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 ..read more

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! Other resources: - New industry content posted on our blog daily at tripleseat.com/blog - Follow us on social IG, LI, TikTok, and FB @ Tripleseat - Send us an email and tell us about what you’ve been up to at 2chicks3seats@tripleseat.com ..read more

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 holida ..read more

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 ..read more

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 Laurenc ..read more

On this episode, Kate and Rachel are joined by Latasha James, Founder & Creative Director of James + Park, a social-first video marketing firm serving clients throughout the globe. Latasha is a marketing strategist, digital content creator, and coach with years of experience creating successful video marketing strategies. Looking to grow your hospitality business' social media presence using video? Latasha gives insight into what social media platforms to focus on first, how to plan out video content, how to get your staff comfortable on video, how to use the user-generated content alread ..read more

On this episode, Kate and Rachel are joined by Joey Goone, President of Utopia Experience, for a thought-provoking events industry discussion. Utopia Experience is an event and video production company that helps both for and nonprofit organizations produce better and more meaningful experiences. In the episode, Joey gives insights into a variety of topics, including finding the intention behind event experiences, using videos within events, creating a genuine sense of community at events, facilitating giveback initiatives within events without being a nonprofit, knowing your superpower ..read more

In this episode, Rachel and Kate talk about how restaurants can bring in revenue for Valentine's Day and Super Bowl weekend. The ladies talk about small changes you can make to your current restaurant offerings for a Valentine's Day crowd, examples of Tripleseat customer Valentine's promotions, and where to promote. When it comes to Super Bowl packages, the ladies offer fun ways that you can tap into the camaraderie surrounding Super Bowl Sunday to host contests, bar packages, and more. Take advantage of these two money-making holidays in February!  ..read more

Happy 2023! In this episode, Kate and Rachel bring it back to the basics with some industry best practices to start the new year off strong. In this episode, you will hear 23 hospitality best practices to kick off 2023, broken into the following categories: restaurant sales best practices, event sales best practices, Tripleseat best practices, hospitality marketing best practices, and a few miscellaneous industry best practices. Let's make 2023 the best year yet ..read more

On this holiday episode, Kate and Rachel talk about how the hospitality industry can continue to show its festiveness throughout the holiday season and beyond. The ladies talk holiday cocktail recipes you can batch for events or offer one-off at your bar. They discuss festive restaurant experiences done right through decor, creative offerings, and merchandise sales that will last throughout the winter season. The ladies give gift ideas for the hospitality-loving people in your life. Finally, they talk about the final touches corporate planners can add to their holiday parties that go a long wa ..read more