Food and Beverage Trends Blog | Dana Communications

7 Restaurant Trends Resorts Need To Hop On (Right Now!)

Colleen Miele | Food and Beverage | May 4, 2024

Elevate your resort’s dining scene by tapping into the top seven restaurant trends of the year. Entice guests with multisensory experiences, spontaneous seating, exotic ingredients, and fiery flavors. Add global stews, protein-rich dishes, and spirited mocktails to the mix for a refreshed menu that’s sure to satisfy. Stay on trend with Dana Communications—your partner in boosting RevPOR with innovative culinary strategies.

A Deeper Dive: 2024’s Appetite for Culinary Travel

Gina Hagan | Food and Beverage | April 4, 2024March 11, 2025

The culinary travel scene is sizzling in 2024, with travelers hungry for authentic, local flavors and experiences. New Orleans, with its Creole zest, and New Jersey, a hotspot for diverse culinary delights, are topping foodie travel lists. For destinations looking to spice up their appeal to gastronomes, Dana Communications offers expert marketing to plate your city’s unique tastes to the world.

5 Food & Beverage Trends Taking Center Stage at Meetings in 2022

Lynn Kaniper | MICE | November 7, 2022

Since the arrival of COVID-19, a lot has changed. The way we work. The way we communicate. The way we live. And yes, the way we eat—especially at corporate gatherings, meetings and functions which are just now, in 2022, starting to resume to somewhat normal pre-pandemic standards. And while the end-result remains the same—providing meeting-goers […]

Get Your Fill of Hotel Food and Beverage Revenue

Liz Smith | Food and Beverage | January 3, 2018April 26, 2018

If you’re in the hospitality biz, you know that food and beverage operations can really drive profits. From indie boutiques to international chains, many hotels and resorts report that it can claim up to the biggest share of overall revenue. So, are you getting your fill of hotel food and beverage revenue? We’ll examine the […]

12 Juicy Food Festival Tips For Newbies

Colleen Miele | Food and Beverage | July 6, 2017November 30, 2018

Every week of the year—in big cities and tiny communities around the country—there are an incredible number of food festivals ripe for the picking. You probably heard your fill about bacon festivals—but there are others that focus solely on Chile peppers, garlic, mushrooms, cheese and even whoopie pies—and still more that celebrate all foods. Don’t […]

Hotel Food and Beverage Trends

Ashley Kovacs | Trends | April 27, 2016December 21, 2018

Food and beverage (F&B) programs have always been an important part of the hotel industry, but their importance only continues to rise. A hotel or resort’s F&B offerings could make or break a consumer’s decision to stay at the property or host an event like a meeting or wedding. With this in mind, we’re highlighting […]

Culinary Favorites From Our Clients

Lynn Kaniper | | June 15, 2015February 3, 2016

At Dana Communications, we are fortunate to work with some of the finest chefs (and bartenders) on the planet. Certainly, when we visit the resorts that we represent, we eat and drink well. In fact, we eat and drink very well. The editors of Food & Wine magazine would be jealous if they knew about […]

We Don’t Call It the Garden State for Nothing!

Lynn Kaniper | | April 8, 2013

Last week’s Red Hot Topic talked about the growing trend in agritourism. I’d like to follow up with a second helping on the subject: agritourism in the Garden State. As the agency for Greener New Jersey Productions and New Jersey Travel & Tourism, Dana is really digging into the agritourism movement. And it starts in […]

Marketing Takeaways from the Food Truck Trend

Ashley Kovacs | Food and Beverage | November 20, 2012November 9, 2018

Mobile food has come a long way from the hot dog cart I frequented after college. Just recently, a close friend (and confirmed foodie) stayed an extra day in Portland to enjoy the city’s famous food truck scene. My nephew in Denver plans his workday to be first in line at his favorite gourmet food […]