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. In the entertainment room, they were encouraged to get a feel for the space by sitting on the couch. Now in its 25 th year, the tour kicked off Aug.

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AUGUST 30, 2018

Food and beverage costs are increasingly taking a bigger slice of the meeting budget. Patrick Berwald, vice president of food and beverage for Benchmark Global Hospitality , offered some, ahem, food for thought about F&B for small meetings. Planners are being tasked to reduce this meeting element.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

How can we provide new experiences at meetings? Providing new experiences at meetings can be as simple as this. This universal fear is the reason the meeting industry continues to struggle with incorporating new experiences into events. How to provide valuable new experiences at meetings. Not new F&B, decor, or glitz.

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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. Meetings & Events founder Tracy Stuckrath kicked off the insights with a primer on not killing or offending your attendees. That is wowing all the senses.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 4, 2024

Whether it’s non-alcoholic beverage offerings or wellness activities such as electrolyte IVs, the demand is surging for event programming that promotes a healthy lifestyle and supports a vast array of drinking choices. Catering and event teams know that mixology is a craft—at its essence, it is a recipe, just as customizable as a food dish.

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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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MARCH 6, 2025

Make your mark on small to mid-size meetings If youre seeking the latest and greatest space to host your small to mid-size meetings, these new and renovated properties have your back. of meeting and event space. The property also offers free hot breakfast and, beginning at 5:30, Kickback dinnertime snacks and beverages.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 6, 2024

How America’s northern neighbor is setting a new standard With its beautiful scenery and rich history, Canada has always had much to offer meeting profs. Many Canadian vendors have focused on elevated food and beverage options to stand out in an increasingly competitive global market for meetings and events.

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Smart Meetings

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. We know that consumers are being stretched, he said. The combination of these things is a little tricky.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 12, 2022

Known around the globe as the “Biggest Little City in the World,” Reno, Nevada, offers a high-end experience with unlimited potential that can elevate meetings to new heights. Reno has recently undergone a renaissance with many meeting venues having upgraded their facilities, alongside citywide improvements guaranteed to inspire.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 3, 2024

Unique venues for meetings with charm From coast to coast, meeting venues and hotels renovate and debut expanded, redesigned meeting spaces. Blending Productivity and Play Expanded meeting space at ilani Meeting & Entertainment Center A 10,000 sq. LRS Architect led the design project. Over 100,000 sq.

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Eventmobi

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

It helps control your expenses and revenues, and measures the success of your meeting or event performance. Food & Beverage ($35/person). Entertainment. According to a Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) survey , 36% of all in-person event expenses are for food and beverages (F&B) alone.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 2, 2024

Read More: New and Renovated: Summer Meetings by the Sea History of The Venetian The Grand Colonnade, The Venetian Resort Las Vegas The Venetian opened its doors on May 4, 1999, bringing an unconventional yet faithful tribute to the richly historic city of Venice to the bright lights of the Las Vegas Strip.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 23, 2022

Meeting profs are driven by a desire to create a memorable experience for their attendees. Whether that be fantastic decorations, exceptional live entertainment or even introducing an eclectic menu, planners are creative thinkers who design events with the intent of appealing to attendees. Use a Consistent Theme. Focused Hospitality .

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Healthy Meeting Resources Help Planners Start Meaningful Discussions Looking for an easy way to keep everyone healthy when putting together an agenda? A History of Meeting Well The current focus on healthy meeting spaces is not the first time brands have gone beyond accommodating “dates and rates” to differentiate their spaces.

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MAY 3, 2024

He brings 52 years of experience, beginning in the hospitality industry as a dishwasher and moving through the roles of executive chef, food and beverage manager and finally general manager, and has worked with the Marriott brand for 16 years at various locations. He will oversee all operations and business strategy at the resort.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 23, 2023

This region of the Tarheel State also offers meeting planners a plethora of activities perfect for any season from wading out into a cool stream for fly fishing to shooting dice in a state-of-the-art casino. Meet at the Gateway to the Great Smokey Mountains Harrah’s Cherokee Exhibit Hall. of pre-function space.

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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. Most recently, Fluhr served as vice president of operations, food and beverage development, and brand management. Runyon brings 10 years of venue administration and events experience. Warren Nocon.

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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. of meeting space. of meeting and function space, including two ballrooms, five breakout spaces and a 24-person Admiralty Boardroom.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Smart Meetings asked some urban hotel executives what they are seeing in their ballrooms today, what types of groups are returning, what protocols are being required and what are some creative uses of the space they have seen. of meeting space. Each person is required to show proof of vaccination before entering the meeting space.

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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. Rarely, however, is this tool used to design events that creatively incorporate, illuminate, and support core desires and outcomes for the meeting.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 18, 2023

Working with the United Kingdom-based sustainability consultant isla , a total of 92% of event waste was recovered by diverting it into recycling, composting or donation channels, meeting the threshold for a zero-waste event. A total of 14,557 pounds of food has been donated in that time. As a group, participants walked more than 4.2

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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. The post 5 Ways to Build Community Loyalty appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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EventMB

AUGUST 15, 2024

Now in its second year, Skift Meetings Awards celebrate the industry’s most respected suppliers, setting the standard for excellence in business events. So, without any further ado, here are the 2024 Skift Meetings Awards winners! At Marriott, innovation transcends all aspects of the global business.

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Event Farm

JUNE 9, 2021

Ryan and Marcella project a 25% increase in food and beverage costs due to not having buffets or family-style service. When it comes to venues, you are likely to see a 25% increase in meeting space expenses. Plus, when social distancing rules mandate less capacity in meeting rooms, you need more rooms and, therefore, more staff.

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Smart Meetings

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. The post How to Produce a Stand-Out Experience appeared first on Smart Meetings. The Best Speakers. For more information. .

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JULY 26, 2024

Mahon is also a 2021 Smart Woman in Meetings: Innovator award winner. Phoenix Porcelli and James Frankis Phoenix Porchelli (left) and James Frankis (right), Convene Convene , a hospitality company that manages and designs meeting, event and office spaces, promotes two senior leadership team members. branded property in Louisiana.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 10, 2018

.” —Sarah Kendzior, The View From Flyover Country: Dispatches from the Forgotten America The meeting industry is no exception. A “creative” event design is one with a novel venue and/or decor and lighting and/or food and beverage. The meeting industry has redefined novelty as creativity.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 12, 2022

Downtown’s The Langham, Boston has expanded its meeting and event spaces with the addition of the Wilson Ballroom and Promenade to the historic property. In between productive meetings, The Langham gives guests several dining options to refuel. GRANA features sophisticated Italian food in the Federal Reserve’s former grand hall.

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Yes, the US Open is about tennis, but what’s that cross-section with entertainment and fashion and culinary and all the different pieces that people like to have as an experience these days?” Kate Schoff, Executive Director, JPMorgan Chase & Co. Schoff says.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 24, 2021

of meeting and banquet space, including 50 meeting rooms and six ballrooms, one of which is a 23,000-square-foot, Strip-facing ballroom with floor-to-ceiling windows. A customized food app, On the Fly at Resorts World, lets guests order up the property’s F&B and retail options for delivery to their rooms and the resort’s 5.5-acre

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 29, 2016

According to PCMA Convene’s 25 th annual Meeting Market Survey, organizers invest 7 percent of a meeting’s direct expenses into speakers and entertainment. Other than food/beverage and audio visual/production, it’s the third most valued investment of your attendee value proposition. Invest in Professional Speakers.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 22, 2022

Newly opened Thompson Austin is tailored to the needs of meetings and events professionals. It offers luxury accommodations in 212 guest rooms and 17 residences in the middle of Austin’s downtown entertainment district. of event space, Origin Austin’s Flight Room can accommodate up to 49 guests for small to mid-sized meetings.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 14, 2022

In her prior career, she was executive director for Meet, a South Carolina company, director of sales at Visit Myrtle Beach and convention sales manager for Kingston Plantation Resort. Before that, Gibson was entertainment technical manager and production manager at Carnival Corporate and its Cruise Line. Daniel Gibson.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Smart Meetings talked to Scott Schoeneberger, managing partner at Bluewater Technologies Group Inc., VR is not just for entertainment,” said Schoeneberger excitedly. Odyssey , an expansive, in-world virtual meeting platform, is hosting large-scale, entirely virtual conferences within an entirely virtual reality.

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DECEMBER 22, 2023

Some have all the meeting space you can imagine; some are in destinations you dream of meeting in; others are brimming with personality and provide a one-of-a-kind experience for your attendees. The property stands on Naples’ unofficial main street with a wealth of shopping, dining, cultural arts and entertainment options.

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Velvet Chainsaw

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

According to Convene ’s most recent Meetings Market Survey , on average 6 percent of a meeting’s direct expenses fall in the marketing/promotion category. After studying 100 or so meetings’ profit and loss (P&L) statements in great detail, I can confirm that this expense line item varies greatly.

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