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Skyrocketing Costs Squeeze Event Budgets

Velvet Chainsaw

Following are considerations gathered from industry media, meetings market surveys and anecdotal reports from Velvet Chainsaw Consulting clients. Despite projections of persistent inflation and a moderate economic recession, CBRE’s forecast calls for a close to 6% increase in rooms revenue per available room (RevPAR) in 2023.”

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SIAL America 2023 Kicks Off in Las Vegas

Smart Meetings

Exhibitors, industry professionals and other attendees will meet at the second annual SIAL America 2023 , organized by Emerald X at Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) to showcase food and beverage categories that are key to retailers, wholesalers, food service companies and distributors. “We

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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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Q&A: 10 Minutes With Aaron Conk of Delta Faucet Co.

Event Marketer

Aaron Conk, Senior Merchandising & Trade Show Manager, Delta Faucet Co. You have to be comfortable with ambiguity and always be coachable, says Aaron Conk, senior merchandising and trade show manager for Delta Faucet Co. Zooming out, what trade show trend has your attention? Are you starting to use AI?

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A Demonstration of Extraordinary Event EQ

Smart Meetings

How to kick up the empathy and excitement-quotient at events Smart Meetings Extraordinary Texas Event at Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa in Austin brought leadership strategies, technology innovations, experiential gifting and fun F&B ideas from the award-winning magazine to life for three days and we are sharing the aha moments with you.

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Eat, Meet, Sleep, Repeat – Pets Takeover Butlin’s.

Prestige Events Magazine

Butlin’s Showcases Excellence as the Venue of Choice for Pets at Home Pet Care Conference 2023. At Studio 36, a blank canvas, high tech venue, available for corporates to hire exclusively and hold their meetings and events. Meeting venues like Studio 36. 12 hours later that same space was being used for a large trade show.

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Planners Face Changes in Their Hotel-Sales Relationships

MeetingsNet

On Global Meetings Industry Day, hospitality-sales veterans detailed how availability, contracting, and staffing will be different for meetings after the pandemic. This will require more training to bring employees up to speed on servicing not just the business elements of meetings, but also the guest-experience side. “To

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