From Downturn to Recovery Learning from the Recent Past and Looking Forward with Prominent Wedding Venues
09:00 01.03.2011
Mont-Royal
Session #210
Carl Sacks
Director
Catersource, Woodland Park, NJ
Jon Brown
Partner
24 Carrots Catering & Events/Juice & Java, Irvine, CA
Steve Rice
VP of Sales
CPS Events at the Plaza, New York, NY
Domenick Savino
General Manager
Drexelbrook Catering, Drexel, PA
J.P. Marchetti
Principal
Galleria Marchetti, Chicago, IL
Hear how some of the most prominent wedding facilities have survived the uncertainty of the last several wedding seasons and have positioned themselves for the coming upturn.

You will learn:
• What these successful wedding venues and caterers have in common and how they differ.
• About how the downturn was felt differently in different markets.
• What has permanently changed about the wedding market and what is likely to revert to past practices once the recovery is solidly in place.
• How social networking has become integral to marketing weddings and how these