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Going Green with Food and Beverage

Master the Event

There are many resources meeting and event planners can use, including reducing; water, energy as well as food and beverage consumption. It has been reported that one of the top reasons for meeting attendance is the food. So when planning a meeting or event attention definitely must go into the food and beverage side of things.

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Reduce and Reuse: Meeting Spaces Go Green

Smart Meetings

As the world turns to a new year, many are coming to realize that our resources are finite and becoming sustainable is crucial to the future of our planet. Even in our everyday activities, green thinking and sustainability are critical. of meeting space and also has a 19-year-old food compost program. million sq.

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Reduce and Reuse: Meeting Spaces Go Green

Smart Meetings

As the world turns to a new year, many are coming to realize that our resources are finite and becoming sustainable is crucial to the future of our planet. Even in our everyday activities, green thinking and sustainability are critical. of meeting space and also has a 19-year-old food compost program. million sq.

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Enhancing Sustainability During Events

Cvent: Event Marketing

At MGM Resorts, we have a long history of building and operating in a sustainable way. We also recognize that many of our clients have deep commitments to sustainability and want to activate those commitments by driving positive societal and environmental benefits during their events. Sustainability Benefits at an MGM Property.

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A Look Behind the Lobby at New Marriott International Headquarters

Smart Meetings

Banks of lockers keep personal items when team members are not using shared desk pods. s Hot Shoppes restaurants, hot food and salads are available for purchase. The Innovation Floor houses locked Room27, an innovation lab with a test kitchen and beverage bar designed to facilitate the development of new Marriott offerings.

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10 Food Festivals Bringing Flavor to 2017

SmartMeetings

Food festivals deliver celebrity chefs, cooking demonstrations , and virtually unlimited food and beverage options to hordes of hungry attendees in cities across the United States. South Beach Food and Wine Festival: February 22–26, 2017. Charleston Wine + Food Festival: March 1–5, 2017.

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How to Rescue Leftovers

Connect Your Meetings

Food and floral arrangements are critical pieces to an event, but they are also two elements that inevitably get dumped in the trash once guests have left. Coordinating the delivery and donation of food in an efficient way is a difficult challenge for planners to execute on their own. We produce enough food to feed everyone,” he says.