Outdoors in bubbles at the Kimpton Hotel Van Zandt in Austin, Texas Photo Credit: Aubrie Pick
Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants’ annual snapshot of F&B trends for the upcoming year reflects how planners and properties are responding to the many ways the pandemic has reshaped the in-person-event experience. One big shift: Outdoor dining options — even when it’s cold out — will continue to be extremely popular, using creative concepts like snow-globe and igloo pop-up shelters, as well as tented and heated winter-garden spaces.