Thursday, July 8
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2:45pm - 5:30pm |
Add on: Asheville Rooftop Bar Tour - FULL |
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3:30pm - 5pm | Board Meeting | Dogwood |
4pm - 5pm | Add on: French Broad Chocolate Factory Private Tour | |
5:30pm - 6:30pm | Volunteer Round Up | Blue Ridge |
6:30pm - 8:30pm | Welcome Reception | Lawn Event Area |
Friday, July 9
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8am |
Breakfast: Sponsored by Explore Asheville |
Mitchell & Roan |
9am - 10am |
"ReThinking & ReDesigning Event F&B" - Part I |
Mitchell & Roan |
10am - 10:15am | Break | |
10:15am - 10:45am | "ReThinking & ReDesigning Event F&B" - Part II |
Mitchell & Roan |
10:45am - 11:15am | Fun Activity Break! |
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11:15am - 12pm | Panel Discussion |
Mitchell & Roan |
"ReThinking & ReDesigning Event F&B"
Speakers: Tracy Stuckrath, CSEP, CMM, CHC, thrive! meetings & events
Session Time: 9am - 10:45am
CE: 1.5 hours
As we begin to hold live events again, COVID-19 has highlighted the need/want of new guidelines and considerations we will have to consider, especially with food and beverage functions. It is an opportunity to rethink and redesign event food and beverage service and presentation. The need for greater transparency in food safety, food preparation and service will be at the forefront. What does that look like? What information do we need to know and share? Who is responsible for managing and overseeing the changes? How and what will attendees want to eat after 18 months at home? How should F&B be handled differently at events than it had before the pandemic?
We'll also discuss what it takes to order, prepare, and deliver delicious, safe, and inclusive food and beverage experiences everyone will be raving about after the event.
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Tracy Stuckrath, CSEP, CMM, CHC, thrive! meetings & events
Session Time: 11:15am - 12pm
CE: .75 hours
Description coming soon
Speaker
Tracy Stuckrath, CSEP, CMM, CHC
thrive! meetings & events
As the dietary needs expert, a food safety trainer, and a Certified Special Events Professional, Tracy Stuckrath works with organizations worldwide to create safe, inclusive and sustainable F&B events that deliver experiences where everyone feels valued. Through her speaking engagements, Eating at a Meeting podcast and Every Meal Matters online course, she brings expertise and real-world strategies to help event professionals establish best practices, mitigate risk, improve experiences, and increase profit with the food and beverage they serve.
Experience TripAdvisor 2020 Travelers' Choice Award Winner, Asheville Rooftop Bar Tours, with your MPI-CC friends!
The tour will include transportation to and from the Crowne Plaza (picking up at 2:45pm, returning at 5:30pm), a complementary sample tour cocktail or mocktail (0% alcohol) for each person at two stops, reserved seating, a guide leading the group sharing a glimpse of Asheville's fascinating history including photos from the 1800's and the 1900's from the rooftops. This tour will visit Capella on 9 and The Montford. Additional drinks and food can be purchased on own.
Experience a private guided tour of the French Broad Chocolate Factory with one of their expert Tour Guides and your MPI-CC friends! You will learn about their sourcing values, how cacao is grown, harvested and processed for cacao beans, how they make awesome chocolate from bean-to-bar and conclude with a guided tasting of 3 origin chocolates, one of their unique bonbons and sip on a luscious drinking chocolate.
The tour will begin at 4pm and transportation is on own.
Early Bird Rate | After 7/1 | |
Member | $90 | $105 |
Non-Member | $125 | $140 |
MPI-CC Annual Sponsor | $0 |
$0 |
Member Vendor Table | $225 |
Non-Member Vendor Table | $275 |
French Broad Chocolate Factory Tour | $25 |
Asheville Rooftop Bar Tour | $40 |
Crowne Plaza Resort
1 Resort Drive
Asheville, NC 28806