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Smart Moves: Food and Beverage

Smart Meetings

Bolivar is director of food and beverage for Innisbrook, A Salamander Resort in Tampa Bay, Florida, where he will oversee the property’s five F&B options, as well as its banquet operations. Luksza us director of food and beverage and Bergman is executive chef for NoMo SoHo in New York City. Gilbert Bolivar.

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Two Tensions Keeping Senior Event Professionals Up at Night

Velvet Chainsaw

below 2019. The good news is that 2024 is expected to eclipse 2019 results by 3.6%. The big three include food & beverage, A/V + production and speakers/entertainment. According to the Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR), the business-to-business exhibition industry is still in recovery mode.

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

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Held in collaboration with euphoria, the 2019 AFJ conference — called AFJ @ euphoria — turned into an educational and entertaining mashup of tastings and talks. I realized that a gala gathering of food writers was the kind of event which would fit perfectly into festival programming,” Raskin said. The Right Ingredients.

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8 Event Budget Adjustments Needed to Host Safe Events in 2021

Event Farm

We looked at the cost differential between today and 2019 when the actual summit took place to get a sense of the expense increases you can expect when planning your events. Ryan and Marcella project a 25% increase in food and beverage costs due to not having buffets or family-style service. 3: Event technology – 50% increase.

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Sponsorship Needs to Be More Than Banners and Clings

Velvet Chainsaw

Mattering — participants should get something out of this: They may be entertained, educated, surprised, awarded, helped, satisfied or become more connected. Mattering can include attendee experience enhancers like a charging station, free Wi-Fi, food and beverage offerings or a give-away that attendees value.

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5 Biggest Challenges to Impact Events Industry in 2019 & Beyond

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Hence, it is hard to believe the reports like 2019: Global Meetings and Events Forecast, that predicts that the events industry will hit badly by tightened budgets! Apart from curtailed budgets, there are many other challenges that will impact the events industry in 2019 and the years to come. Let’s find out. to 1.9%, globally.

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Smart Moves in Texas, Wyoming and More

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He has worked in various leadership roles at Four Seasons since 2000, such as assistant food and beverage manager, director of sales in multiple locations and director of marketing, among others. Most recently, Giang was executive assistant manager of food and beverage at Alma Resort. Nick Vournakis and Derek Sharp.