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Creating Restaurant Event Spaces that Sell

Social Tables

Acting as an event venue opens restaurants to the revenue potential associated with event rental and catering services—revenue with higher profit margins than traditional food service. With built-in food service available , guests never have to worry about their food getting cold as it travels from the kitchen to the event.

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ICC Birmingham and Amadeus using AI to cut food waste to support sustainability drive

Event Industry News

The International Convention Centre (ICC) in Birmingham and its in-house caterer, Amadeus, are utilising cutting-edge AI technology to reduce food waste at the venue by a third. Working with Winnow Solutions, they have now installed software that monitors both the type and amount of food being disposed of. Event Tech.

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Win at Negotiating AV Services with Hotels

Smart Meetings

Many hotel contracts mandate use of an in-house AV provider and contain clauses prohibiting use of other vendors or charge for the privilege of using the planner’s preferred vendor. Knowing this and other nuances associated with AV services contracting can help contain event costs and access to the optimum AV solution.

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Guest blog: The event industry gets serious about sustainability

Event Industry News

The industry is all too aware of the environmental damage caused by everything from plastic and non-recyclable branded materials, food wastage, excessive travel, generators, transporting goods, long hours on-site or in the office to ‘get the job done’ and sleepless nights and stress. Event Tech. Yes, I agree with the privacy policy.

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Avoid the Venue Budget-Busters

MeetingsNet

Negotiate multi-year contracts with the same venue or hotel chain. Ask about staff-room rates and the property’s comp-room policy. Remember that everything is negotiable, until the contract is signed. MORE MEETING COST-SAVINGS I DEAS: Click here for the full feature or on a catergory below: Food and Beverage.

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7 Considerations: Financial and Insurance Planners Plot the Return to Productive Meetings

SmartMeetings

Offering a choice about whether to participate in person or online allows people to make their own decisions about what works for their comfort level and company policy. Some of those costs may be offset by fewer people attending in person, meaning less food and beverage, hotel rooms and travel costs will be incurred.

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Best Practices for Safe Meetings from APEX COVID-19 Business Recovery Taskforce

SmartMeetings

The preview of best practices turned into a vigorous question-and-answer session covering everything from food and beverage to contracts, to roles and responsibilities. Two letters were created that can be customized and used for outreach to key policy makers: a global letter and a U.S. Here are highlights.