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. Agency: MC2, Paramus, NJ. Agency: MSM , Webster, NY.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 28, 2022

And they assume that when attendees are not in sessions, we should ply them with food and drink and entertainment. Far more space is devoted to entertainment and food and beverage. A “creative” event design is one with a novel venue and/or decor and lighting and/or food and beverage. Image attribution: OISHII~DESU.

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Event Marketer

DECEMBER 23, 2024

There, the brand invited consumers attending the events pregame FanFest to celebrate their passion for college football through activations, food and performances. To use the rappers far-reaching influence and cultural relevance to elevate the events profile. Now in its 25 th year, the tour kicked off Aug. 31 at the University of Florida.

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Over half (54 percent) consider sustainability highly important in their 2025 planning, with 47 percent having established clear sustainability goals and action plans and also focusing on DE&I practices, waste management, and eco-friendly food and beverage options. The audit revealed that 73.3

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 30, 2022

This year, hotel food and beverage departments as well as catering outlets and F&B in conference and exhibition centers struggled to catch up to post-Covid pent up demand as well as to what is now called “accommodation cuisine.” Our January 2022 feature on catering trends saw locally-sourced foods as a major player.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 27, 2023

Sustainable Foods. Fortunately, with good planning and collaboration with venue staff, you can assemble the right food for the right attendee at the right time without budget overruns. Nine Ways to Meet Attendees Where They Are It shouldn’t surprise you that 25% of the average meeting budget is spent on food and beverage.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 16, 2024

2024 kicked off with our Annual Conference, The Power of Discovery , where we provided an insightful programme to support our members business strategies for the year ahead. With over 50 member venues, the Venues of Excellence consortium takes pride in representing the very best in independent conference and event venues.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MAY 3, 2017

Most conferences are stuck in a rut! So how do you create a conference experience that is not like all the others? Start by considering one or more of these conference big ideas. They are the conference planning road less traveled that harvests success! Big Conference Ideas On The Road Less Traveled Part 1.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 29, 2016

How your audience responds will have a direct impact on your conference’s brand image and credibility. From a conference design perspective, we believe the current best practice is to bookend your conference by opening with a strong-thought provoking speaker and closing with inspiration. Invest in Professional Speakers.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 15, 2024

Tsui fills the role of director of food and beverage, bringing over two decades of experience in luxury hospitality. Wells serves as senior catering sales manager, bringing extensive experience in catering, conference services and wedding planning. Dukes is an expert in craft beer, wine and spirits and will serve as mixologist.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Focusing resources on four primary areas—food, break sessions, the setting and culture—is the most efficient way to harness a health program that boosts attentiveness at your events. Adding early morning running, yoga sessions or Tai Chi classes into conference agendas is becoming the norm. Create a Relaxing Off-Grid Zone.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Lopez will serve as director of food & beverage, bringing with him 21 years of experience in food and wine in the hospitality industry. He will manage all food and beverage processes and events and will establish and uphold exceptional culinary experiences for guests.

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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

JUNE 13, 2024

While we often meticulously plan the culinary experiences at our events, beverages, particularly wine, are frequently chosen from a generic banquet menu. Having some basic knowledge about wine can also help in having meaningful conversations with your convention services manager or beverage director when planning your event.

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The MICE

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The Frankfurt Airport Marriott Hotel and Sheraton Frankfurt Airport Hotel & Conference Center represents the first dual-brand concept for Marriott International. Additionally, Frankfurt Airport Marriott Hotel and Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center stand out as large conference venues in Europe.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 15, 2023

IStock Photo by cyano66 Before the pandemic, one could argue that jobs with life-and-death consequences were surely more stressful than planning an annual conference. Exhibitors are being more selective about the conferences they will support. Annual conference budgets are usually finalized 12-plus months prior to the event.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Each workshop host identified a ‘rising star’ student and prizes included vouchers for a round of golf, afternoon tea or Sunday lunch for four at The Belfry.

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Prestige Events Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2024

In his Evolution of Food Service presentation, futurist Simon Stenning will reveal the latest intel on food and beverage while Professor Paul McGee will lead a motivational session to help attendees achieve better results in work and life.

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Velvet Chainsaw

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Recently I’ve received invitations to attend webinars and download industry research reports and articles all aimed to help conference and show organizers grow sponsorship revenue. Mattering can include attendee experience enhancers like a charging station, free Wi-Fi, food and beverage offerings or a give-away that attendees value.

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Event Farm

JULY 8, 2022

To ensure that your attendees return to your conference year after year delivering a memorable event experience is key. This is why “Reimagining the Conference” was the perfect topic for Part 4 of our virtual workshop series on Crafting the Event Experience. During this session, ??POP Don’t Forget Who Got You There.

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Velvet Chainsaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Hotel and convention center service — Catering staff and food-and-beverage outlet servers are noticeably hard to come by. What are some other ways you have dealt with staff shortages at your conferences? The post Making Up for Fewer Skilled Workers at Your Conference appeared first on Velvet Chainsaw.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Beauty fans were invited to stop by to interact with the new collection by customizing a Balm Dotcom product with different charms, snap photos in a themed booth featuring digital frames, snag exclusive swag and samples, and indulge in cherry-flavored food and beverages. You (OK, we) might call the event the balm diggity.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 30, 2018

Stylists working on the look and feel of an event often use it to stimulate fresh thinking about the venue, the décor, the lighting, the food and beverage, entertainment, and so on. Whoever they are—young developing leaders, Conferences That Work goes to Japan! I’m proud that the Conferences.

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Attendease

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Technology has become more and more part of the event planning landscape, whether to manage registration, event agenda, abstract, AV team, food and beverage, and more… While event planners are eager to find a tech solution that can do all under one roof, the reality is much different. Are they good? Will they be kind to us?

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Often, we sidestep the issue and tell ourselves that some novel venue, decor, food and beverage, or lighting will provide attendees with “a new experience” We choose to forget that magic happens outside one’s comfort zone. And another opportunity for providing meaningful new experiences at an event is missed.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 5, 2023

Annual conference center gathering in Durham addressed staffing, sustainability and collaboration A nine-year average drop in the age of the meeting/hospitality professional since the start of the pandemic translates into a loss of nine years of collective knowledge. Knowledge is what helps you handle the unexpected,” he said.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 5, 2024

Marriott Bonvoy Elite and Club paying members can take advantage of the exclusive, modernized M Club, serving food and beverage throughout the day in a relaxed space, ideal for business travelers seeking productivity. It includes a restaurant, seafood bar, rooftop, auditorium and a banqueting and conference center.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 15, 2024

Armed with limited-edition bottles of OJ featuring the “AI” dropped from its name (“Tropcn”), the brand showed up in Sin City and doled out free juice to celebrate its natural ingredients and underscore that its beverages have no artificial additives. Or as Tropicana put it: “Sure, we love STEM. Case in point: A pre-Super Bowl event on Feb.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 31, 2022

When John Walsh, general manager of The National Conference Center, started preparing the legacy Leesburg, Virginia, meetings venue for its newest clients, he knew he was in for a life and palate-changing experience. Their chef and their dining team made great Afghan food, kabobs. government as part of Operation Allies Welcome (OAW).

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 16, 2021

The design of the conference arc , which includes everything necessary for participants to discover, learn, connect, and engage around the topics or issues that brought them together. Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post It’s not an entrance it’s a layer appeared first on Conferences That Work.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 2, 2024

A conference in California’s vineyard-covered, rolling Napa Valley just feels different than any other place in the world. The “Vino Polish” treatments uses ingredients like grapeseed oil and crushed grape seeds, while the “Que Syrah Syrah Winter Wrap” finishes with a glass of Syrah.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 17, 2020

here ) assuming that conferences are fundamentally about lectures ignores what is truly useful about good meetings. The challenges of providing safe travel, accommodations, venue traffic patterns, and food & beverage all have to be overcome. As I have explained repeatedly in my books and on this blog (e.g.,

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 9, 2024

As the hospitality industry broadens its scope beyond food and beverage, embracing sustainability and global impact, I am deeply honoured to lead this charge. RCP London Events recently scooped gold in the ‘Best Venue (up to 500 attendees theatre style)’ category of the Conference & Events Awards 2024.

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Velvet Chainsaw

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Some organizations spend as little as 2 percent and have a very healthy conference product, while others rack up spending in the 20- to 25-percent range and are on life support. Here are four insights we’ve learned from analyzing the marketing-spend category: Marketing spend for conferences with an expo is usually closer to 6 percent.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 4, 2022

Over the last 17 years, she has garnered experience in hospitality, event, food and beverage, and business management. She has previously been executive director of Sumba Hospitality Foundation in Indonesia, F&B manager for Benchmark Resorts & Hotels, conference services manager for Riviera Palm Springs and more.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 23, 2023

UK events – 10% commission will be paid on the value of the contracted booking (excluding VAT), which includes the day delegate rate, room hire, and pre-booked food and beverage. etc.venues is an established leader in urban day-conferencing, providing the space needed for corporate events, trainings, and conferences.

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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. Since 2012, the conference has been tracking diversion, recycling and reuse and has averaged an 86% diversion rate.

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