Smart Meetings

APRIL 21, 2022

Sustainability efforts are key to keep the travel and tourism train going. In a report by World Travel & Tourism Council and JLL, “ Destination 2030: Global Cities’ Readiness For Sustainable Tourism Growth ,” the two organizations take a look at the cities making tourism sustainable. million visitors. Concentration.

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GEVME

JANUARY 29, 2020

With 2020 now in full swing, businesses around the world will be planning their events calendars for the year ahead – and what better time to start thinking about what we can expect to see in terms of changes to the events landscape in the next 12 months? The venue, of course, will be one of your major focuses.

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Prestige Events Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2024

Greengage Solutions, the independent specialist supporting sustainability in business travel, hospitality, meetings and events has had its own sustainability efforts assessed and recognised by achieving B Corp. The certification aligns with Greengage’s ethos to cultivate a greener, more sustainable world.

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EventSource

MARCH 4, 2022

The number of couples who have had to put their wedding plans on hold throughout 2020 and 2021 is staggering. – Toronto’s answer to upscale, turnkey, simplified, environmentally sustainable, intimate weddings – all with a charitable twist ! Venue 1 Review Evergreen Brick Work. Cue The Pop-Up Chapel Co.

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Event Marketer

AUGUST 9, 2024

In January 2020, Bloomberg Media launched Bloomberg Green, a multiplatform editorial brand focused on climate change news, analysis and solutions, with the first Bloomberg Green event at Davos 2020 and plans to continue incorporating programming into other Bloomberg Live events throughout the year—until they were put on pause due to COVID.

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Endless Events

MAY 19, 2020

Who would have known that 2020 would go down as one of the most influential years- if not the most influential year- for virtual events in history? We surveyed hundreds of #Eventprofs to weigh in on the hottest virtual event trends for 2020. 2020 Virtual Event Trend: Personalization for Attendees.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 2, 2022

California innovators are actively inventing a more sustainable future in and out of the ballroom. It is a model for a sustainable economic future. Let’s look at the legacy of sustainable innovation, where it is going next and what it means for meeting professionals. Sustainable Meeting. A Green Legacy.

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GEVME

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Sustainability is a key trend at business events these days. We see venues, organisers and suppliers going at length to strive to reduce the carbon footprint of events. The post Some Thoughts on the State of Business Events (2020) appeared first on GEVME Blog. And that’s called Physical Data. .

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The meeting space, 556 guest rooms and 14 suites were renovated in early 2020. of sustainable meeting space. The post Venues From National Geographic’s List of Most Breathtaking Places in the World appeared first on Smart Meetings. of meeting space, including an Executive Boardroom and Grand Ballroom.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Just like that, we blinked and it’s time to talk about the 2020 event trends. This year we stepped it up and surveyed hundreds of #Eventprofs to weigh in on the hottest trends for 2020. Instead, we’re bringing you a curated list of the top event trends for 2020. 2020 Event Trends: Personalization for Attendees.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 17, 2025

Under his leadership, the hotel earned accolades including Seaside Hotel of the Year 2019, Best Hotel for Families 2020 in the Good Hotel Guide, and the prestigious Cond Nast Johansens Sustainability Award 2019 and Best Service Award 2022.

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Gallus Events

DECEMBER 19, 2019

I decided to travel down from Barcelona to find out how sustainable was COP 25? . So what exactly is the business of events, doing to showcase a sustainable future for our industry? There was surely nowhere better to look for some sustainable innovation than at the COP summit itself and there, we had a little look into the future.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 3, 2020

Event Industry News is now showcasing top sustainable venues from anywhere in the world. From award-winning event spaces to purpose-built venues, we are calling out for those who are leading the way for venues adopting green initiatives and promoting sustainable practices. million litres per year.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JUNE 3, 2021

Wyboston Lakes Resort has gained official recognition for its continuing extensive efforts to operate sustainably by achieving the EcoSmart Platinum Venue Award, after reaching the Gold level last year. This reflects an outstanding approach, and an exceptional standard and commitment to environmental sustainability.

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 11, 2023

A sustainable new business start-up established just a few months prior to the Covid-19 pandemic is making a huge impact throughout the events sector as it partners with venues and organisers to slash plastic pollution from single use cups.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Caesars and Meet AC announced sustainability highlights from its newly released 2021 CSR Report —in a Leed-certified Augustus Tower villa suite—and the news (and views) are great. Diverted 45% of all waste from landfill in 2020. The new reality for venues is that they must find a way to sell and plan events remotely.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 25, 2024

Prior to 2020 we had occasional enquiries as a filming location, and we realised the potential we had with such a beautiful building and gardens. We saw an opportunity and the team wanted to go for it,” comments Kat Winfield, BMA House’s Venue Manager.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 10, 2020

The 500-year-old London venue, which houses an award-winning conference and events centre, reduced its total carbon footprint by 30% in the past three years and has switched its electricity provision entirely to 100% renewable energy as well as using environmentally responsible suppliers and service partners.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 13, 2022

California innovators are actively inventing a more sustainable future in and out of the ballroom. It is a model for a sustainable economic future. Let’s look at the legacy of sustainable innovation, where it is going next and what it means for meeting professionals. Sustainable Meeting. A Green Legacy.

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Event Industry News

JULY 3, 2020

With so many marketing departments still out of office, physically and virtually, the deadline for entries to the Sustainable Event Awards (SEAs) has been extended. Friday 28 th August is the new deadline for entries to the inaugural Sustainable Event Awards. View all the categories and enter your company here: [link].

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Prestige Events Magazine

JULY 2, 2021

Event sustainability group isla has launched proseed : the event industry’s first universal framework for delivering sustainable events. Sustainability can feel like a complex topic and maybe people find it difficult to know where to start.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 28, 2021

Imagine an event where all your delegates had travelled sustainably, helped by green travel plans sent from the venue beforehand by a Conference Team who are all carbon literacy trained. The venue they’re heading to is ISO 14001 accredited, has a zero water, waste and carbon strategy and even its own energy centre.

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Venues of Excellence (VoE) have confirmed their support to the Hotelier’s Charter which exists to raise the profile of the hospitality industry, advocating working in hotels as a great career choice. By supporting the Hoteliers’ Charter, we wish to encourage hotels and venues to also join and agree to the 10 commitments of the charter.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 27, 2022

Five weeks out from the return of IMEX in Frankfurt , Germany, IMEX Group CEO Carina Bauer is excited that after cancelling two years in a row, the program is returning strong with an emphasis on connection and sustainability. MeetGreen sustainability consultants are calculating the environmental impact in Frankfurt for first time.

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The forces behind Event Industry News (EIN) are pleased to announce their brand-new awards which will be dedicated entirely to sustainability within the event industry. The Sustainable Event Awards’ purpose is two-fold. The panel of judges will comprise professionals with vast experience and credentials in events and/or sustainability.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 26, 2021

A two-for-one combo in sustainable travel and personal safety? If that’s the case, consider a quick email to the company, mentioning that sustainable practices are guiding your travel choices. While the impacts of tourism don’t get the same media spotlight as the coronavirus , they’re just as volatile. 50 Shades of Ecotourism.

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Guidebook

DECEMBER 30, 2019

With this in mind, here are the top three trends shaping attendee experience in 2020. Sustainability will remain important. We saw an increased focus on sustainability within the events industry, and expect that this focus will only continue to increase into 2020. Venues will get more interesting … and so will locations.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 30, 2023

A quest to find sustainable event experts leads to an emerging wine region in California’s Central Coast It’s not your imagination. This is more than a sustainability moment for meetings. The quest to design green meetings often feels like a greenhouse gas-cutting limbo game. Green meetings are here to stay.

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

IACC has today unveiled its refreshed venue excellence certification, Committed to Brilliance. The web-based content is designed to give meeting planners reassurance that IACC member venues provide the levels of performance and support necessary to create innovative and exceptional meeting experiences. Event Manager Blog 2020.

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The 37th edition of International Confex will take place on 25 – 26 February 2020 at ExCeL London, bringing together thousands of event professionals for two jam-packed days of learning, networking and inspiration. Academic Venue Pavilion. Northern Venue Pavilion. Looking to meet venues of the North without the travel?

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

For example, Unite Here used union contracts to protect more than 200,000 members from anti-LGBT discrimination before the 2020 Supreme Court ruling that included the LGBT community in the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Unite Here created FairHotel to assist meeting and event planners in choosing a union hotel or venue.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 28, 2020

Over the last few years, the futures of small-medium sized venues have become increasingly uncertain with rising rents, building developments and business rates strangling the live music scene. See small venues struggle to survive amidst rising costs and one small music venue closes every month for more.

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EventMB

JUNE 1, 2022

IMEX Frankfurt, the annual meeting and incentive travel exhibition event, is back after being canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid pandemic. The show, celebrating its 20th anniversary, reflects a new business reality, and it’s one of steady and sustained confidence. This year is no different. .

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Editor’s Note: As we celebrate the 2023 Meeting Professionals of the Year , we thought it fitting to go back to a 2020 Meeting Professionals of the Year winner, John Cruz, senior corporate meeting planner with BlueCross of North Carolina , for some perspective. Experience your journey in the moment. You have earned it!

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Prestige Events Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Event organisers believe that the number of dietary requirements amongst delegations will grow from 20%, in 2020, to 40% by 2030, according to research by Lime Venue Portfolio. We need to change some of the language now around ‘dietary requirements’,” commented Jo Austin, Sales Director, Lime Venue Portfolio.

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GEVME

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Sustainability is a key trend at business events these days. We see venues, organisers and suppliers going at length to reduce the carbon footprint of events. . Venues are implementing adequate waste management policy and recycling different waste streams. Small actions help.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 19, 2021

Armies of cleaners have been deployed to disinfect surfaces at venues, yet the risk of surface transmission of COVID-19 is low. At the start of the pandemic, fears around the spread of COVID-19 spawned a cleaning frenzy among consumers and venues. Venue Ventilation. Seventyfour/Adobe Stock). Maridav/Adobe Stock).

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