Smart Meetings

JANUARY 14, 2022

Tourism bureau Experience Columbia SC hired both Shaffer and Lilly as sales managers. Shaffer has also been association and corporate sales manager at The DeSoto Savannah in Georgia, sales manager for Embassy Suites by Hilton Charleston Airport Hotel & Convention Center and more. Daniel Gibson. Tiffany Alves Hafer.

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Tourism Hospitality Food and Beverage Hotels 246

Smart Meetings

JULY 21, 2023

San Francisco’s welcoming people, its unbeatable food scene, and its endless activity regularly lead to record-breaking meeting attendance. Our kitchen staff, led by Executive Chef David Hollands, is a leading force in repurposing food for the needy and recycling our excess.

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Meetings Food and Beverage Hotels Sustainability 246

MeetingsNet

MARCH 29, 2024

At a recent meetings-industry conference, hotel executives explained how their properties struggle to balance rising operational costs with competitive rates for meeting groups. Also, group food and beverage contributes about as much profit as guest rooms.

Hotels 98

Hotels Food and Beverage Insurance 2020 98

The MICE

JANUARY 11, 2021

Watch the full interview with Bettina Mumenthaler, Head of the Switzerland Convention & Incentive Bureau UK/Ireland here: The first stop on the site visit was Hotel Schweizerhof Bern & THE SPA, and I interviewed Maximilian von Reden, General Manager. There’s a reduction of food waste that we are engaged in.

2020 80

2020 Conference Food and Beverage Hotels 80

MeetingsNet

MAY 23, 2023

Based on several hundred planner responses, MPI’s latest industry outlook finds that rising prices have strained meeting budgets, and will likely continue to do so into 2024. Heading up the list is food and beverage, where 55 percent of planners have dealt with costs that are at least 10 percent higher than they were one year prior.

Food and Beverage 53

Food and Beverage 2024 2023 Negotiating 53

StraussCA

JULY 5, 2024

How associations do business is changing and evolving. How does your association navigate the change? As an association management company (AMC), we are involved in many conversations related to the changing landscape of industries with our clients. Does your association need to host “The Meeting”?

Meetings 52

Meetings Food and Beverage Social Media Education 52

Master the Event

DECEMBER 11, 2023

And their management consists of experts from the event planning industry. Over the last several years management at convention centers have begun to address the supplier cost perception. In other words, you may be pleasantly surprised to learn how low the fees can be for some of the services associated with convention centers.

Food and Beverage 40

Food and Beverage Government Corporate Meetings Trade Shows 40