Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Spinning slowly in a grandiose ballroom or stepping inside a hotel suite, the ocean view through the doors to the balcony—the next generation of virtual reality (VR) can deliver so much more than pretty worlds through clunky goggles. Ford at 2020 Essence Festival; Photo credit: Bluewater Tech. But what does it take to access VR tech?

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 21, 2025

Hidden Fees and Surcharges When booking with a hotel, look for fees and surcharges. “I think it goes to the wisdom of making sure you lock in food and beverage prices as early as you can, Warner offered. Sometimes, the numbers can get lost in the fine print. Who is in charge of it? How long will attendee data be stored?

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 28, 2024

Live it Up in London Virgin Hotels London-Shoreditch Virgin Hotels opens its first London location with Virgin Hotels London-Shoreditch. The industrial exposed brick building the hotel occupies fits right in. In total, the hotel offers 117 guest rooms, including 38 suites, and a total of 3,309 sq.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 2, 2024

The most expensive hotel renovation ever seen marks the venue’s 25th anniversary The Venetian Resort Las Vegas is celebrating a $1.5 The convention center will also see the addition of the latest and greatest in meeting tech. “The beauty of this project lies within the balance of the beloved familiar and the never-before-seen.”

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 22, 2025

I imagine when those very first casinos were built on what was nothing more than a dirt road next to a dude range, that they would imagine we would turn those into the most phenomenal hotel casinos on planet Earth. We know that consumers are being stretched, he said.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 6, 2018

According to a Crowne Plaza Hotel and Resorts survey of 2,000 employees, some people will go to great lengths to avoid attending unproductive meetings. Employees expressed that they are more likely to meet offsite and if free food and beverages are involved. Make it a tech-free zone. Test your tech. and 11:30 a.m.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Read More : This Las Vegas Bar Wants You to Horse Around Also within the venue is a food market serving up gourmet street food, like pizzas, burgers and wings, along with sandwiches and salads. Jessica Hernandez, head of sales at Swingers, said, “We are high touch, versus high tech.” Where’s the Plastic? “I

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Event Marketer

JULY 9, 2024

Taco Bell rewrites the playbook on experiential earned media with a big-tech-style launch event Live Más LIVE garnered more than 7 billon media impressions and 632 pieces of media coverage of onstage announcements, including the new Cheez-It Crunchwrap Supreme. Until, that is, Live Más LIVE. at Taco Bell.

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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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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. In addition to the labor and skills shortage, even seasoned AV techs are a bit rusty. The timing of bringing back staff is tricky.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Torrenga is vice president of sales at Nuvola , the hotel service and guest engagement software company. A 20-year hospitality tech optimization and sales veteran, Torrenga was previously senior vice president of sales at INTELITY, a global guest experience and management platform in the greater Miami area. Banks & Associates Inc.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Torrenga is vice president of sales at Nuvola , the hotel service and guest engagement software company. A 20-year hospitality tech optimization and sales veteran, Torrenga was previously senior vice president of sales at INTELITY, a global guest experience and management platform in the greater Miami area. Banks & Associates Inc.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Many hotels and resorts offer a broad range of activities from which to choose. Hotels have noticed the attention escape rooms bring. Greece is home to two hotels that feature escape rooms, Apollo Resort Art Hotel in Kiparissia and Elysium Resort & Spa in Faliraki. Related: 11 Event Tech Trends That Shaped 2018.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Report from #IMEX22 : @MGMResortsIntl Stephanie Glanzer announced a $100 million renovation to @MandalayBay including new tech, security and reimagining of @FourSeasons. These include a 2,000-room Princess Hotel, the 260-room Sandals Dunn’s River resort and a third RIU hotel with 700 rooms, all providing additional meeting space.

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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

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Accor Survey: “Meeting Expectations: The Future of Meetings & Events” World-leading hospitality group Accor operates a diverse hospitality group of over 40 hotel brands, from luxury to economy. They offers experiences in over 110 countries with 5,500 properties, 10,000 food and beverage venues, wellness facilities and workspaces.

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GEVME

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Food and beverage. Wi-Fi, tech, outlets, etc. 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.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 29, 2022

She brings more than 18 years of hospitality and destination sales experience with Hyatt Hotels, and has held leadership roles in food and beverage and events, as well. Moussa is now director of sales and marketing at Doha, Qatar’s The Chedi Katara Hotel & Resort , the newest hotel by GHM Luxury Hotels & Resorts.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 28, 2022

The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay promoted Buciuman to hotel manager. Previously, Lindner was hotel manager at Mandarin Oriental, Geneva in Switzerland. For more than 20 years, Lindner has moved his way through the hotel industry, starting in food and beverage roles in Germany, his home country. Sheila Buciuman.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Creative AV/Event-Tech Cost Cuts. • “I have my [in-house] network engineer review my internet order. Tried-and-True AV/Event-Tech Cost Cuts. Tech changes quickly, and speakers may not need as much as you think. Hotels generally receive a commission from an in-house provider, so they often push groups to use that option.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 18, 2022

She has also previously held the role of senior convention service manager and director of destination services at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, as well as senior convention services manager at her current property. Cestare brings almost 20 years of hotel operations and management experience to his new role. Tony Yousfi, CMP.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 18, 2022

She has also previously held the role of senior convention service manager and director of destination services at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, as well as senior convention services manager at her current property. Cestare brings almost 20 years of hotel operations and management experience to his new role. Tony Yousfi, CMP.

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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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Smart Meetings

MAY 1, 2023

Toronto ranked first in North America for both high-tech job creation and population growth and in the world for working women. The Centre is committed to making a positive impact through initiatives such as its Food and Beverage Program , focused on sourcing local and donating leftover items.

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EventMB

AUGUST 15, 2024

The 2024 categories were once again split across three distinct criteria groups: Hotels Other suppliers Tech Providers Following a scoring review by our independent judging panel , the winners of the 2024 Skift Meetings Awards have now been confirmed. More Information HOTELS Category: Best Hotel Chain (Outside the U.S.)

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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 24, 2019

Tokyo is eager to attract more of the international meetings market, and a high-tech entertainment hub on an artificial island in Tokyo Bay could play a more important role. Takatani said that many of them are wealthy, and are particularly fond of nice hotels, cosmetics, ramen, Kobe beef, Japanese barbecue and five-star restaurants.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 10, 2022

It is hard to believe that Hard Rock Hotel & Casino brand is now 50 years old. When Hard Rock Hotel New York opens in April 2022, it will draw on a rich legacy of experience and memory that has been a touchstone of cool for half a century. Hard Rock Hotel New York. The 234-guest-room property features 11,422 sq.

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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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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 11, 2017

The past two years have been a transformative process that has reinvigorated gaming, food and beverage and will now include the complete redesign of our hotel rooms. The post The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas Getting High-Tech Upgrades appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 20, 2017

With its high-tech ambitions, a new drink at the Lobby Bar at One Aldwych in London is changing the way that we enjoy and appreciate whiskey. We will likely see hotels find more creative ways to enhance guest experiences. The post Virtual Reality Cocktail Brings High-Tech Twist to Hotel Bar appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Interactive tech displays and demos Interactive displays and demos enable people to learn by doing. Set up immersive simulations that transport people into future scenarios enabled by the tech. Decorations, music, entertainment, photo booths, contests, and food can all match the time period.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 29, 2019

The International Convention Centre (ICC) in Birmingham and its in-house caterer, Amadeus, are utilising cutting-edge AI technology to reduce food waste at the venue by a third. Working with Winnow Solutions, they have now installed software that monitors both the type and amount of food being disposed of. Event Tech.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Nearly adjacent to Durham Convention Center is The Durham , a boutique hotel serving the tech companies and academics that come to meet in the university-framed Research Triangle Region. It’s also serving an alternative to the hotel room coffee experience. Door Delivery in Durham, North Carolina. But not at The Durham.

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GEVME

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Food and beverage. Wi-Fi, tech, outlets, etc. 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.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 22, 2024

When does a headquarters building look more like a hotel? A cafe in the lobby with generous seating could be mistaken for a grab-and-go outlet in any Marriott hotel. Travel Library Pantries with sinks, refrigerators, microwaves and snacks on each floor borrow a page from tech company culture. Tag along to learn more.

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GEVME

JANUARY 27, 2020

And everybody loves enjoying a day, an evening or perhaps a weekend with lots of food, drinks, discussions, connecting with other people, exchanging ideas, workshops and/or other activities. . This component includes everything – right from hotels, motels, hostels or any other setup which can provide sleeping rooms to the attendees.

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