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14 New Trends in the Event Planning Industry for 2024

Attendease

What does 2024 hold for the events industry? Let’s take a look at the top event trends that will shape 2024. Trend #1: Cross-Cultural Dishes & Menus Food and beverage selections at events are becoming more cross-cultural. Design-forward and elevated menus are in style for 2024 events.

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2024 Contracts Playbook

SmartMeetings

Even if that more adventurous perspective doesn’t make you any happier about them, they’re a necessary part of the meetings and events industry. That could show up in higher prices for food and beverage (F&B) which you may expect, or in costs that are somewhat disguised. The obvious effect could be lower levels of service.

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“Meeting Room of the Future” Report: 4 Takeaways for Planners

MeetingsNet

The latest look at how operators of residential and non-residential conference venues are adapting to groups’ changing needs. Specifically, creating comfortable conversational environments in prefunction spaces and creating themed food-and-beverage events are among the biggest experience enhancers that venues are providing.

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Earth Day 2024: Ending Single-Use Plastic

PCMA Convene

The official theme for Earth Day 2024 is “Planet vs. Plastic,” a call to arms issued by Earthday.org to reduce all plastic production by 60 percent by 2040 and to rapidly phase out all single-use plastics by 2030. “As Single-use plastic is a particular problem in the U.S.,

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IACC’s Meeting Room of the Future report illuminates evolving trends in the event industry

Prestige Events Magazine

IACC , the association which represents the top one per cent of global meeting and conference venues, has released the findings from its eagerly awaited 2024 Meeting Room of the Future Report. The report also found that venues are adjusting to accommodate the behavioral differences of the next generation.

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Contract Clauses Planners Need in 2024

Smart Meetings

Contracts are the life blood of the meeting industry. Smart Meetings sat down with Darryl B. Cohen, a partner at Cohen, Cooper, Estep & Allen LLC, who specializes in entertainment, criminal defense and hospitality law, to chat about what planners should consider adding to their contracts in 2024. Cost for meeting rooms.

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Get Excited for the Biggest Hotel Brand Openings of 2024

Smart Meetings

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. flexible meeting space between two meeting rooms.

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