Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 15, 2023

Unless you plan events for a booming industry, your reality working for professional and trade associations is that revenue from your 2022 and 2023 meetings is 15 percent (or more) lower than 2019. Event planners are experiencing sticker shock from rising costs for audiovisual, food and beverage, and other direct meeting expenses.

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Event Planning Food and Beverage 2023 2019 370

PCMA Convene

MARCH 6, 2019

In the 28th Annual Meetings Market Survey, respondents listed rising food and beverage costs as a major challenge. Nearly 30 percent of respondents’ answers in some way reference budgets or rising costs this year, with AV, food and beverage, and Wi-Fi expenses standing out as particular pain points. Budget decreases.

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Food and Beverage Meetings Negotiating Hotels 91

SmartMeetings

APRIL 3, 2020

According to the Fall 2019 Pulse Survey, conducted by Financial and Insurance Conference Professionals (FICP), only one-third (33 percent) of planners planned to grow the size of their meetings in 2020, and just 14 percent planned to expand their incentive programs. Work with Partners—and Haggle. Keep F&B Simple.

Financial 69

Financial Insurance Meetings Food and Beverage 69

PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

COP26 is shorthand for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, a summit which brought leaders from more than 130 nations together to negotiate a global plan to address climate change. It also was the site for negotiations. See “Glasgow’s Sustainable Head Start” at the end of this story.) “We

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Negotiating Sustainability 2030 Tourism 98