Factors Affecting the Development of Conference and Banquet Sector

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INTRODUCTION
Banquet and conferencing industry is one of the fastest growing industries. Thus,
this sector has divided in mainly two groups such as banqueting and conferences. Herein,
conference will be taken into place at time of formal, official events and other activities. On
the other hand, banquet facility is mainly concentrating on the family functions, special
occasions etc. The main objective is to gain an understanding about operational issues
which can highly impact the success of conference and banquet sector (Kemp and Kuznik,
2018). There are various factors which can influence its development. The present report
will focus on the activities as nature and its various factors which are affecting its
development. In addition to this, scope, nature and scale of services are needed to be
focused. In this catering company as services on a plate” will provide this services for
events as are conferences and banquet.

3.2 Description on the factors to consider
organization and off site conference and
banquet.
In this term it can be said that in order to set the foo site conference or banquet, there are
several factors and it is need to be considered. Thus, all the factors are defined in the
following manner as are-
In this term, the first thing which should be considered is that there is need to have effective
selection of venue in terms to off site conference, theme of conference and guest profile etc.
by putting the suitable consideration over all these things one can able to select the best
venue for their conference (Harris and McCormick, 2017). In addition to this, after selection
of venue for event the organizer should take the initiatives steps in terms to have contract
with management
agency for effective management. There are various things as are food services, managing
the crowd, traffic, emergencies etc. The accommodation services and food beverages
facilities are need to be majorly considered. These things are need to be taken care before
and after the meetings.

3.3 Analyse the key menu in planning
consideration for conference and
banqueting events.
In this term, at the time of planning and selecting the menu or conference or banquet there are
some factors which needs to considered effectively. In this way, proper menu planning
consideration for banquet and conference are discussed in following manner as are-
■ Study about the guest profile- At the time of having selection of menu for conference or
banquet the organizer is need to considered the profile of guest before having selection of
final menu (Hammond, 2017). This, this kind of menu will be suitable as per the profile of
guest.
■ Knowing the guest preference- At the time of selecting the menu for event, organizer
need to consider the preference of guest. Under this, in conference there are large number
of guest available and entity is not able to each the all preference of all guest members.
■ Provide seasonal food items- in this, the organizer needs to provide the seasonal food to
people of the conference. This will be liked by the all guest.