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Banquets and Catering: An Insider’s Approach to Food and Beverage

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Register for “Banquets and Catering: An Insider’s Approach to Food and Beverage” Have you ever wondered how can hotels charge $120 or more for a gallon of coffee? Tom went into meeting planning and founded CONTACT Planning, a national meeting planning company with headquarters in Orlando, Florida.

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Best Food-Truck Catering for Your Next Event

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Food trucks are fun, convenient, serve delicious food at a fraction of the cost of a sit-down meal, and are a great addition to any event. Koi Fusion offers Korean food with a twist. The company currently serves the greater Portland area and has plans to expand across Oregon and the Pacific Northwest.

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Insider’s Guide to Banquet Menu Strategies to Stretch Your Budget

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You’ll learn how to trace hotels expenses through food cost, beverage cost, setup staff and culinary personnel. Learn how to negotiate specific monetary areas like room rentals, setup fees, bartender fees, service charges and many other areas to immediately improve your negotiations and maximize your meeting’s ROI.

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4 Smart Moves at Hyatt, Hotel Ivy and More

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Dana Orlando . Wischermann Partners appointed Dana Orlando as general manager of Hotel Ivy, a Luxury Collection Hotel. Orlando will lead the operation of the historic downtown hotel located in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Traditional Brands Inject New Features

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In February, Omni Hotels & Resorts introduced Omni Originals , a new food and beverage program aiming to showcase regional culinary talent. Each quarter, a new timely and exciting food and beverage theme will be revealed. Food assignments for the remaining quarters in 2017 will be released in the upcoming months.

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3 Ways to Source Smarter in a Sellers’ Market

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Not only are we in a seller’s market, but planners will also face tighter budgets, higher meeting costs, and less bandwidth. So, what happens when an unstoppable force (supplier price increases) meets an immovable object (meeting planning budgets)? . As a result, your choices are limited. We can’t stress this enough.

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5 Smart Moves at Meet Puerto Rico, MPI, Montage & More

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Based in the New York area, Ong will drive sales and grow brand awareness through meetings, incentives and marketing events. She’ll be holding promo events worldwide in Frankfurt, Barcelona, Mexico City, Chicago, Orlando, Las Vegas, Toronto and Montego Bay, Jamaica. Photo Credit: MPI.

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