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Choice Cuts for Food and Beverage Savings

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And “if you’re getting them sponsored, make sure the price reflects the cost of the beverage.”. • You need to accommodate food allergies and preferences, so try to save costs simultaneously by incorporating dietary needs into the overall menu design—for example, by creating a gluten-free menu—to minimize personalized plates. •

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Event Planning Companies Are Getting Creative for Transportation

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Now event planning companies are learning that airlines are looking at adding extra fees for their preferred seats. As an airline spokesperson indicated, we got used to the menu add-ons in the food and beverage industry and now many customers are content with airline add-on fees. Flying days.

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3 Event Planning Tips for Off-Site Venues

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If you’re planning an event, do you keep it on-site (say the hotel ballroom, for example) or do you take a group off-site for a unique venue? That’s a common question that meeting planners address during the planning stages. The planner wants to ensure that each meeting that he or she plans is original. Transportation.

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When to Embrace Change—and When to Hold Your Ground

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That was the message from Huong Nguyen, CEO and founder of Shiloh Events. She told the GMID audience that building out business events “means there will be constant change. Every meeting element—the budget, the agenda, the food and beverage, the production, all of it—will go through several iterations as the planning goes on.

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Event Planning and the Convention Center

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You see, quite often with larger groups the event planner is tasked with providing smaller meeting rooms as well as a meal function. Event planning for large conferences usually involves coordinating shuttle transportation. Today a lot of event planning involves sustainability.

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Corporate Event Themes: 45+ to Choose From

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Food Truck Alley Bring a fun, lighthearted vibe to your next event with food trucks. Set up a variety of cult favorite trucks and carts outside your office or event venue. Give employees food truck coupons or tickets to sample different offerings. Greet guests with classical music or jazz.

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Handling Event Planning Online Reviews

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We’ve been event planning and hosting face-to-face meetings for a dog’s age and in dog lingo that’s a long time. I of course am biased (extremely biased) when it comes to the event and meeting planning industry. Handling Event Planning Online Reviews – New Year New Trend!