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Food and drinks, at any important occasion, will help determine the success of the event. Obviously, a success event means guests will enjoy the experience tremendously, and leave the event happily, feeling that their time is well spent at the event. So anything that enhances the experience positively at the events will help. And food and drinks are definitely one major component of any successful event. That's because the best cuisine and wine can most certainly keep guests happy. Having a bunch of guests, arriving at the event, and faced with mediocre quality food and wine would therefore be a really bad idea. So without a shadow of doubt, spending more time to engage the right catering service is the right thing to do.

Choosing the right catering service involves more than glancing through the food menu and comparing prices. That's because while some catering services are experts at marketing their catering business, and can come up with very attractive brochures, they may not be able to live up the expectations. That's because the quality of food and drinks ultimately boils down to who is in charge in the kitchen - the chef.

The chef is definitely the person you want to get to know when choosing a catering service. Some of the most successful catering services are founded and owned by great chefs with years and years of cooking experience. Their cooking experience becomes of great value in their own businesses, and their catering services often flourish because they are able to offer great food at great prices. And great food at great prices is the catalyst for free marketing through word of mouth. Customers and guests who have had a chance to taste the great food will tell their family and friends about the service.

These are the ideal catering services you would want to hire. In any case, make sure that you check with friends to see if they have anyone to refer. As you can see from what we've just mentioned, people tend to recommend the services that are run by really good chefs. So be sure to check out those services referred by your trusted friends. Now here's when the ground work should really begin.

Ground work means really checking out the food by going for food tasting sessions. If your event is going to be a big one, like a wedding event or a corporate annual dinner and dance event, you really want to go for food tasting. Don't just brush it off just because you think that you don't have enough time. Food tasting is beneficial to you for a few reasons.

First, at a food tasting session, you usually given a chance to meet with the chef face to face and exchange a few words. Even though this is usually a very short conversation, it allows you to communicate any important messages to the chef first hand. For example, if you have a guest list with many guests that do not take spicy food, you may suggest that the chef cut down a little on the spices.

Secondly, you now have the opportunity to assess the quality of food in person. Remember that what you see on paper may not be what you get at the event. So to make sure that the actual food is as close as what was promised on the brochures, it's always prudent to check out the food personally.

Finally, if the food is in order, choose to work with someone with a lot of experience catering to events to avoid any unforeseen problems. One potential nightmare at any event is for the food to arrive late, and you certainly don't want to risk engaging an inexperienced caterer and having your food arriving late and spoiling the entire event for everyone.

There are many caterers at Fort Lauderdale. So the goal of this article is to help you may better decisions when it comes to choosing a catering service. Heed the tips in this article, and you're on your way to having a fruitful and successful event.

Fort Lauderdale Travel Guide

Naples Capodichino Airport (NAP) is about 8km northeast of the city centre, it is southern Italy's main airport, linking Naples with most Italian and several major European cities. For getting to or from the airport, there are two possibilities: ANM bus 3S (30mins, every 15mins) from Piazza Garibaldi, or the Alibus airport bus (20mins, at least hourly) from Piazza Municipio. Alternatively you can get a taxi.

By train:

The central station of Naples is very well connected to the rest of Italy by a very frequent train service. The city is served by regionale, diretto, Intercity and the superfast Eurostar trains. They arrive and depart from Stazione Centrale (tel: 081 554 31 88) or Stazione Garibaldi (on the lower level). There are up to 30 trains daily to/from Rome.

The Ferrovia Cumana and the Circumflegrea (tel: 800 00 16 16), based at Stazione Cumana on Piazza Montesanto, 500m (0.3mi) southwest of Piazza Dante, operate services to Pozzuoli (every 22mins) and Cuma (six per day). The Circumvesuviana (tel: 081 772 24 44; Corso G Garibaldi), about 400m (0.25mi) southwest of Stazione Centrale (take the underpass from Stazione Centrale), operates trains to Sorrento via Ercolano, Pompeii and other towns along the coast. There are about 40 trains daily running between 05:00 and 22:30 with reduced services on Sunday.

By bus:

Most buses for Italian and some European cities leave from Piazza Garibaldi in front of Stazione Centrale. Check destinations carefully or ask at the information kiosk in the centre of the piazza because there are no signs. Maco (tel: 080 310 51 85) has buses to Bari (3hrs); Miccolis (tel: 099 735 37 54) runs to Taranto (4hrs), Lecce (5.5hrs) and Brindisi (5hrs), while CLP (tel: 081 531 17 07) serves Foggia (2hrs), Perugia (3.75hrs) and Assisi (4.75hrs).

You can buy tickets and catch SITA (tel: 081 552 21 76; www.sita-on-line.it, Italian only) buses either from the port, Varco Immacolatella, or from Via G Ferraris, near Stazione Centrale; you can also buy tickets at Bar Clizia (Corso Arnaldo Lucci 173). Within Campania, SITA runs buses to Pompeii (40mins) and several other towns on the Amalfi Coast, and Sa lerno (by motorway). Casting wider, it also links Naples with Bari (3hrs) and operates a service to Germany, including Dortmund via Munich, Stuttgart, Frankfurt and Dusseldorf. You can connect from this service for Berlin and Hamburg.

By boat:

Ferries and hydrofoils leave for Capri, Sorrento, Ischia, Procida and Forio from Molo Beverello in front of the Castel Nuovo. Longer-distance ferries for Palermo, Cagliari, Milazzo, the Aeolian Islands (Isole Eolie) and Tunisia leave from the Stazione Marittima, next to Molo Beverello. Alilauro and SNAV also operate hydrofoils to Ischia, Procida and Capri from Mergellina. Tickets for shorter journeys can be bought at the ticket booths on Molo Beverello and at Mergellina. For longer journeys try the offices of the ferry companies or travel agents.

By car:

Naples is on the major north-south Autostrada del Sole, numbered A1 (north to Rome and Milan) and A3 (south to Salerno and Reggio di Calabria). The A30 skirts Naples to the northeast, while the A16 heads northeast to Bari.

When approaching the city, the motorways meet the Tangenziale di Napoli, a major ring road around the city. The ring road hugs the city's northern fringe, meeting the A1 to Rome and the A2 to Capodichino airport in the east and continuing towards Campi Flegrei and Pozzuoli and the west.

City Transport

An energetic walker armed with a streetmap can see most of central Naples on foot. However, Naples is a large, sprawling city, so sooner or later it's recommendable to use the means of public transport which includes buses, trams, funiculars and Metro trains. Most city ANM buses depart from Piazza Garibaldi. The mostly above ground underground, Metropolitana, runs from Gianturco, just east of Stazione Centrale, via Piazza Garibaldi and Bagnoli to Pozzuoli. Funicular railways connect downtown with Vomero.

The public transport ticket is the same no matter which way of transport you use, you can buy it at counters in the metro/train/funicolare stations, tobacconists and in all the shops that show the logo Gira Napoli - Napoli Pass. A ticket is valid for 90 minutes of unlimited travel by bus, tram, Metropolitana, funicular, Ferrovia Cumana or Circumflegrea. A daily ticket is good value. These tickets are not valid to Pompeii or Ercolano on the Circumvesuviana train line.

Bus:

Most city ANM buses operating in the central area depart from and terminate in Piazza Garibaldi. To locate your stop you'll probably need to ask at the information kiosk in the centre of the square. There are four frequent routes (R1, R2, R3 and R4) that connect to other (less frequent) buses running out of the centre. A night bus operates from 24:00-05:00 (hourly departures) from Stazione Centrale through the city centre to the Riviera di Chiaia and on to Pozzuoli, returning to Stazione Centrale.

Funicular:

Three of Naples' four funicular railways connect downtown with Vomero: Funicolare Centrale ascends from Via Toledo to Piazza Fuga; Funicolare di Chiaia travels from Via del Parco Margherita to Via D Cimarosa; and Funicolare di Montesanto climbs from Piazza Montesanto to Via Raffaele Morghen. The fourth, Funicolare di Mergellina, connects the waterfront at Via Mergellina with Via Manzoni. Giranapoli tickets are valid for one trip only on the funicular railways.

Metro:

You will find that there are 2 metro networks. One starts from the Gianturco passing by Napoli-Piazza Garibaldi, the railway station, and goes to Pozzuoli, the local call this just Metropolitana or "Metropolitana di Piazza Garibaldi". This serves the hystorical centrum and is the one you'll most likely use as tourist. Be a bit careful when using the Metropolitana, specially in the dead hours. The second and newest line serves for the moment the newest part of the city leaving from Piazza Vanvitelli and going to Secondigliano, in the near future also this metro should arrive to Napoli-Piazza Garibaldi. The local call this Metropolitana Collinare to distingush it from the previous one.

Tram:

Adding to the array of public transport options in Naples are trams. Tram 1 operates from east of Stazione Centrale, through Piazza Garibaldi, the city centre and along the waterfront to Piazza Vittoria. Tram 29 travels from Piazza Garibaldi to the city centre along Corso G Garibaldi.

Taxi:

Official taxis are white, metered and bear the Naples symbol on their front doors, but they don't seem to respond to the classic kerbside hail. There are taxi stands at most of the city's main piazzas. Be prepared for an extraordinary range of extra tolls on top of your fare, such as luggage in the boot, airport tolls and travelling on Sundays. Because of traffic delays, even a short trip may end up costing more than you anticipated.

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