Tips and Trends

Keeping Up with the Latest F&B Ideas for Your Events Ten years ago, not many people knew what foie gras was. But with the popularity of cooking programs on cable TV, celebrity chefs, and cookbooks, people's...

Trends Overview in F&B Welcome to our new column on planning food and beverage for meetings. Our expert, Patti J. Shock, is a professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas,...

Strategies

Room Setup Affects F&B Room Setup is a critically important area when it comes to food and beverage functions. It can affect the flow of service, the amount of food and beverage...

Seven Steps to Limit Liquor Liability You've heard the horror story. An association hosts an event where alcohol is served. An attendee over-indulges, gets in his car, and drives straight...

Case Studies

Hotel Menus Adjust to Changing Palates Americans eat to live, Europeans live to eat. Until recently, this snipe at our fast-food culture was pretty accurate. But today growing ranks of ordinary...

Tips

Alcohol Service Checklist Although serving alcohol is a widely accepted part of the culture surrounding meetings and events in the insurance and financial services sector, it involves... Food for Thought CLAUSE: Catering to the Crowd This Agreement is based on the Group's commitment to spend not less than $100,000 (excluding applicable taxes and gratuities)...

A Liquor Liability Six-Pack Individuals and organizations have plans well under way for celebrating the approaching millennium. Since you can be sure that most plans will involve...

Resources/Checklists/Cost-Saving Ideas

• Checklist of Ways to Save Money on Food and Beverage.
• Tips on Saving Money on Food and Beverage.
• Getting the Most from Your Banquet Event Order
• Hotel F&B Magazine, Which Follows Trends in the Food and Beverage Industry.
• This Seattle/King County, Wash., Site is Loaded With Tips on What to Serve at Meetings, as Well as Exercise Ideas