Bites & Sites
Crunching Numbers: Which Cities Have the Best Food Scene?
Resonance Consultancy mines online data to give National Geographic Traveler’s ’21 Best Food Cities’ index some real bite.
Trend That Might Define Drinking at Your Next Event
A growing number of consumers want to fill their glasses with something other than alcohol. That category is attracting enough attention that it’s earned its own name: sober curious. Are you making sure that you can slake their thirst at your own events?
Industry Organizations Jointly Release ‘Weaponization of Travel Toolkit’
The toolkit provides messaging, materials, and alternatives for event organizers who “have been caught in the crosshairs” of travel bans and boycotts.
Paris Tops ICCA’s City Rankings for Meeting Destinations
The French capital is once again the world’s No. 1 city for international association meetings, with 2017’s opening of the Paris Convention Centre helping fuel the events surge.
Should You Ditch the Buffet for Family-Style Event Meals?
New research indicates that sharing plates leads to better negotiations and improved teamwork. Here’s how changing up your meal format could result in better outcomes at workshops and team-building activities.
Small but Mighty — the U.K. by the Numbers
With more than 30,000 event venues and 37 convention centers for planners to choose from, the meetings offerings in this compact country punch well above their weight.
What the Stock Market Can Tell You About Your F&B
What will your attendees want to see on the menu soon? Recent Wall Street activity offers a good clue.
Icelandair Connects Passengers to Locals
Icelandair’s Buddy Hotline service connects its passengers with local “experts” (i.e., its employees) who provide inside advice on best spot to take a soak in Iceland’s geothermal waters or tuck in for a great meal in Reykjavik. Could the airline’s buddy model work for events?
What China’s Greater Bay Area Means for Meetings
Pacific World Hong Kong’s Dwirt Ang shares his view on how this cluster of cities will create opportunities for multi-destination events.
What’s New This Week in Food and Travel
What food trends and stories should event planners have on their radar? Convene provides a weekly roundup of what’s making news in the F&B and business travel worlds.
Cream of the Crop: James Beard Foundation Honors Chefs
The James Beard Foundation on May 6 presented what is considered to be the most prestigious awards in American cuisine during an event in Chicago. What can the winning choices tell us about event F&B?
Former Rust Belt Cities Rise as Innovation Hubs
Six CVBs discuss how their cities’ new knowledge economies have transformed how groups experience them.