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2024 Food & Beverage Trends to Inspire Your Event Menus

Event Marketer

All that food & beverage content your audiences are consuming in their personal lives means chances are your event attendees’ expectations for an experience are higher. Overall, the association’s survey found that comfort foods with a twist are on the menu this year.

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Smart Moves: Food and Beverage

Smart Meetings

David Patterson Patterson is vice president of food and beverage at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was also worked as executive chef at Cheyenne Mountain Colorado Springs, A Dolce Resort in Colorado and director of food and beverage and executive chef for Hilton San Diego Bayfront.

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Smart Moves: Food and Beverage

Smart Meetings

David Patterson Patterson is vice president of food and beverage at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was also worked as executive chef at Cheyenne Mountain Colorado Springs, A Dolce Resort in Colorado and director of food and beverage and executive chef for Hilton San Diego Bayfront.

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Smart Moves: Food and Beverage

Smart Meetings

Bolivar is director of food and beverage for Innisbrook, A Salamander Resort in Tampa Bay, Florida, where he will oversee the property’s five F&B options, as well as its banquet operations. Luksza us director of food and beverage and Bergman is executive chef for NoMo SoHo in New York City. Gilbert Bolivar.

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4 Ways to Serve Food at Events

Master the Event

A lot of planners dread planning events that include food (and beverage). It’s just that many planners are afraid that they’ll run out of food ( been there ) or didn’t stock that special beer that the company president likes (done that). Food stations It’s recommend not to have seating for your total number of guests.

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14 New Trends in the Event Planning Industry for 2024

Attendease

People want to feel connected, they want to be entertained, and they want valuable content to take away with them. Trend #1: Cross-Cultural Dishes & Menus Food and beverage selections at events are becoming more cross-cultural. Let’s take a look at the top event trends that will shape 2024.

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Two Tensions Keeping Senior Event Professionals Up at Night

Velvet Chainsaw

The big three include food & beverage, A/V + production and speakers/entertainment. Rising Costs The three expense categories attendees value the most are also the ones that are escalating in cost faster than inflation. Any cut-backs made in these categories can negatively impact your attendee value proposition.