b'Adam Noyes, president,the office. After being at home in our sweatpants Proof of the Pudding, Atlantafor the last two years, most people are also ready (proofpudding.com) to get out and have some fun, so we expect the We are excited about 2022 andevents business to see strong growth next year, are cautiously optimistic abouttoo. Interestingly, for those companies that have business moving forward into theembraced work-from-anywhere or who dont plan to new normal. Many of our businessreturn to the office, there will also be a sizable virtual segments have returned to pre- events industry in 2022 and beyond, too.pandemic levels, led by our Sports & Entertainment Division. The convention and corporateTrish Spellman, managing meetings and events segments seem to be the last todirector of Cura Hospitality, come back but, every day that goes by, these segmentsa dining service provider for are booking more into the new year. senior living communities, Overall, we are projecting 2022 to be slightly downacute care hospitals and compared to 2019 (same accounts, not accountingbehavioral health centers for new business), mainly due to the convention and(curahospitality.com)corporate segments taking more time in the first quarterCura Hospitality is on a clear to get back to business. growth trajectory for 2022. We began as a regional organization 25 years ago Bill Hansen, CEO of Bill Hansenand are continuing to expand on a national level. Catering and Event Production,We expect to maintain growth at the pace of the Miami (billhansencatering.com) life-planning industry, and to continue to grow in the We expect the best year ever asacute care industry.COVID concerns diminish. [For the industry,] I think it dependsJamie Baxter, co-founder on geographical location andand CEO of Qwick,how quickly we open our doorsan on-demand staffing to indoor events. platform for the food- and-beverage industry Jeff Grass, chairman and CEO of(qwick.com)HUNGRY, a national platform forDespite the global pandemic, top local chefs and food deliveryQwick managed to grow services (tryhungry.com) 1600% in the past year. This Weve continued to see strongupward trend will likely continue as the hospitality growth in 2022. Our Virtualindustry aims to mend its massive labor shortage.Xperiences and Food Delivery &As a company, Qwick started 2021 in eight Logistics business have grownmarkets across the United States. Expanding into rapidly, and now were seeing aOrlando, Tampa, Los Angeles, Chicago and one significant increase in activity from our business food andadditional city by the end of 2021, Qwick projects to event solutions business, which includes catering, snacks,close out the year in 12 markets and close out 2022 pop-ups and live events. There is an accelerating return-to- in 30 markets. Qwick plans to continue growing as office starting to happen, especially in the Southern states.well. Qwick started 2021 with 20 employees and Almost all our clients say that they will be returning to theirplans to grow to 150 by the end of 2022.offices in some form in the first quarter of 2022, so wereEvents, sports games, weddings and other making a lot of investments now to ensure were fully readygatherings are coming back at an all-time high, so to serve our clients as soon as they are ready. we can only predict that the demand for hospitality After two years of very limited demand, 2022 is goingstaff in 2022 will be more significant than it has to be an outstanding year! Office catering will be backbeen since the start of the pandemic. big-time as food is one of the most cost-effective ways for companies to encourage their teams to return to CATERING, FOODSERVICE & EVENTS cfe-news.com21'