<p>Food and beverage is the largest portion of a meeting budget, but most meeting and event planners have no formal background in purchasing and managing this expense. This guide helps event, meeting, and convention planners save money, negotiate contracts, deal with catering managers, and successfully manage the food and beverage aspect of their event. Covering everything from styles of service to on-premise and off-premise considerations to food and beverage contract negotiation, this book is a comprehensive and accessible reference for event planners and students.</p>

A Meeting Planner's Guide to Catered Events

Business & Money

Patti J. Shock

John M. Stefanelli

Industries

wiley

<p>This book is a concise, easy-to-use resource for applying marketing strategies to a foodservice facility, addressing issues like: How do I market my restaurant to prospective customers? Do loyalty programs really work in restaurants? How does the design of my restaurant and menu affect the perception of my operation? This text provides the restaurant/foodservice manager with specific tools tying marketing theory to practice. It also includes checklists and examples that can be applied to the day-to-day operation of their business. </p>

Restaurant Marketing for Owners and Managers

John T. Bowen

Catering and special events are a fast-growing area in today's food and beverage industry. On-premise catering accounts for about two-thirds of all catering sales, encompassing food produced on-sit in hotels, wedding facilities, conference centers, clubs and other venues. This book--the only one of its kind--covers the concepts and information that are essential to success in on-premise catering.

On-Premise Catering: Hotels Convention and Conference Centers and Clubs

John Wiley&Sons

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