Two Chicks, Three Seats: The Event Manager's Guide to Industry Trends Tripleseat

On this episode, Kate and Rachel sit down with Cassie LaMere, Founder and Creative Director of the luxury event planning company Cassie LaMere Events, based out of Austin, Texas. Through her company, Cassie plans and executes social and corporate events, bringing event dreams to life with creative activations and experiences. Cassie has especially great experience creating lifestyle events, like influencer dinners and experiences, for her brand clients.



Through the episode, we discuss the power of lifestyle events, how venues can market themselves to attract these lifestyle events, what is hot in events today, what she looks for in her partners as an event planner, tips for starting a business, and more.



Follow along with Cassie's work and journey on her website and Instagram below:

https://www.cassielamereevents.com/

https://www.instagram.com/cassielamereevents/

On this episode, Kate and Rachel discuss how hospitality businesses and industry professionals can level up various areas of their business in 2024. They discuss tips and strategies for revamping operations, events, marketing, and personal development.



Take a listen and bring some new energy, initiatives, and revenue into 2024!



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On this episode, Rachel and Kate discuss what is trending for the 2023 holiday events season when it comes to cocktails, recipes, decor, and event activations.



Looking to bring a new cocktail to your menu of specials? Pitch a new theme to a client? Add a last-minute event experience from a third-party partner? This episode is for you! The holiday season is underway, but with parties going into January, there is still plenty of time for final touches and additions.



The duo also discusses ideas and promotion tips for New Year's Eve events and how to use Tripleseat tools to capture final holiday business.



We want to hear about how your holiday season is going! What is the most unique request you have received from a client for a holiday party? What is a moment you are proud of so far? Give us all the details! Send us a DM on IG @tripleseat or if email is more your thing, our podcast email address is 2chicks3seats@tripleseat.com 

On this episode, Rachel and Kate sit down with special guest, Laurence Brown, Senior Insight Manager at KAM Research & Insights in London. KAM conducts research within the hospitality and food service sectors in order to provide valuable and actionable insight solutions to their clients. Tripleseat and KAM recently partnered on a research study, asking venues about how they manage the event and private dining book process for the festive season.



Listen to the episode to hear about how venues in the UK prepare for the busy festive season, the overall consumer sentiment going into the 2023 festive season, and how venues are managing their festive season bookings.



Learn more about KAM below: https://kaminsight.com/



Learn more about the KAM x Tripleseat festive season research below: ⁠https://tripleseat.com/blog/how-uk-venues-can-streamline-event-management-this-festive-season/⁠

On this episode, Kate and Rachel sit down with Laurence Stevenson, Head of Sales at Sixes Social Cricket, which is a UK-based competitive socialising brand that offers a high-energy game of cricket alongside food and drinks for the ultimate activity-based experience.



Commonly known as eatertainment in the States, competitive socialising combines activity with top-notch food and beverage, to create a unique hospitality experience under one roof. Competitive socialising has skyrocketed to success in the UK market especially and continues to grow in popularity in the US.



We chatted with Laurence about the competitive socialising business model; Sixes as a brand; the draws to competitive socialising for corporate and social groups; differing consumer demands between the UK and the US; and much more about the benefits of competitive socialising.



Check out Sixes Social Cricket on their website and Instagram pages for the UK and the US!

On this episode, Kate and Rachel are joined by two lovely guests: Valerie Francois and Paige Pasley, the two co-founders of The Social Butterflies. The Social Butterflies is a Boston-based full-service event company, working from conception to execution on their events within the social, wedding, and corporate event spaces.



During the episode, we talk about the Social Butterflies' creative process, what clients are looking for in their events, advice for starting your own business, and much more. The Social Butterflies host their own biannual event in Boston, Soul and Sangria, bringing together music from DJs and a live band into one event with a drink menu of innovative sangria beverages. Save the date for the next Soul and Sangria event: September 10, 2023 from 3-8 pm!



Looking for event planners in the Boston event market? Follow The Social Butterflies on their website and Instagram below.

https://tsb.events/

https://www.instagram.com/tsb.events/