Tracy Stuckrath's Essential Meetings F&B Checklist

Planning food and beverage events is more than just selecting the menu items. As you select the ideal hotel or convention center for your event, use

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Trendsetter Tuesday: Traci DePuy Shares Her Journey From PR Rep to CMO

To celebrate our 2024 Meetings Trendsetters, Meetings Today has launched a new podcast series called "Trendsetter Tuesday," to learn more about the

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Meetings F&B Expert Tracy Stuckrath Launches Online Course

Meetings F&B expert and 

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F&B With Tracy Stuckrath: From COVID to Food Allergies and Beyond

Buffets? Gone. And don’t even think about a donut wall! The meetings F&B environment has been disrupted flatter than a collapsed

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Tapping the Latest F&B Trends: Reflecting on 2025 and Forecasting 2026

As we approach the last quarter of 2025, what F&B trends resonated most with attendees? Which trends ended up exceeding expectations and which

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How to Prevent the Spread of Norovirus at Your Next Meeting

A more dangerous version of the stomach virus the tourism industry most frequently associates with cruise ships has spiked at the end of 2024, with

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Take 10 - F&B Trends: Forecasts Versus Reality With Tracy Stuckrath

Tracy Stuckrath answers additional questions from the 

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F&B Trends With Tracy Stuckrath

When it comes to predicting the next big thing in event F&B, planners nor suppliers have a crystal ball, especially following two years in a

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The Most-Read Meetings Today Stories of 2024

As 2024 comes to a close, many in the meetings and events industry are looking back at the year with pride for what they accomplished.From the Las

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The Case for Plant-Forward, Default-Veg Menus at Meetings

A simple concept originated in Europe: “default veg,” the idea of making plant-based food and drinks the default option while giving diners the

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How to Control Soaring Coffee Costs at Your Next Meeting

Coffee. It’s the drink that meeting attendees love—and meeting planners love to hate. While a few cups o’ joe may energize your meeting-goers,

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Tracy W. Mitchell

Charleston native Tracy W. Mitchell joined the team at JMC Charleston as director of sales and marketing, after nine years with Charleston Harbor

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Suggested Reading: Humans@Work

Tracy Stuckrath, who specializes in food allergies and meetings F&B, collaborated with 10 other authors for the recently released Humans@Work,

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Learn 9 Prime F&B Takeaways From Events Experts

Just before the pandemic hit in 2020, I interviewed 10 women doing amazing work in food and beverage for Women’s History Month. What I didn’t know at

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Eating at a Meeting podcast host Tracy Stuckrath.

How to Eliminate Food Waste at Meetings

Tracy Stuckrath shares how event planners can eliminate food waste and save money.

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How to Eliminate Food Waste at Meetings

Tracy Stuckrath shares how event planners can eliminate food waste and save money.

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Why the Cuisine of the Coastal Carolinas Is Such a Treat 

Ask anyone in the know about the traditional cuisine of the Coastal Carolinas and odds are they're going to say that seafood and produce are two

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Incorporate local cuisine in your meeting's F&B program

Tracy Stuckrath of Thrive! Meetings & Events provides tips on how to add local

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Incorporate local cuisine in your meeting's F&B program

Tracy Stuckrath of Thrive! Meetings & Events provides tips on how to add local

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Don’t Forget These 9 F&B Priorities as We Resume In-Person Meetings

As we begin to host in-person meetings again, what do we need to remember, relearn—and maybe re-invent—about

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