National Restaurant Trends Meeting and event planners looking for dining facilities to add to their business itineraries are faced with two key factors: budget and client satisfaction. Several restaurant insiders have put together their own lists of 2009 restaurant trends and from their expertise, we’ve formed our own perspective as to which dining...
Going Raw and Beyond The last ten years has seen an enormous growth in the popularity of sushi. Casual sushi bars are favorite hotspots of the younger, trendy crowd while older business professionals often frequent the new breed of high-end Japanese restaurants which specialize in the bite-size delicacies. In short, sushi is the food...
Starting the ROI Process If it hasn’t been established already, ROI is an element of the meetings and events industry that planners are going to have to embrace rather than ignore, even when working for a company or client that did not previously require a measurement of return on investment. Originally, the concept of...