curated nine course journey through the Indigenous culinary heritage of the Pacific Northwest and Americas with a contemporary twist, held in the restaurants exclusive private dining room known as the Chefs Table. Across two flexible floors, the venue spans 17,500 sq.

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JANUARY 22, 2025

The Prices are Too Damn High Aguero put up a chart showing the prices of consumer products like electricity, airline fares, food, vehicles, childcare and more, highlighting that the price of everything has gone up. For some, Sphere is the greatest live music venue in the world, Walshe said.

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The brand transformed the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, CO, into a chilling venue where scenes from Blumhouse horror films including “Insidious,” “The Purge,” “Freaky” and “Happy Death Day” were recreated around every eerie corner. One turn of the key, and a curated beverage bar magically appears. Ahead of the film’s Nov. 21 and Jan.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Local food, music, architecture and traditions shined through the events and experiences presented around the city ahead of Super Bowl LIX on Feb. Inside Toyotas 2025 Sequoia and Land Cruiser, attendees could co-star in a video alongside NFL stars Brock Purdy, Christian Gonzalez, Kyle Hamilton, Michael Pittman Jr. or Eli Manning.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In the early months of 2025, meeting professionals and their groups can expect an all-new Universal Orlando Resort Signature Collection property, Universal Helios Grand Hotel, a Loews Hotel. 1, 2025, and Universal Terra Luna Resort March 25, 2025. of meeting space. Royal Pacific features 85,000 sq.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 3, 2024

Venues of Excellence (VOE) in partnership with Wilson Vale, were delighted to see the annual Cook and Serve challenge back on the calendar after four long years. The competition sees VOE member venues strive to create culinary masterpieces and provide outstanding service to invited guests.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Breaking down the company’s recent sustainability strategy International exhibition and convention center ExCel London is a carbon-neutral venue and an advocate for the path towards green meetings. soon to debut over 25,000 more—and hosting around 400 events and 4 million visitors per year, it is the largest event venue in London.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

And for the opening night concert, which takes place off-site, Salesforce team members meet up with first-timers to guide them to the venue. So we might have a 20-minute little food and beverage [experience] with here’s what to look out for this week, and here’s some tips and tricks from some of our alumni, says Preiss.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Contract tips to keep in mind A quarter century into the second millennium, there are several things that remain constant: humans need food, water and shelter to survive; the law of gravity is still in play; and event contracts are still a necessity between meeting professionals and hospitality venues.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 26, 2024

With over 30 years of experience in the hotel industry, including serving on opening teams in the same position at both Embassy Suites Boulder and Hilton Garden Inn Boulder, she will now be part of the team opening the first hotel project on the University of Colorado, Boulder campus in 2025. branded property in Louisiana.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 27, 2023

Payne, CMP, CMM, strategic partner at INNOV8 Meetings + Events , to get her take on the current marketplace and its impact on meeting planners, and some helpful tips and tricks planners should be looking at when drafting up a contract with a hotel or venue. All of the programs that were rebooked or canceled and rebooked during Covid over a 2.5-year

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JUNE 8, 2022

The O2, which is owned and operated by AEG Europe, has today announced a series of new measures to make the world’s most popular music, leisure, and entertainment venue even more sustainable for fans, bands and brands.

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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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AUGUST 15, 2024

The luxury hotel is also home to two original concepts and multiple food and beverage outlets from José Andrés and his team, including signature restaurant San Laurel. Located 20-minutes from the Bangalore International Airport, resort features 301 luxurious rooms, suites and villas complemented with six exceptional dining venues.

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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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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,

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

How do you handle unexpected guest counts or potential food shortages? What protocols do you have in place to ensure food safety and hygiene? There will also be plenty of food and beverage options for everyone, regardless of if an attendee is trying to stick to a diet and/or refraining from alcohol.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 5, 2022

Meet with Momentum Boston, the second installment of a new event series by Marriott that began this June, continued the brand’s mission to educate meeting and event planners in its redevelopment projects—from convention resorts to spaces to food and beverage—and to empower planners amid a booming return to meetings.

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MPI

JULY 22, 2024

The Hilton Convention Center hotel is slated for its refresh in 2025. All net proceeds will go toward supporting conservation and further enhancing the venue. Guests can experience world-class live entertainment as well as experience a centuries old barn, a variety of food and beverage options, VIP suites and corporate meeting spaces.

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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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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Bangkok Marriott Marquis Queen’s Park will use seasonal produce from local suppliers in all the hotel’s venues, including the pool bar shown here. The hotel’s onsite bar and restaurant, TRACE , offers farm-to-table cuisine, tracking the origin of the foods and being completely transparent with guests. Regis Macao. Regis Macao.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

and only 9 percent of plastic is recycled, according to r.World , a company which provides reusable drink cup services to event venues and other businesses. Karalekas and her team used r.World’s service, which delivers cups and other serveware to venues, then picks them up, and washes and sanitizes them.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 28, 2025

Orlando ushers in a year of meetings innovation and excitement with new experiences and venues for planners to include in their agendas in 2025 and beyond. Universal Helios Grand Hotel , with a dedicated entrance into the new Universal Epic Universe, will open May 2025.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 20, 2016

This covered delegates’ expectations for personalization, right down to food and beverage, as well as keeping up with evolving technology and addressing security needs. Throughout the discussion some startling statistics were revealed, not least that Airbnb predicts it will be handling one billion room nights per year by 2025.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The Murrayfield Experience positions this iconic venue as a year-round destination. From match days as the home of Scottish Rugby, to concerts, entertainment and private functions, this new hospitality brand sets the standard for a premier venue that caters to all. The updated stadium tours, run by Scottish Rugby, are on sale now.

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Event Marketer

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Candle Fest additionally included a set by DJ Kyle Cooke, Winter Candy Apple-themed beverages, samples of PocketBac hand sanitizers and, naturally, photo ops next to the giant countdown candle. 5, 2025, the installation is dripping with dcor that evokes a classic French ball. Open through Jan. 1 in Florida.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The theme was “Creating a Resilient and Sustainable Future for All” with officials addressing trade, investment, facilitation, the digital economy, clean energy and climate, health, gender equity and equality, along with anti-corruption and food security. A Powerful Meeting John R. million visitors are expected to inject $9.24

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

What the Food Donation Improvement Act Means for Events A new federal law could make it easier to donate unused food from a conference to those in need. An estimated 40% of the food produced in the U.S. We want the food to be handled properly and safely,” says Second Servings founder and President Barbara Bronstein. “We

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 9, 2024

This venue will be Swinger’s fifth—and first on the West Coast. There are currently two Swingers venues in London, one in Washington, D.C., Read More : This Las Vegas Bar Wants You to Horse Around Also within the venue is a food market serving up gourmet street food, like pizzas, burgers and wings, along with sandwiches and salads.

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DECEMBER 6, 2024

He will now oversee the organizations convention and meeting sales team and develop sales strategies in a pivotal moment, when the newly renovated Dayton Convention Center is unveiled in early 2025. Sandeep Kumar Sandeep Kumar, The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay , appoints Kumar as hotel manager.

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