Image: tomcensani, FlickrLocally sourced food and beverage at events is all the rage, but that's usually referring to ingredients, not the dishes as a whole. Most regions have their own, sometimes quirky food specialties that could be a highlight...
The Web site Kapow Events wants to make your life easier and your plate less full. Browse the site’s ever-growing catalog of curated small-event packages, click to book, wait for confirmation of availability, type in your credit card...
Special Events magazine, a sister of MeetingsNet, honored 2014 top events and their event planners from around the world in January at The Special Event 2015 convention and trade show in Anaheim, Calif. The Special Events Gala Awards—the...
I had no sooner written up this recap of a discussion on the Meetings Community (MeCo) listserv about how planners deal with special dietary requests than a colleague sent me a press release on the Fairmont Chicago, Millennium Park’s new kosher k...
Once upon a time, meeting attendees had pretty minimal meal choices—generally chicken or beef, and if they didn’t like it, they ate around it or got their meals outside of the ballroom. But the plates were cleared long ago on those simple meal ch...
Everyone wants to wow attendees with a cool reception or other special event at their conference, but what do people really want? Interactivity, cocktails, and food top the list, according to this cool infographic from Kapow Events. It also cover...
Food prices are going up, which means that your flat F&B budget isn’t flat at all—it’s going down. But take heart. Hotel and resort chefs want to give you the impact you expect, even if they have to pull out all their special...
This list of the 12 Most Interesting Food Trends of 2015 by Greg Morado in the Houston Times is just so, well, interesting. I was expecting the usual trends, like locally sourced ingredients and s'mores bars—don't get me wrong, I love me some s'...
It’s a meeting planner’s biggest challenge: How to find a regular supply of new and engaging designs for events, activities for meetings, and ways to wow a jaded audience. One-up yourself with this collection of ideas we’ve...
Hilton Worldwide has introduced Meet with Purpose, a program to help meeting professionals make healthy choices not just for themselves and their attendees, but for the environment as well...