Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

London hotel group, The Wesley, has recently achieved ECOSmart gold Accreditation following an in-depth examination process that was conducted by Greengage, an organisation that supports hospitality businesses on their individual sustainability journeys.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Let’s take the skill of hotel contract negotiations ; novice planners tend to feel overwhelmed by the nitty-gritty details of hotel contracts and often learn as they go. To prevent them from signing a bad contract, we’ve put together five tips to help them navigate the surprisingly complex world of hotel contracts.

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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. Judy Wilbur, director of sales at Dunes Manor Hotel, Court & Suites in Ocean City, Md., Consider the hotel's core business.

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Event Marketer

MAY 5, 2021

For Freeform’s “Cruel Summer” premiere event on April 15, the network booked 80 hotel rooms at the Beverly Hilton hotel and invited talent, executive producers, press and influencers to watch the show on a giant screen from their balconies. The hottest event space is no longer the ballroom, it’s the balcony.

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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. Located at Frankfurt Airport, Europe’s busiest airport, it is also one of the largest airport hotels in Europe. The hotel entrances are located next to each other.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 28, 2021

With Salamander Hotels & Resorts , a luxury resort management company founded by Sheila Johnson , a Smart Women in Meetings Hall of Fame winner. Rachel Frost, Director of sales and marketing, Hotel Bennett , Charleston, South Carolina. Douglas Camp , director of sales and marketing, Salamander Resort & Spa , Middleburg, VA.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 29, 2016

Develop a list of prioritized concessions (value adds), just like you would for hotel negotiations. Other than food/beverage and audio visual/production, it’s the third most valued investment of your attendee value proposition. Post-Event Content Marketing – Participate in a scheduled replay. Invest in Professional Speakers.

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Attendease

JANUARY 21, 2021

From airport and hotel check-in, security lines and event registration will be enabled with automatic doors, mobile ticket scans and facial recognition and on-site services will continue in this fashion, from collecting information and exchanging e-business cards while networking. Shift: Touchless. Passing Trend: Hugless.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 8, 2021

In a virtual session run by Meeting Professionals International titled “Dynamics of the Hotel Sales Structure: What Planners Should Know,” hoteliers noted some of the biggest changes in how they will interact with their planner clients for the foreseeable future—and perhaps forever.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Does your hotel contract make it easy for a hotel to relocate your business? If your hotel contract was written before or during the Covid pandemic, you’d better watch your back. If the hotel cancels, the group now has to submit a list of its actual costs to move, with receipts to prove it. “If Grimes, Esq.

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EventMB

AUGUST 20, 2024

This content was created collaboratively by the Grand America Hotel and Skift’s branded content studio, SkiftX. There isn’t a single definition of “luxury” for hotels and meeting venues, but attendees recognize it when they experience it. DOWNLOAD THE GUIDE 1.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JULY 23, 2024

With its autumn opening fast approaching, Hotel Gotham Newcastle , located on the popular Pilgrim Street, has appointed Chris Thompson, former Operations Manager of the Apartment Group, to lead its vibrant hospitality offering. Gotham is more than a hotel, it’s an experience where every detail is designed to exceed your expectations.

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Velvet Chainsaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Overloaded account and project managers — Nearly every hotel, general service contractor, AV, and registration company had to lay off a significant number of client-facing team members. Room turnovers and refreshes — Many hotels have not been able to replace their setup crews to provide the same service levels as they did pre-pandemic.

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EventSource

JANUARY 24, 2024

This past weekend, One King West, a distinguished hotel in Toronto, played host to a spectacular open house for prospective wedding couples. The event, which had been highly anticipated, featured a showcase of the hotel’s stunning event spaces, each meticulously designed by skilled planners , florists , and decorators.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Major brands are set to debut highly-anticipated hotels in the coming year 2024 brings a wave of highly anticipated hotel openings in some of hospitality’s biggest brands. Discover the most anticipated openings throughout 2024 at Marriott , Hilton and IHG Hotels & Resorts. The 976-room hotel offers over 100,000 sq.

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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. Those expenditures must be recovered by hotels over the next couple of years, he noted. What’s In It for Event Groups?

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Planning Pod

JANUARY 10, 2021

Hotel sales, banquet and private event managers know what it’s like to work under pressure. Olivia Isquith, Event Manager at Hotel Salem (part of the Lark Hotels group), knows this well, having worked in hotels that didn’t have a smooth system for managing event bookings and sales. Planning Pod can help.

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Eventmobi

OCTOBER 6, 2022

At one time, hotels were concerned that pop-up events might compete with their offerings. They can take place on hotel property or in a function room. Dometic as well as Evaptainers have developed new, low tech approaches to keep food cool at remote locations. The advantage is that all infrastructure is already in place.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The struggle is real at hotels where supply chain issues and the great resignation are negatively impacting operations, creating scarcity in everything from cleaning supplies to pillowcases and chicken tenders and generally increasing costs. Save Hotel Jobs Act. Big Impacts. And they didn’t see an end in sight.

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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. Missed Part IV of the Pandemic Compliance and Safety at Live Events panel?

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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. Nicholas Dukes and Zachary Abeyta Nicholas Dukes (left) and Zachary Abeyta (right), Pechanga Casino Resort Pechanga Resort Casino brings on two new beverage professionals to its F&B team. for over a decade.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 26, 2023

The hospitality industry has been talking about robots augmenting hotels’ staffs for several years now, but the technology seems to have reached the point of being effective and reliable enough to handle a variety of customer-facing situations. Guests have responded positively, while the hotels reported significant reductions in labor costs.

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Attendease

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

They can be held in hotels, resorts, parking lots, unused retail offices, shopping malls or even in empty buildings. Provide Food and Beverage Service. For successful pop-up events, providing a clean and hygienic food and beverage experience is a must. Only serve fresh food and drinks at optimal temperatures.

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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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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Hotels are raising rates for both leisure and group business as they are currently experiencing strong demand in many markets. As food-and-beverage costs increase for venues, those expenses are passed directly to event organizers. in group hotel rates, with a 7.8% increase in group air rates, in North America.

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GEVME

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Food and beverage. Food and beverages. Depending on the venue chosen for the event, the type of venue, and location, sales of food and beverages may or may not be needed. Separate sales of food and beverages are recommended, especially at large events. How to prepare an event venue.

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The MICE

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

In this blog post, I’ll showcase the unique opportunities Stuttgart offers for your event, from hotels and venues to experiences, all with sustainability woven into the event planning process. Local venues prioritise: Local sourcing: Many venues source food and beverages locally. Copyright: V8 Hotel Motorworld Region Stuttgart.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Alex Hernandez Alex Hernandez, Hotel Bennett Hernandez joins Hotel Bennett as director of food and beverage. He will plan, develop and execute all food and beverage operations across the property. Throughout his 20-year career, he has held numerous leadership roles at hotels and restaurants.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 14, 2022

American Hotel and Lodging Association offers a monkeypox fact sheet for hotels which states that “at this time, AHLA is not advising any specific changes in any policy or recommendations. Hotels Recover But Guest Satisfaction Suffers. Power’s most recent 2022 North American Hotel Guest Satisfaction Index (NAGSI) Study.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 17, 2023

For more than 7,000 front-desk, housekeeping, and culinary employees of 87 hotels in the suburbs between Philadelphia and New York City, south of Albany, N.Y., The employees, members of the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council, learned of the completed deal on April 10 from Richard Maroko, president of the union. and on Long Island, N.Y.,

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Planning Pod

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

When we built Planning Pod, we set out to solve a big problem that many event venues, restaurants and hotels face … juggling too many applications, emails, documents, spreadsheets and even notes, folders and whiteboards to manage their event bookings. Or to add updated food-and-beverage items to both an invoice and a BEO.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 13, 2023

As meeting professionals begin to plan events for 2023, Mike Dominguez, president and CEO of Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI), joined Editorial Director JT Long for his annual Smart Chat Live! Hotels are charging more, but profitability is the same as in 2019,” Dominguez said. Ask Hotels About Pockets of Availability.

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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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Smart Meetings

MAY 17, 2024

Pablo Salas Pablo Salas, Hotel Dena Hotel Dena , in Pasadena, California, welcomes a new partnership with Salas, a celebrated Mexican Chef. He will provide guests with a soulful Mexican culinary experience at the hotel’s restaurant, Agents Only. Grant Hotel in San Diego. Helena, California and the U.S.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 11, 2022

Attendees expect a satisfying food-and-beverage experience regardless of labor issues. While a meeting’s destination, education, and networking opportunities generally drive attendee interest, post-event surveys consistently show that food-and-beverage elements color the impression attendees have of an event’s success.

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Food and Beverage Contracts Hotels Consulting 105

Planning Pod

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The fact that hotels use a half dozen or more software systems to manage all their operations is commonly accepted as “business as usual”. Unfortunately, for many hotel sales staff and catering managers, this often cobbled-together assembly of stand-alone applications and manual processes hinders them from actually doing business.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

His philosophy is that “Genuine hospitality is the way a restaurant makes you feel before you even take a bite of food. It blows my mind that in brand-new hotels, they just aren’t functional. Read More: 2023 Hotel Design Trends And, because this is a foodie brand, the catering will match the richness of the dining room.

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