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Food and Beverage Trends for 2018

SmartMeetings

A post shared by Culinary Crafts (@culinarycrafts) on Sep 8, 2017 at 2:09pm PDT. As far as food and beverage, in 2018 there will be more businesses capitalizing on this, showing how food is made before it reaches the customer. A post shared by Rebekah Wineburg (@postandvine) on Dec 5, 2017 at 8:06pm PST. Experiential Catering.

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Convene’s 27th Annual Meetings Market Survey

PCMA Convene

When we invited event professionals to participate in this Annual Meetings Market Survey in November, the U.S. and those that travel to international markets. Here are some highlights of the results: Size of 2017 convention/meeting budget vs. 2016 convention/meeting budget — -1 percent compared to +1.7

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ITA Group Acquires Experiential-Learning Company

MeetingsNet

In 2021, ITA Group executed 144 in-person corporate meetings, 100 incentive travel programs, and 93 stand-alone virtual events, according to data provided for its place on MeetingsNet’s CMI 25 list of the largest independent meeting-planning companies working with the North American corporate market.

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2017 Meetings Industry Trends Reveal Sunny Outlook

SmartMeetings

Meeting Professionals International (MPI) has released its quarterly Meetings Outlook report. The report presents trends and predictions that MPI members believe will have a major impact on the meetings industry. For the past few years, meeting professionals have been working in a sellers’ market.

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3 Ways to Source Smarter in a Sellers’ Market

MeetingsNet

Let’s face it: This year will be tough for meeting planners. Not only are we in a seller’s market, but planners will also face tighter budgets, higher meeting costs, and less bandwidth. So, what happens when an unstoppable force (supplier price increases) meets an immovable object (meeting planning budgets)? .

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Cvent’s ‘Top Meetings Destinations’ and ‘Top Meeting Hotels’ Returns: Nashville and San Diego Move Up

Smart Meetings

1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S. 1 in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 Nashville was named No. 1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S. 1 in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 Nashville was named No. This is the first time Cvent has generated the list since the pandemic halted events. Las Vegas was No.

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Cvent Ranks Top 100 U.S. Meeting Hotels for 2017

SmartMeetings

“Hotels have become increasingly focused on developing more meeting and event business, and as such, have become more sophisticated in competing for the most lucrative opportunities for their respective venues,” said Kevin Fliess, vice president of marketing for Cvent’s Hospitality Cloud. meeting hotel was Omni Nashville Hotel.

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