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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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Choice Cuts for Food and Beverage Savings

MeetingsNet

In an informal MeetingsNet survey, 87 percent of planner respondents said F&B is the first area they address when cutting costs. 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. Use inclusive menu design.

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Big Planner Survey Says Costs Are Up, Some Lead Times Tough

MeetingsNet

Encore’s latest Planner Pulse report finds that transportation and food & beverage are the most hard-hit budget items, while large events are being planned more often on shorter notice.

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The Survey Says: Meetings and Events are Thriving and Evolving

Smart Meetings

Accor Survey: “Meeting Expectations: The Future of Meetings & Events” World-leading hospitality group Accor operates a diverse hospitality group of over 40 hotel brands, from luxury to economy. They offers experiences in over 110 countries with 5,500 properties, 10,000 food and beverage venues, wellness facilities and workspaces.

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Food for Thought: 4 Association-Event F&B Recommendations

MeetingsNet

However, 66 percent also said that their most recent event experiences featured food and beverage that was not good enough to persuade them to attend in the future. . • You want Instagrammable moments for the food, its presentation on the plate, and how it is served if you are using different stations around the room.”.

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Food Rules to Effectively Navigate Your Meeting Menus

Smart Meetings

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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Key Takeaways from Survey on 2023 Event-Planning Trends

MeetingsNet

This is according to nearly 300 planners who responded to the 2023 State of the Meetings Industry survey from events-industry research firm Knowland in conjunction with third-party planning agency Conference Direct.

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