Smart Meetings

JUNE 28, 2024

MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) market is expected to grow by 7.8 percent between 2024 and 2030, according to Grand View Research, and the European market is on a similar track. This reduces travel, housing and F&B costs. This helps with costs and can improve engagement for those who do attend.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 18, 2023

billion by 2030.” Respondents also confirm the importance of trade shows, exhibitions and conferences. 80% state that they would be unhappy closing deals via video conference in 2024. 80% state that they would be unhappy closing deals via video conference in 2024.

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Guidebook

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

From festivals and conferences to campus orientations, the environmental impact of these gatherings is undeniable. Some event apps even integrate with rideshare programs, making sustainable travel a breeze. By reducing the need for travel, these events dramatically lower your event’s carbon footprint.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

But as promising as this sounds, the hurdles facing SAF as a solution to the air-travel industry producing 2.5 billion gallons by 2030, according to S&P Global Commodity Insights. A new means of offsetting carbon from air travel is converting carbon to non-degradable blocks for long-term storage, a process known as carbon casting.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 20, 2022

Today’s business traveler is looking to get the most out of every trip. Company excursions, teambuilding activities and luxurious incentives have all built on the growing trend of bleisure travel. billion by 2030. However you choose to travel, the 17 additional exclusive excursions will give you plenty to choose from.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

I have really only one innovative point here, and it’s not particularly innovative, which is that as an [industry], one of the main things that you have to realize is that you can try and do your job to cut emissions but unless the emissions are due to air travel decrease, you’ll be working around the margins.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 28, 2022

The Scottish Event Campus (SEC) has announced its ambition to achieve net zero by 2030. The news follows the venue’s hosting of COP26 last year and its involvement as a founding partner of the NetZeroCarbon Events pledge which launched during the globally recognised conference.

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EventMB

JUNE 1, 2022

IMEX asked all in attendance to take its People and Planet Pledge , consisting of four simple actions including choosing sustainable food options, recycling, and carbon offsetting travel. The SEC, which hosted the globally recognized COP26 conference last year, has also announced its ambition to achieve net zero by 2030.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2022

We’re also implementing efficiency measures including the use of LED lighting across our venues and taking further actions around water efficiency, green travel, supply chain engagement and waste management.”. Production and waste 3. Food and food waste 4. Freight and logistics and 5. Roadmap marks next stage in sustainability journey.

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Gallus Events

JANUARY 14, 2020

In December 2019 I travelled to Madrid to attend the Sustainable Innovation Summit, an official side event at the COP 26 UN Climate Change Conference. COP 25, the UN Climate Change Conference, which has the objective to move the United Nations Paris Agreement into practical action, really couldn’t have got off to a worse start.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Elsewhere, with sustainability legislation such as the Energy Performance Certificate tightening – over the next 12 months venues are likely to be planning their investment strategies to ensure their properties are compliant and carbon negative by 2030.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Wyboston Lakes Resort has signed the Net Zero Carbon Events Pledge, joining more than 600 leading conference and events industry organisations worldwide since its launch at Cop26 in signing it or expressing their support for the campaign. Registration is free of charge, but financial contributions are crucial to developing the campaign.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 2, 2022

From off-the-beaten path experiences to revisiting tried-and-true favorites, California presents infinite possibilities for travelers looking to get out and explore,” said Caroline Beteta, president and CEO of Visit California in a statement. That shining landscape beguiled many over the years to devote their lives to protecting it.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 1, 2022

Cvent (Nasdaq: CVT), a market-leading meetings, events, travel and hospitality technology provider, is one of several key industry leaders supporting and helping fund the beta version of the sustainability web app: SAM , which was recently launched by In-House Corporate Events (ICE). It is free to use, and applicable for all event types.

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Endless Events

MARCH 15, 2021

No wonder our hosts believe that it feels as if we’ve time-traveled all the way to 2030 in the last 10 months as far as technology goes. From 2020 To 2030 In 10 Months. “Pretty much every major conference had its own event app as we were moving into 2020,” says Brandt. What about 2040?

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 1, 2022

We’re also implementing efficiency measures including the use of LED lighting across our venues and taking further actions around water efficiency, green travel, supply chain engagement and waste management.”. Production and waste 3. Food and food waste 4. Freight and logistics and 5. Bob Priest-Heck, Freeman. Peter Duthie, SEC.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 9, 2021

Several years ago, Jeremy Smith, a sustainable tourism writer, speaker, and consultant, saw an opportunity to help the travel industry recognize the role it could play in addressing the issue. “We For most associations, hosting meetings and conferences fall into their regular operations. degrees of warming,” Smith said.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

It’s hard to think of a conference with higher stakes than COP26, which took place Oct. COP26 is shorthand for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, a summit which brought leaders from more than 130 nations together to negotiate a global plan to address climate change. Dean Calma/IAEA). Dean Calma/IAEA).

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Event Industry News

MARCH 25, 2019

By Danielle Curtis, Exhibition Director – Middle East, Arabian Travel Market & IBTM Arabia. According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization, the GCC will attract 195 million visitors per year by 2030 – this is above the global average for any region. Huge success is forecast. Czech Republic. Azerbaijan.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 13, 2022

From off-the-beaten path experiences to revisiting tried-and-true favorites, California presents infinite possibilities for travelers looking to get out and explore,” said Caroline Beteta, president and CEO of Visit California in a statement. That shining landscape beguiled many over the years to devote their lives to protecting it.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 2, 2020

With the help of WRAP’s Guardians of Grub resources, the UK exhibition for event, meeting and conference professionals – which returns on 24-25 June – will be encouraging its exhibitors and event buyers to help cut food waste and take sustainability seriously. WRAP’s Guardians of Grub campaign aims to tackle the £3.2

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The CVB has launched the Tourism for Good strategy with a goal to allow tourism to have a positive impact on sustainable development both locally and globally by 2030. Food is a major overlooked source of carbon emissions,” the conference program said. One of those efforts was to spell out the CO2 calculations on the food served.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 26, 2022

The Scottish Event Campus (SEC), site of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), will work with a local charity, Trees for Life, to plant the trees in Scotland’s Caledonian Forest. The new trees will add to the 170,000 others the campus has helped to grow through its partnership with the nonprofit.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 4, 2024

Last September, Sydney, Australia-based travel-management firm FCM announced the consolidation of its various meeting and event operations in North America, the United Kingdom, and Australia into a single global entity, FCM Meetings & Events.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 23, 2022

The UK’s largest sustainability ecosystem and green investment event, Reset Connect London , has pledged to go net-zero by 2030 and signed up to the Net Zero Carbon Events [NZCE] pledge. We have been very careful to ensure low or no carbon decision making in all areas of the event’s organisation.

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Slido

JUNE 15, 2019

Conference call poll questions. Multiple choice: If you could travel in time, would you want to see… The past. Who will people in 2030 trust more with their babies: robots or human baby-sitters? Conference call poll questions. These poll questions will help you break the ice during a conference call.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 15, 2020

In the same month that 93-year old Sir David Attenborough’s witness statement, “A Life on Our Planet” launches on Netflix, the IMEX Group (global business event organiser) is publishing a research report that urges the global meetings, incentive travel and events industry to adopt a new economic model – the circular economy.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 13, 2021

As international travel opens up, agencies will find their services in demand from customers who want overseas events but need expert advice and support on navigating local legislation in the wake of the pandemic to ensure traveller and delegate safety,” highlights Juliet Price, HBAA’s consultant executive director.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 22, 2024

“Glenn and I worked to figure out how we could measure the impact” of all aspects of Maritz’s participation at IMEX America, Riggs said, from everyone’s travel, including ground transportation to their meals, and even the booth itself. They’re trying to get measurement at the actual level. As it turns out, there’s a lot of ground to cover.

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Stova

OCTOBER 26, 2023

With in-person conferences back in full force, demand for full-day online business events is down. The virtual event market is expected to grow more than 20% annually, reaching $617 billion by 2030. This format reduces travel costs and environmental impact. Start early: Amplify in-person with virtual networking events.

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QC Event School

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

A virtual wedding is a wedding that takes place online, typically via video conference. You don’t have to worry about travel arrangements, accommodation, or any of the other logistics that come with a traditional wedding. billion by the year 2030! What Is a Virtual Wedding? Steps To Take.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 28, 2017

We had to work with the airlines, because we were going to have this influx of international travelers on two particularly busy days,” Jensen said. The agenda for both the meeting and after-hours events were built around the United Nation’s “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,” a plan of action that the U.N.

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Socio Events

MARCH 3, 2023

between 2022 to 2030. AMEX reports that lack of participation and poor attendance are among the top issues when hosting an online event or virtual conference. In fact, AMEX estimates that the cost per attendee will increase up to 3% for conferences and trade shows and at least 1.5% Other sources expect costs to rise even higher.

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The MICE

MARCH 11, 2021

Gamifying a conference – ShipCon case study. Anne Geelhoed, Vice-Chair at YoungShip Rotterdam, shared how they pivoted their bi-annual conference—ShipCon—into a virtual format. According to Anne, ‘Taking a conference online brings its own challenges (e.g., One of the tools used was ‘The Sopranos’.

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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. Macau, China; 2. Dubrovnik, Croatia; 3.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 6, 2020

Consider the fact that the global events industry was officially added, as of last fall, as a partner in the United Nations’ drive to reach SDGs by 2030. A conference rolled out plans for an all-women speaker lineup. According to some studies, travel makes up about 73 percent of an event’s carbon footprint. Jasmine Zhu.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Consider the fact that the global events industry was officially added, as of last fall, as a partner in the United Nations’ drive to reach SDGs by 2030. A conference rolled out plans for an all-women speaker lineup. According to some studies, travel makes up about 73 percent of an event’s carbon footprint. Jasmine Zhu.

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