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Smart Moves: Food and Beverage

Smart Meetings

Hotel Wailea in Maui named Abac food and beverage director. An interest in food and wine tastings led Abac to pursue his designation as Advanced Sommelier in 2020. The post Smart Moves: Food and Beverage appeared first on Smart Meetings. Derrin Abac.

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2020 Event Trends Shaping Attendee Experience

Guidebook

In order to succeed in this exciting and dynamic industry, it’s important for organizers to keep their fingers on the pulse of attendees’ expectations and make adjustments to meet them. . With this in mind, here are the top three trends shaping attendee experience in 2020. Sustainability will remain important. What’s driving this?

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Hit the Ground Running in 2020! Announcing ELI’s Winter 2020 Calendar

Event Leadership Institute

Starting January 7, 2020! Event Entrepreneurship: Business Foundations is designed for event and meeting professionals who are considering launching their own events business, or for those with an existing business looking to improve their fundamental business skills. Start Date: January 7, 2020. Starting January 14, 2020!

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Planners Get Straight Talk from Hotel Owners

MeetingsNet

At a recent meetings-industry conference, hotel executives explained how their properties struggle to balance rising operational costs with competitive rates for meeting groups. Also, group food and beverage contributes about as much profit as guest rooms. What’s In It for Event Groups?

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The Future of Meetings Starts with Rebuilding Trust

SmartMeetings

Temperature checks, reduced occupancy and increased physical distancing in shared spaces—these were some of the protocols floated by hospitality partners and meetings professionals as they sketched out what a return to travel after COVID-19 shutdowns will require. Sanitation Ratings. Travel Considerations.

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The Hygiene Guide: Hotel Cleaning Protocols for 2020 Reopenings

SmartMeetings

Bookmark this page to stay up to date and to feel safe and reassured when booking your meetings. Its Global Care & Cleanliness Commitment , which was announced this week, tackles the nose-to-tail hotel experience—from health and hygiene to food and beverage safety, to technology and even how spaces will henceforth be designed.

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Taking Meetings and Exhibitions on the Road

PCMA Convene

The Italian Society of Anaesthesia, Analgesia, Intensive Care, and Resuscitation (SIAARTI) turned its annual meeting into a traveling event that included educational content and meetings with experts, health managers, local administrators, and sponsors in socially distanced settings. Courtesy of Progressive IMS Outdoors). Tracy Harris.

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