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Sampling is Back: Get a Taste of the Impossible Food Truck Tour

Event Marketer

As COVID restrictions lifted and vaccines got underway this spring, the industry saw the widespread return of sampling, and Impossible Foods wasted no time getting its plant-based products into consumers’ hands. A tablet-based survey built to collect qualitative feedback for both Impossible Foods and Walmart is also part of the experience.

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Get Excited for the Biggest Hotel Brand Openings of 2024

Smart Meetings

Althea Lake Nona Events Center. Along with eight signature food and beverage experiences and a spa, beauty bar and fitness center, guests will be left in awe of the bright spaces across the property. of meeting space and the largest ballroom in Georgia. of meeting and event space. The property offers 14,000 sq.

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Smart Moves in Salt Lake City, Seattle and More

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He has also worked as director of food and beverage for Two Roads Hospitality’s properties in Stowe, Vermont, and director of food and beverage at a Starwood Hotels & Resorts property in Aspen. Heather McCargo McCargo is marketing manager of communications and events for ATL Airport District.

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Smart Moves in Hawaii, Virginia and More

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Polito is currently managing director for mdg, a San Diego-based agency that specializes in event and association marketing. Before this, he was director of rooms for Hyatt Regency Seattle, where he worked on the opening team in 2018, as well as director of food and beverage for Grand Hyatt Denver. Jit Bose and James Koh.

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How One Hybrid Medical Conference Streamlined CME, F&B, and More

PCMA Convene

Attendees of the Georgia Society of Interventional Pain Physicians’ 2020 16th Annual Pain Summit socialize outdoors during a reception at the Ritz-Carlton Reynolds, Lake Oconee. For organizers of continuing medical education (CME) events, the switch from a live format to virtual is anything but simple. So when Tara M. Receptions.

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New and Renovated: Austin Exploration and Sunny Shores

Smart Meetings

Newly opened Thompson Austin is tailored to the needs of meetings and events professionals. of indoor and outdoor event space between one ballroom, four boardrooms and a fourth-floor restaurant. of event space, Origin Austin’s Flight Room can accommodate up to 49 guests for small to mid-sized meetings. With 799 sq.

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Smart Moves in South Carolina, Missouri and More

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Shaffer has also been association and corporate sales manager at The DeSoto Savannah in Georgia, sales manager for Embassy Suites by Hilton Charleston Airport Hotel & Convention Center and more. Lilly has been in hospitality, tourism, event management and sales for 15 years. Tiffany Alves Hafer. Bree DiBernardo.

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