On today's episode of Two Chicks, Three Seats, Kate and Rachel are joined by Natalie Thomas, Founder and Events Director at MTG Hospitality in Washington, D.C. At MTG, Natalie works as a third-party event planner and saleswoman for venues in the D.C area creating their event programs, one notably being the United States National Arboretum. Natalie has successfully created beautiful weddings at the Arboretum throughout the pandemic with the help of her creativity, marketing knowledge, and incredible vendor partners. Take a listen to the episode to hear all about planning and executing intimate COVID-safe weddings; working with the Washington D.C hospitality community during the pandemic; and what wedding trends and events are to come for the rest of 2021.

Check out MTG Hospitality on Instagram @mtghospitality or online at https://mtghospitality.com/

On today's episode, Kate and Rachel take a look at hotels and the things that hotels can be doing to succeed in 2021. This episode will be helpful to those who work for hotels, but also event professionals who book events at hotels. With all the changes in daily life over the past 12 months, hotels have also had to adjust and pivot to fit the needs of guests, travelers, and groups with new safety guidelines and interests in mind. Make sure you are sticking with the trends so that your hotel is always top of mind when potential guests and clients are looking to book!

As always, reach out with feedback to [email protected]!

On today's episode, Kate and Rachel discuss all the coolest cocktail, home cooking, restaurant dining, and popular marketing trends (like TikTok, IG Guides, and IG Shop) that you must be in the know about! Some may be helpful for your restaurant and others may be fun to try on your own, but if you are at all interested in the latest industry trends, this episode is for you!

On today's episode, we sit down with Sarah Chrastecky and Tracy Rutherford, event professionals from the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center at Texas A&M University. We discuss how they pivoted their conference center to now host university classes, all sorts of event industry terminology, tips for virtual networking events, what makes an "event experience", advice for other conference centers during this time, and what the future looks like for their own podcast, Coffee Talk. Take a listen to get some insight from two experienced hospitality and event professionals who have done what they can to adapt and learn throughout the pandemic.

Check out Coffee Talk: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9FN3OFfnhyvEViQH06Ze1g

On today's episode, Kate and Rachel are joined by Amber Van Moessner, the Senior Director of Communications at Upserve by Lightspeed to discuss a recent report Upserve published predicting Valentine's Day trends in the hospitality industry. The data looks at past Valentine's Day patterns with ticket sales, most ordered items, and tips for marketing and creating the best Valentine's Day packages. Consider these numbers when finalizing and promoting your restaurant, hotel, or unique venue's Valentine's Day offerings this year!

The full report can be found at: https://upserve.com/restaurant-insider/10-valentines-day-promotions-for-your-restaurant/

On this episode, Kate and Rachel talk about one of the busiest restaurant dining days of the year: Valentine’s Day! Valentine’s Day is less than 3 weeks away, which means that happy couples, groups of friends, and single people everywhere are starting to think about how they want to celebrate the holiday this year, even in a pandemic. 

If your restaurant, hotel, or other unique venue is not ready for Valentine's Day yet, then it is time to get ready! The ladies tell all about the wonderful Valentine's Day ideas, promotions and packages that they have seen restaurants, hotels, and breweries promote so far, and maybe that can give you a little bit of inspiration for your own venue (or plans for yourself!)

As always, feel free to reach out via email: [email protected]

On today's episode, Kate and Rachel discuss 21 positive predictions for the hospitality and events industry based on some silver linings from 2020. This pandemic has brought new lessons, trends, and initiatives into the hospitality industry and many of these ideas are here to stay in 2021. Take a listen and make sure that your restaurant, hotel, or venue is up to speed on the lessons we all have taken from the past year!

Reach out to us with your own lessons and experiences via email: [email protected]

On the first 2021 episode of Two Chicks, Three Seats, Kate and Rachel dive into email marketing. Email marketing is a powerful marketing strategy when executed correctly, and is made up of many more elements than one may think. From gathering email addresses, segmenting lists, creating intentional CTAs, setting up drip campaigns, and more, this episode will provide great insight when it comes to using email marketing to promote your restaurant, hotel, or venue. Feel free to send your marketing emails our way to [email protected].

Sign up for the free Hospitality Event Sales and Marketing Seminar hosted by Tripleseat on Jan 13th & Jan 14th. https://www.tripleseat.com/events/

On the final episode of 2020, Kate and Rachel are joined by Amber van Moessner, Senior Director of Communications at Upserve by Lightspeed. Upserve recently released its incredible annual report called the "2020 State of the Restaurant Industry" which analyzes menu trends, sales trends, restaurant growth and success stories during the pandemic, and 2021 trends. Amber discusses the report on this episode, which provides important insight for restaurants to understand as they continue to plan their pandemic strategies into the new year. 

The entire report can be downloaded at https://upserve.com/restaurant-insider/state-of-the-restaurant-industry/.

On this week's episode, Kate and Rachel are joined by Megan Long, Marketing & Private Events Manager at Bostonia Public House. When it comes to learning and sharing tips about restaurant social media marketing, Megan is your girl! On this episode, the ladies discuss partnering with restaurant influencers to drive social media engagement, creating holiday season specials, hosting events with COVID-19 regulations, and looking ahead to 2021 strategies. Not only is Megan's advice useful to the Boston based restaurant community, but to any restaurant looking to drive sales with new strategies during this time.

Bostonia Public House:

Website: https://bostoniapublichouse.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bostoniapublichouse/