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Smart Moves: Food and Beverage

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David Nowak Hawaii’s Hilton Waikoloa Village named Nowak director of food and beverage. Nowak most recently worked as food and beverage specialist at Premier Hotels & Resorts in Guam. He is the recipient of the James Beard Award for Rising Star Chef of the Year in 2005 and Best New Chef by Food & Wine in 2006.

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2019 Tech Conferences: The #1 Tech Events Guide

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The most authoritative 2019 tech conferences directory on the web. Searching for top technology events to attend in 2019? This carefully curated conference directory features over 200 (and growing) 2019 tech conferences across multiple industries. 2019 Technology Conferences. JANUARY 2019 TECH CONFERENCES.

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Minneapolis Airport Ranks No. 1 in Satisfaction in J.D. Power Report

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Beyond the convention center, Minneapolis is home to eye-catching venues for both tight-knit and sizable groups. Mill City Museum , for example, was once a flour mill and is now not only an architecturally aesthetic venue, with brick, steel and wood facades, but is also a place where groups can learn the history of the milling industry.

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The Labor Shortage: Hospitality Employers Get Creative to Fill Jobs Supporting Major Events and Conventions

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At a time when many marketers begin returning to in-person events and venues start to reopen, they’re being confronted with a supply and labor shortage that affects their ability to execute the kind of events they want. Business travel is down and not expected to return to 2019 levels until at least 2023 or 2024.

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Give a Glam Touch to Your Next Award Gala

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Whether you opt for finger foods or a multi-course, seated meal, go all out. The Hollywood Roosevelt in Los Angeles, site of the first Oscars in 1929, is introducing a four-course menu banquette this year. In addition to that, we like to incorporate lighting because it really changes the look of the venue,” says Carrillo Jr.

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Cannabis Moves Into the Mainstream Meetings World

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As of early 2019, at least 10 states plus the District of Columbia had approved recreational use of cannabis products for adults 21 and older. He books the venues for clients and arranges for them to meet with cultivators who supply the pot. Grassroots Appeal. However, “there’s no gifting, selling or consumption whatsoever of THC (i.e.,

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Champions in the House: Hospitality Tackles Homelessness

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In Maslow’s famous pyramid of the hierarchy of human needs, the most basic is food, shelter and clothing. Accordingly, at PCMA EduCon in Los Angeles in 2019, organizers staged a “hackathon” focused on how the events industry can help the unsheltered. Don’t wait for someone to organize something.”–Jamie Jamie Murdock.