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Dishing 2019’s Hot F&B Trends for Groups

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cities, but, ready or not, automation is already here in hospitality. He cites Cafe X , a robotic sidewalk coffee monger in San Francisco’s financial district (it’s mechanical arm even waves goodbye) and Spyce, a Boston startup affiliated with celeb chefs Daniel Boulud, Gavin Kaysen and Thomas Keller, that’s mostly automated.

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11 Event Tech Trends That Shaped 2018

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Here are the 11 event tech trends you don’t want to miss. MAP: Meeting automation platforms offer streamlined analytics, scheduling and digital integration by pulling data from calendars, spreadsheets and contact-management tools, such as Salesforce. Bonus Gee-whiz Trend to Watch. It’s like a pre-con in your pocket.

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Six Event Trends We’re Watching in 2024

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Examples include wearable tech capable of capturing real-time data that promises to revolutionize how organizers gather insights into attendee behavior, software solutions that automate various aspects of event planning and thus increase planner efficiency, and a service that offers web-based augmented reality activations.

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Five Event Trends in Five Minutes

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Sam Lippman shares his five event trends in five minutes during the Nov. And, of course, the pandemic played a central role in the trends Lippman presented, which he attributed to Ken Holsinger, senior vice president of strategy, data solutions, for Freeman. RELATED: ECEF Introduces Automated Contact Tracing.

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TIS reveals travel trends for the coming years: social media, sustainability and frictionless experiences

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The post TIS reveals travel trends for the coming years: social media, sustainability and frictionless experiences appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. The post TIS reveals travel trends for the coming years: social media, sustainability and frictionless experiences appeared first on Travel Daily.

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Is the RFP Dead? Long Live Next Evolution of Booking

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Hotel sales teams are barraged with automated forms, lean staffs and limited information to determine what the customer really needs. Jeffrey Emenecker, senior director of analytics at Cvent, confirmed that trend of meeting organizers sending requests to more properties with shorter turnaround times. An Automated Future .

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Don’t Blame Covid if Rooms Aren’t Ready When Guests Check In

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One trend Termuende predicts is that full-time employees will start falling off drastically and contractors and freelancers will be hired more frequently. There are challenges that come on both sides, he acknowledged, but as accounting gets automated and referral networks grow, more people could make a living as skilled contractors.