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Two for One: How Organizers Combined a Food Writers Conference With a Food and Music Festival

PCMA Convene

When Hanna Raskin, food editor and chief critic for Charleston, South Carolina’s Post and Courier newspaper, was elected board president of the Association of Food Journalists (AFJ) last year, she accepted under one condition: that AFJ suspend its multi-day conference. AFJ’s executive director, Amanda Miller, agreed.

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Event Venue Management Checklist for Event Planners

Hubilo Blog

Food and Beverages. Any event is empty without a picture taken by attendees of food, desserts, and heart stealing beverages. Food and beverages keep the cool and calm of the attendees and acts as an initiator for engagement. · Availability of Wi-Fi. Powder rooms. Catering Management. Venue Security.

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Cannabis Moves Into the Mainstream Meetings World

Connect Your Meetings

An October 2018 Pew Research poll showed that 62% of Americans approve of legalizing pot use, with nearly three-fourths of millennials giving weed the green thumbs-up. All the pairings are done with smoking—there’s no infusion in the food and beverage,” says Wolf, who has done dinners for up to 220.

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Currency Research’s Event Team Faces Trial by Fire

PCMA Convene

Currency Research’s event team, including Shaun Ferrari, a managing director, hit the ground running with wildfires forced them to change the location of the Americas Cash Cycle Seminar in November 2018. Pacific time — for the Currency Research team organizing the Americas Cash Cycle Seminar (ICCOS) last November.

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20+ Cannabis Events That Are Shaping A New Industry

Bizzabo

The 20 conferences, seminars, and festivals listed below will help keep you informed and up to date on the all the latest trends, news, and laws. September 7, 2018. Why You Should Attend: If you work in the Food & Beverage industry in any capacity, you'll have a lot to gain from attending the Cannabis Drinks Expo.

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Convene’s 27th Annual Meetings Market Survey

PCMA Convene

2018 attendance vs. 2017 attendance (projected) — +3.2 Number of 2018 exhibitors vs. 2017 exhibitors (projected) — +1.4 33 percent expect to plan more meetings in 2018; only 6 percent expect to plan fewer meetings. Number of 2018 exhibitors vs. 2017 exhibitors (projected) — +1.4 percent in the 2016 survey. percent vs. +4.6

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Champions in the House: Hospitality Tackles Homelessness

SmartMeetings

In Maslow’s famous pyramid of the hierarchy of human needs, the most basic is food, shelter and clothing. APhA ended up having an extremely successful convention in Seattle and is bringing its Federal Pharmacy Seminar there in 2021. She also creates all food and beverage menus alongside a plan to package leftovers for donation.