Smart Meetings

JUNE 5, 2024

Grand openings and major renovations refresh meeting space in famous international cities All across the world, in some of the most sought-after international cities, come new and renovated hotels and meeting spaces, leaving the stage set for outstanding gatherings, wherever your attendees may be traveling from to get there.

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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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MeetingsNet

AUGUST 14, 2023

As organizations build their budgets for next year’s meetings, they shouldn’t expect any relief from the increasing cost of airfares, hotels, and other services, according to the recently released 2024 Global Business Travel Forecast from CWT and the Global Business Travel Association. trillion in 2024.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Earlier this year, the World Food Travel Association published a list of the top 10 predictions for the food tourism industry in 2020, drawn partly from changes brought on by COVID-19. Delving into the roots of the foods that we eat in the U.S. can bring up parts of our history that are messy and uncomfortable.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

With nearly 20 years in the travel and tourism industry, Pace has held positions at numerous destination organizations at both the state and local levels and spent over a decade with Visit Florida. Due to her exceptional support of her team and dedication to collaboration, she was quickly promoted within the food and beverage department.

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Attendease

JANUARY 21, 2021

Communication from the first touchpoint must answer the questions every experienced traveler will have. Food and beverage service will evolve from lines and buffets to service in individual containers or plates and offered with minimal contact points. Passing Trend: Hugless. Shift: Revolution of Recognition and Rewards.

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Travel costs are rising due to strong demand (led by the leisure sector). As food-and-beverage costs increase for venues, those expenses are passed directly to event organizers. Credit: iStock Event organizers are feeling the pinch as industry suppliers, venues and transportation companies rebound from the pandemic.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Watching food and travel shows with her mother throughout her childhood eventually drove her to earn her degree in hotel management. She now serves as conference services manager at the Westin Grand Cayman, bringing with her over seven years of experience in the hospitality industry.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 5, 2024

At a recent conference for business-event planners, executives from four hotel-ownership companies sat on stage and presented the ugly truth: Costs for just about every element of group events are up a lot compared to pre-pandemic days. population lives within an eight-hour drive of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky metro area.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 17, 2020

Let’s set aside the significant issues of whether attendees can: safely travel to and from events; be housed safely; move around an event venue while safely maintaining social distancing; and. here ) assuming that conferences are fundamentally about lectures ignores what is truly useful about good meetings. be fed safely.

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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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SmartMeetings

MAY 22, 2023

Why meeting profs need this tech Have you ever wished you had a personal assistant that you could fold up into your suitcase as you travel for business? The new must-have technology for anyone traveling for business is ChatGPT, which stands for “Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer.” It is now a reality.

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EventMB

JUNE 22, 2022

Now that most Covid testing requirements for international travel have been lifted, cruise experts predict the floodgates will soon open. Meeting space, audiovisual equipment, and WiFi are all in place, as well as upscale food and beverage offerings, spas, and fitness centers. River cruises have plenty of things going for them.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Registered attendees could use the app to check in upon arriving at the conference as well as to check into each CME session. At lunch and breakfast, attendees were simply directed to the food-and-beverage station with the color that matched their badge. To mitigate crowding during meals, Morrison used a color-coded system.

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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

JANUARY 13, 2023

Dominguez noted that even though mega-conferences were absent last year, borders are now largely open and travel is back with a vengeance. Travel is back, in Dominguez’s eyes. For those who did some ‘revenge travel’ last year, Dominguez says ‘revenge meetings’ is the next thing. We haven’t seen a drop-off.”.

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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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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

More than 700 companies exhibited at HIMSS’ 2021 Global Health Conference & Exhibition, just more than half the number they typically see at their annual conference. In the end, the conference drew more than 700 exhibitors and close to 19,000 in-person attendees, with almost as many attending online. 03 percent. 02 percent.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 8, 2019

As the business world continues to grow, with multi-national companies opening offices in diverse countries, meetings and industry conferences will require more international travel than ever. How can meeting and conference organizers put business travelers’ minds at ease when attending international conferences?

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 27, 2024

At a recent conference for business-event planners, executives from four hotel-ownership companies sat on stage and presented the ugly truth: Costs for just about every element of group events are up a lot compared to pre-pandemic days. population lives within an eight-hour drive of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky metro area.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The property offers six event spaces, between the North and South Gallery conference rooms, The Boardroom, The Study, a private dining room at Le Moyne’s and the divisible Crystal Ballroom. The new suites offer numerous options to cater to the business traveler. Four Business Suites, feature built in work nooks and adaptable desks.

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Attendease

APRIL 9, 2024

SaaS company HubSpot is known for its inbound marketing expertise, so they aptly chose “Inbound” as the theme for their annual conference. Food Truck Alley Bring a fun, lighthearted vibe to your next event with food trucks. Give employees food truck coupons or tickets to sample different offerings.

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All Seated

MAY 2, 2023

The pandemic and work-from-home trends have led to a surge in mixing business with leisure travel. From the digital strategist launching a campaign while beachside to the manager checking emails at an alfresco café, the pandemic and its rise in working from home have blurred the lines between private and professional lives and travel.

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Event Farm

JUNE 9, 2021

Marcella Farman-Dietz, executive event consultant for Medialink, joined Ryan Costello, co-founder of Event Farm, to discuss a sample event budget for a one-day business summit and reception for 400 attendees at a hotel conference center in NYC. 7: Travel and transportation – 111% increase. They’re also a sponsorship opportunity. #7:

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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.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 12, 2021

One hotel exec’s advice for keeping an eye on the health of a conference venue. With travel at a virtual standstill over the past year, hotel properties are going through tough times. Do a rate search on the online travel agencies to see how your hotel is priced versus area competitors, mid-week and weekend.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 28, 2024

MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) market is expected to grow by 7.8 This reduces travel, housing and F&B costs. Creative F&B Read More : Making a Tasteful Impression Through a Food and Beverage Program That’s a Cut Above Calculate the cost of using on-site catering versus having meals catered.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 1, 2017

Gaining new knowledge from face-to-face conference relies on one fairly basic principle: You have to actually get to the destination first. Travel time,” , senior director of digital innovations at Lufthansa, told Convene in a recent interview, “is often lost time.”. We don’t just want to optimize food, beverages, or watch-ing movies.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Maeder brings 20 years of hospitality experience to the position, most recently serving as director of food and beverage at The Maybourne Beverly Hills. Among other properties he has worked for are Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara and The Setai, Miami Beach, as director of food and beverage at both.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Here are a few examples: Allow attendees to select tracks to plan their time on site — from keynotes, and breakout sessions, to networking, food and beverage, and other engaging experiences and activities. Spatial Design for the Subconscious Mind Cookie-cutter conference designs can be mundane and predictable to an attendee.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 30, 2020

Temperature checks, reduced occupancy and increased physical distancing in shared spaces—these were some of the protocols floated by hospitality partners and meetings professionals as they sketched out what a return to travel after COVID-19 shutdowns will require. Travel Considerations. Sanitation Ratings.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 9, 2022

Greengage – an independent provider of advice and accreditation to the meetings and travel industry – has launched EVENTsmart, a carbon calculator for responsible meetings and events of all sizes ranging from virtual meetings to large-scale conferences and exhibitions. View a preview of how EVENTsmart works here [link].

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EventMB

MAY 17, 2022

And accordingly, Skift, a company focused on transformation, threw out the standard conference template for something more apropos, contemporary, and dynamic. Since remote work is the new way of life, the conference was just two half-days. Punchy and Fluid. And for those on tighter schedules, it meant only one night away from home.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 23, 2024

Trevor Tkachyk Trevor Tkachyk, Fairmont Dallas Tkachyk is promoted to the role of director of conference services from his former role as director of banquets at Fairmont Dallas , home to several major annual conferences in Dallas. He will now oversee the 545-room hotel’s conference services team.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

We’re predicting that in 2023, we’ll see more corporate events, conferences, and exhibitions than in the last three years. . More events with more events mean more food, room blocks, entertainment, production equipment, and travel – and those all cost extra money. Higher Food and Beverage Costs.

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Attendease

JANUARY 21, 2021

Communication from the first touchpoint must answer the questions every experienced traveler will have. Food and beverage service will evolve from lines and buffets to service in individual containers or plates and offered with minimal contact points. Passing Trend: Hugless. Shift: Revolution of Recognition and Rewards.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Read More: Learn and Groove in Oahu Paradise, Inside and Outside of the Meeting Room The Hawksbill Conference Room at O2 Beach Club and Spa O2 Beach Club & Spa stands on the serene south coast of Barbados. Enjoy stunning ocean views through wide windows or take in some fresh air on the accessible deck.

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