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Unconventional F&B Trends to Put on Your Radar

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A post shared by GQ India (@gqindia) on Aug 21, 2017 at 5:50am PDT. Kimpton’s Culinary & Cocktails Trend Forecast for 2018 predicts an emergence of fish and colorful ingredients such as carrots, beets and cabbage. Additionally, it says that alternative berries such as juniper and ligonberries will be seeing a boost in popularity.

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9 Culture Sandwiches for Your Meeting or Event

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Vada Pav (India). The sandwich traditionally consists of a meat (pork usually), vegetables (often pickled), jalapeños and coriander in a baguette. Yet, the Vietnamese baguette is made with rice and wheat flour, so it’s airier than the French bread. A post shared by Jumia Food Tanzania (@jumiafoodtz) on Nov 1, 2017 at 7:25am PDT.

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What is Your Top On-the-Job Challenge?

PCMA Convene

Contract negotiation when dealing with India hotels. Increased demand for hotel rooms and meeting space. Juggling two major job responsibilities, including meeting planning. Keeping costs down, particularly food and beverage and audiovisual for meetings. Communication. Travel budget has been significantly cut off.

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Hubilo’s Monthly Event Industry Blog Roundup: September

Hubilo Blog

Velvet Chainsaw — Time Capsules, Time Machines And Evolution Of Traditional Meeting Planners . The article here has covered the essence of conference and meeting planning depicting it in two forms — time capsule and a time machine. Let’s have a look at the top 10 picks from the month of September: 1.Velvet

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10 Peaceful Properties to Celebrate Yoga Month

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Perfect Health is is based on the principles of Ayurveda—a powerful natural healing system that originated in India 5,000 years ago. The signature program— Perfect Health —has attraced thousands of people from around the world to experience healing through this transformative program developed by Deepak Chopra and David Simon.

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4 Tips for Planning a Successful International Meeting

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Public holidays are frequent in places such as Colombia and India, which lead the way with 18 public holidays per year. For example, while the typical U.S. workweek is Monday through Friday, Middle Eastern countries often work Sunday through Thursday.

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Top 99 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Prior to going down the consulting road, Dave was with Experient for 22 years where he served as president of both the Meeting Planning and Registration divisions. Areas of expertise include conference business models, strategy, attendance marketing, sponsorship programs, and meeting technology. What is he known for?

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