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10 Sweet Ideas to Reduce Food Waste and Food Miles at Your Events

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Here's a menu of actions that can help you send a lot less good food to the landfill. How much are you doing to incorporate sustainability into your F&B programs? read more.

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IHG Is the Latest Hotel Company to Aid On-Site Covid Testing

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IHG, whose meetings-focused brands include InterContinental, Kimpton, Regent, and Crowne Plaza, has announced a partnership with Wellness 4 Humanity to provide and administer rapid on-site covid testing for corporate and association meetings at more than 70 properties in the United States.

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Hospitality Labor Still in a Bind; Industry Seeks Help

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Travel Association meets on March 8 with the U.S. Many H2-B visa holders are employed by leisure-oriented properties, but also by hotels’ food-and-beverage departments and restaurants in cities popular for business travel. With no more worker visas available until October, the U.S.

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Budgets Versus Costs: A Losing Battle?

MeetingsNet

Based on several hundred planner responses, MPI’s latest industry outlook finds that rising prices have strained meeting budgets, and will likely continue to do so into 2024. Heading up the list is food and beverage, where 55 percent of planners have dealt with costs that are at least 10 percent higher than they were one year prior.

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CHS Birmingham to partner with The Eastside Rooms

Event Industry News

The Welcome Reception of CHS Birmingham represents its first industry facing host event, and will include a number of entertainment and food and beverage activations that will add further interest to the evening and showcase the venue’s product for corporate and association meetings.

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Does Size Matter for a Convention Center?

Master the Event

In other words, you may be pleasantly surprised to learn how low the fees can be for some of the services associated with convention centers. As they have ample catering facilities on site, their food and beverage costs are quite competitive compared to other meeting facility venues.

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Smart Moves in South Carolina, Missouri and More

Smart Meetings

Gibson also has years of food and beverage experience, having worked as kitchen manager and in other restaurant management positions in New Hampshire. Travel Association, Meetings Mean Business Coalition, PCMA Education Foundation and Chautauqua Institution in New York. Tiffany Alves Hafer. Kimberly McCarden Foster, CTE.

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