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Making a Tasteful Impression Through a Food and Beverage Program That’s a Cut Above

Smart Meetings

Tips to create a memorable F&B experience In the meeting and event industry, a thoughtful and robust food and beverage program can be the cornerstone of delighting guests, and is necessary to ensure the experience is both memorable and complete.

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Event Planning Tips for Food and Beverage Functions

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For most meeting planners, planning for a main event often involves food and beverage. And, as most meeting planners will also tell you, when planning an event with food and beverage you can chew up a large portion of your budget. Another aspect of the menu cost is the food menu itself.

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Smart Moves: Food and Beverage

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David Nowak Hawaii’s Hilton Waikoloa Village named Nowak director of food and beverage. Nowak most recently worked as food and beverage specialist at Premier Hotels & Resorts in Guam. He is the recipient of the James Beard Award for Rising Star Chef of the Year in 2005 and Best New Chef by Food & Wine in 2006.

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Choice Cuts for Food and Beverage Savings

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As Maggie Kearney, meeting and publications manager with the International College of Surgeons–U.S. While you could shorten your meeting just enough to eliminate the final meal—as 44 percent of our survey respondents suggested—there are less drastic ways to trim the fat. First, ask them which food functions they are attending.

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Food Rules to Effectively Navigate Your Meeting Menus

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Sustainable Foods. Fortunately, with good planning and collaboration with venue staff, you can assemble the right food for the right attendee at the right time without budget overruns. Nine Ways to Meet Attendees Where They Are It shouldn’t surprise you that 25% of the average meeting budget is spent on food and beverage.

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Wellness Tips for Meetings and Events

Smart Meetings

How to effectively bringing health and happenings together Everyone seems to be looking for health and wellness tips to improve event attendee experiences. This trend isn’t merely a random personal choice; it’s truly reshaping the very fabric of events and conventions.

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14 New Trends in the Event Planning Industry for 2024

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What does 2024 hold for the events industry? Thanks to rapid innovation and the global sharing of ideas entrenched in technology, event managers and planners have started experimenting with new methods and ideas in order to create the perfect blueprint for their events. In 2024, we’ll see more activity-based events.

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