Eventinterface

AUGUST 20, 2018

Meeting and event planners are now at the forefront of food and beverage trends, providing event attendees with unique gastronomical experiences. Today we share some of the top food and beverage trends shared by planners, venues and caterers around the country. Alternative beverages are hot.

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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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JUNE 13, 2024

You may want to educate, create raving fans, increase sales or network with colleagues and clients. While we often meticulously plan the culinary experiences at our events, beverages, particularly wine, are frequently chosen from a generic banquet menu. Request to meet with the beverage director or sommelier. Taste the wines.

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Event Marketer

MARCH 14, 2025

To wash it down, there were themed craft beverages that paired with the dishes, like the Maritime Marg, as well as mocktail options. Naturally, the Whataburger Food Truck was also parked on-site and dishing out hot samples of the limited-time menu item, the Monterey Melt. gun policies to prevent mass shootings.

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Event Marketer

AUGUST 9, 2021

Save the Children’s goal is to deliver backpacks filled with school supplies, educational materials and wellness items to 2,000 kids in each market. More Experiences Built for Kids: The Educational ‘Curious World Tour’ Inspires Kids, Parents. 29 on a 10-city mobile tour. For every link that is clicked or tapped through Sept.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

A full bar and diverse menu of food and beverage items offer plenty of options outside of the traditional popcorn and candy. The food and beverage can also customize craft cocktails and dish garnishes on theme with the current meeting or event. SM What type of corporate events have you hosted there?

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Velvet Chainsaw

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Mattering — participants should get something out of this: They may be entertained, educated, surprised, awarded, helped, satisfied or become more connected. 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 Marketer

JULY 1, 2024

Here our professional pastry chefs personally worked with small groups to educate and help attendees decorate cakes. “It Each morning, we ventured to nature and held education sessions in the afternoon. For education, we reimagined Mr. CHOW Las Vegas and used meditations chairs to complement this sensory-designed restaurant.

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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. A total of 14,557 pounds of food has been donated in that time. “I IMEX is not new to the quest for more sustainable events.

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Eventinterface

AUGUST 20, 2018

Meeting and event planners are now at the forefront of food and beverage trends, providing event attendees with unique gastronomical experiences. Today we share some of the top food and beverage trends shared by planners, venues and caterers around the country. Alternative beverages are hot.

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Velvet Chainsaw

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

We are on the hunt for the next meeting, seating, session format, technology, and food and beverage fad. This is the exact time to be curious, to be rigorous, to be analytical and scientific says Professor Rob Cole referring to educational trends. We pursue fads, gimmicks and trends as the silver bullets of our conference woes.

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DECEMBER 10, 2018

A “creative” event design is one with a novel venue and/or decor and lighting and/or food and beverage. .” —Sarah Kendzior, The View From Flyover Country: Dispatches from the Forgotten America The meeting industry is no exception. We define creativity as a subset of what is actually possible. The notes at the.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 12, 2023

The foundation for providing top-shelf catering was laid by celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck, who believed that catering services shouldn’t be mired in mass-produced batches of food in hot boxes and served in chafing dishes. They were really interested and willing to change it up,” Brunson said.

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Event Marketer

AUGUST 2, 2024

Back-to-school season is upon us, and smart marketers are accounting for today’s fast-paced culture and shoppable world through campaigns and activations designed to equip, inspire and engage students, parents and educators, alike. Make a meaningful investment in education. Consider what is at eye level.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Telling a Story Beyond its profit-making—which is substantial, the industry made $190 million in 2022 —the city’s agricultural industry is doing much more; its telling a story and educating its locals and visitors. He recounted last April when he visited a farm and had a meal where all the food was local. Trimmer asks.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 7, 2024

Atlantis Bahamas as a whole is dedicated to ongoing efforts towards conservation through a four pillar approach: sustainable living, ecosystem conservation, wildlife protection and education and awareness. Planners should know, balloons of any type are prohibited on the property to reduce plastic waste. What’s at Stake?

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 5, 2023

The timed dish-making is judged based on food safety, waste (all discards are put into a small bowl and evaluated at the end), presentation, taste and creativity. Reducing food waste was an area of focus that was addressed with help from dehydrators, refrigerators stocked with leftovers for employees to take home and massive composters.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 26, 2024

Patrick’s Day Revelers to Move for a Cause Most Consumers are Interested in Alcohol Moderation; Not Abstinence According to NIQ’s 2023 Non-Alcohol Report, 94 percent of consumers who buy non-alcoholic beverages continue to buy beer, wine, spirits and other products containing alcohol.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 26, 2025

Spatial design is not a buzzword; its already transforming industries outside hospitality, including real estate, manufacturing, healthcare, and education. The hospitality and events industries are labour-intensive, with high capital expenditures on food and beverages, so streamlining operations without sacrificing quality is essential.

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Eventinterface

JULY 25, 2017

Meeting and event planners are now at the forefront of food and beverage trends, providing event attendees with unique gastronomical experiences. Today we share some of the top food and beverage trends shared by planners, venues and caterers around the country. Alternative beverages are hot.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 10, 2021

“Wine,” she said, “is meant to be enjoyed with food—that’s the point of it.” In California’s Napa Valley , sampling wines at vineyards has long been accompanied by a prepared foods cold case amid the logowear, corkscrews, and other wine-related merchandise for purchase in the tasting room. ” Napa Valley.

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JULY 12, 2024

From there, she began pursuing further education and certifications, motivated to garner all the knowledge available to her. She began researching the designation, pursuing the required continuing education and studying for the exam. She joined the Potomac Chapter of Meeting Professionals International (MPI).

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The wow experience is an intimate gathering at a memory-making new hotel that includes private dining at its restaurant, which is the latest hot spot in that food-obsessed city. The whole idea is to make things approachable,” Francis Ang told Eater, including for diners who may or may not have experienced Filipino food before. “We

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Event Marketer

AUGUST 23, 2021

The exterior of the pop-up space, for instance, looked like a typical bodega from the outside, but led to an authentic, speakeasy-style colmado (a Dominican convenience store) featuring a fridge filled with beverages and other food items popular in the Dominican Republic.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 29, 2024

Through close collaboration with Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF), Silvester will create educational ocean experiences and tours tailored to guests’ interests and passions.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 26, 2024

Properties have realized this is a great market for them will work with you on how you package your food and beverage. “It’s It’s not just the standard all-inclusive package; they’re willing to stretch that boundary with you and I think that’s made a huge difference because the food part was a big detractor.”

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Nearly half of meeting professionals already minimize disposables and prioritize sustainable meetings and products, use waste management practices such as food donation, and offer sustainable food and beverage options, with another 30–40 percent of meeting professionals planning to implement similar efforts in the near future.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Martin has joined the team at JUNO , a software and virtual education company in Dallas, as an account executive. Shafi is director of operations for the AC Hotel Miami Dadeland , and Salinas is now the hotel’s food and beverage manager. Regis Astana hotel and residence in Kazakhstan, among others. Megan Martin.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 16, 2018

You can conserve your energy and resources with these tips: Use napkins instead of disposable plates for “finger foods”. Get in touch with a compostable food service for your food waste reduction. Set up a composting collection program for any food and organic waste generated. Food service.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Five woman chefs of color in leadership roles across the United States spoke to Smart Meetings and shared stories of their careers, their inspirations and their passion for great food. Peruvian food is very diverse and dynamic in its flavors,” she says. In modern Peruvian cooking, Italian, Japanese and local Andes food all merge.

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AUGUST 2, 2022

After a two-year Covid postponement, the 10th edition of Accor’s Global Meeting Exchange brought together top clients, company leadership, hotel representatives and partner companies for networking, education and a chance to experience the historic Fairmont San Francisco.

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Social Tables

APRIL 1, 2022

Food and beverage is perhaps one of the most anticipated elements of any event. For this blog post, we interviewed experts in food and beverage and event planning to get the inside scoop on catering trends for the years ahead. Are you doing any food for remote events? Do we still see food as an experience?

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Event Marketer

MARCH 14, 2024

On the 14th green, the Mastercard Palmer Patio treated cardholders to air conditioning, a variety of seating options, a bar, and complimentary food and non-alcoholic beverages. A Ketel One Botanicals pop-up by the 10th hole offered fruity beverages for purchase.

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JANUARY 14, 2022

Gibson also has years of food and beverage experience, having worked as kitchen manager and in other restaurant management positions in New Hampshire. Travel Association, Meetings Mean Business Coalition, PCMA Education Foundation and Chautauqua Institution in New York. Tiffany Alves Hafer. Kimberly McCarden Foster, CTE.

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MAY 17, 2021

Similarly, reducing ticket prices for events has downstream implications on budgets for speakers, entertainment, lighting, food and beverage, giveaways, and other key elements of the experience. It eventually ends in an impasse or them both giving away gas for free.

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Event Marketer

DECEMBER 19, 2022

A bar offered nonalcoholic beverages, including rosemary hibiscus lemonade and sweet tea with lemon, and served as an opportunity to highlight Savannah’s open-container policies. Attendees also enjoyed small bites and pralines from Savannah’s Candy Kitchen, with 2,000 of the sweet confections dished out by the event’s end.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 17, 2021

I’ve personally booked the stadium for opening general sessions and elaborate food and beverage events , however, I had never seen it used in this way either. Used restaurant for education sessions. Prior to this, Petco Park had never hosted a convention with this many exhibitors.

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