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Confection Convention: Sweets & Snacks Expo Returns as First Post-Pandemic Food Show

Event Marketer

The Sweets & Snacks Expo—a gathering that draws the biggest brands in candy, chocolate and snack foods sold at major retailers—made a sweet return as the first post-pandemic food show, taking place June 23-25 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. Agency: MC2, Paramus, NJ. Agency: MSM , Webster, NY.

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How Hotels Scrambled to Staff the Return of Events

Smart Meetings

Smart Meetings dropped in on several industry professionals to see what methods and strategies they’ve implemented to adjust to the sudden return of travelers and deliver the service levels expected by attendees. The post How Hotels Scrambled to Staff the Return of Events appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Wedding Planners Celebrate an Anniversary in High Style

MeetingsNet

Over the course of three days in April 2019, the T&G expo relied on the flexibility and resourcefulness of the Sands Conventions and Exhibitions team to manage a variety of requests and adjustments involving capacity, floor layout, event arrangement, audiovisual needs, and lighting. million square feet of meeting space.

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Smart Moves in Timber Cove, Tourism Western Australia and More

Smart Meetings

He’s held multiple senior leadership positions, including general manager for Roka Akor and Roka Bar, both in San Francisco; director at Bellagio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas; and director of food & beverage at The Battery hotel in San Francisco. Lynsey Dennison. Brent Lessing and Natalie White. Lessing (left) and White (right).

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Nine High-tech Solutions to Explore in the COVID-19 Era

Event Marketer

Take for example the shift expected in food and beverage experiences, and how solutions once considered more spectacle than strategic, like Makr Shakr’s robot bartender, will come into play. Facial recognition technology, widely used in airports, is expected to support touchless events. Because these days we all want to breathe easier.

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

Smart Meetings

Power 2022 North America Airport Satisfaction Study ,” ranked mega, large and medium airports in the United States and Canada by six criteria with a possible score of 1,000: terminal facilities, airport arrival and departure, baggage claim, security check, check-in and baggage check, F&B and retail. million passengers per year.

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Agency Spotlight: INVNT

Event Industry News

The agency’s areas of expertise can be split into four categories: • Meetings and events. Experiences that cause messages to strike, stick and spread including business meetings, product launches, press events and consumer activations. Creative services. Media and digital. Case Study: FutureStack.

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