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Smart Moves: Food and Beverage

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Marelli most recently worked at The Gwen, A Luxury Collection Hotel in Chicago, where, as the property’s pastry chef, she established its first pastry program. She also worked at Chicago’s Langham Hotel as executive pastry chef. David Nowak Hawaii’s Hilton Waikoloa Village named Nowak director of food and beverage.

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Skyrocketing Costs Squeeze Event Budgets

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Credit: iStock Event organizers are feeling the pinch as industry suppliers, venues and transportation companies rebound from the pandemic. Event venues are raising rates for basic services like electrical, internet, trash management and catering. in group hotel rates, with a 7.8%

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6 Budget-Saving Tips for 2019: Maximize Your Event Budget, Not Your Spend

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Thankfully, with a few savvy budget-saving tips, you can run a successful, professional event with minimum event budget costs in 2019. Ask businesses to sponsor the entire event – providing the venue, food, and A/V equipment, or just one element. There’s no way you can afford the speaker fee, let alone their flight and hotel.

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How Hotels Scrambled to Staff the Return of Events

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All too often we attempt to glean some semblance of an explanation or understanding when confronted with an understaffed hotel or event venue and you have probably strategized about all the ways you would “fix” the situation if you were in charge. Read More : The Great Hospitality Restart. “

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75+ Ideas to Cut Meeting Costs

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How to stretch your event budget for food and beverage, event tech, ground transportation, and venues. Almost half said they anticipate at least some increase in hotel room rates, while a similar percentage expect costs to rise for audiovisual and event tech services. Choice Cuts for Food and Beverage Savings.

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8 Event Budget Adjustments Needed to Host Safe Events in 2021

Event Farm

Venue and governmental regulations keep changing. Marcella Farman-Dietz, executive event consultant for Medialink, joined Ryan Costello, co-founder of Event Farm, to discuss a sample event budget for a one-day business summit and reception for 400 attendees at a hotel conference center in NYC. Onsite testing is another variable.

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Smart Moves in Portland, Hawaii and More

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Dina Belon Dina Belon, Staypineapple Hotels, Inc. Belon takes on the role of president of Staypineapple Hotels, Inc. Husbands brings three decades of experience in a diverse set of positions, from international director of finance at the Golden Tulip Hotel group to many other general manager positions.