Event Industry News

AUGUST 16, 2024

A Greener Future (AGF), the not-for-profit company committed to helping events, festivals and venues around the world to become more sustainable, announce their Autumn training schedule with events taking place in London and Manchester.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 9, 2021

BSI, the business improvement and standards company, has been selected by the UK Government to assess the G7 Summit and COP26 events against the international sustainability standard, ISO 20121. This best practice standard was inspired by BS 8901, which was published in time for the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic events.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 5, 2023

Marriott International’s third board chair in the company’s 96-year history, David Marriott, explained at the opening session that the company is focused on technology, growth, sustainability and DEI. Marriott stepped into the role his father vacated in February 2022.

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Event Industry News

MAY 16, 2023

As the global events industry seeks to become sustainable, with government bodies such as DCMS in the UK calling for environmental standards for festivals, what better place to turn for training than the founders of the world’s first green standards and certification for festivals and events.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 8, 2021

Actavo Events is a global events company specialising in the supply of Event Infrastructure including staging, grandstand seating, fencing, crowd control, drape and bespoke scaffolding structures, in addition to offering Project Management expertise for special projects. SPONSORED CONTENT.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

In August, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, which was issued by more than 200 global scientists and academics, “a code red for humanity.” See “Glasgow’s Sustainable Head Start” at the end of this story.) “We Binit Bharadia/UK Government).

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2023

We have many Green Accredited venues and as a destination we are taking sustainability seriously. Although there are many figures floating around as to the supposed value of the event industry, it hasn’t been accurately quantified. Hamish Reid, Associate Director MMY Hills Balfour; In Proposition of the Motion.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

10 during a COP26 session where the event industry’s Net Zero Carbon Events Pledge was introduced. Binit Bharadia/UK Government). With the launch of the Net Zero Carbon Events Pledge on Nov. Kai Hattendorf, speaks Nov.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 26, 2023

This will be the first time AGF has been able to run in class training since 2019 and as the global events industry seeks to become sustainable, with government bodies such as DCMS […]

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Hubilo Blog

JANUARY 22, 2019

A global event accompanied with a tradeshow and exhibition. Using the latest tech inventions to upgrade the global event management and organization. Hubilo provided the following services which made attendee engagement effortless and also helped in sustainable event planning. Glimpses of VGGS 2019.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 5, 2019

Event industry professionals across the globe are being urged to take part in a vital initiative this month: “Engaging the global event industry with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.”. The event is the first UN Summit on the SDGs since the adoption of the 2030 Agenda in September 2015.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 12, 2019

. “So I can see this being something that could exist within agencies and production houses” In Comes Sustainability. We can’t look at the future of events without talking about sustainability. ” We need someone who’s focusing just on sustainability. How to Foster Inclusion At Events.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 22, 2020

Not for profit Positive Impact Events explain how the campaign will work and why this years campaign is more important than ever: ‘For 24 hours over Earth Day event professionals will be sharing best practice on how their events are used to further the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 27, 2018

Wales Business Events today announced a five-point plan to accelerate its growing share of the global business events market. The Business Events plan comprises: The appointment of Heledd Williams into the new position of Head of Business Events to co-ordinate and lead greater visibility in the business events market place.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 3, 2024

JEFF STELMACH: So, table stakes of creativity, integrated tech and all the things we all need to keep doing really well aside, sustainability in those areas is the number one thing coming from us right now. JEFF STELMACH: Again, sustainability is the number one thing coming from clients. Build and trash or store to reuse?

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 11, 2021

We now have the ability to connect new audiences in new locations who might not be able — or want — to travel, provide flexibility on how participants spend their time at an event (including building wellness components into programming), and provide inclusive events that can address the issues of diverse groups within our target audiences. —

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Farnborough International has appointed Matthew Wallhead as portfolio development director to support the expansion of its sector-diverse event portfolio.

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Hubilo Blog

APRIL 18, 2019

The jump was made possible by my friend and first Borelli Strategies client, Aaron Kaufman of the Fifth Element Group who gave me the opportunity to work with him on a project for the Canadian government. . Since then, I’ve had many diverse engagements with both events and event suppliers while also traveling the world as a speaker.

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Hubilo Blog

MARCH 7, 2020

Tahira Endean : She has been a part of this immense events industry for a little more than 2 decades. She is currently the Head of Events with SITE Global. Previously for 20+ years, she has been an instructor of Special Event Planning and Sustainable Event Operations.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Matthew Marcial, CAE, CMP – Vice President of Education & Events. Marcial previously served as MPI’s Senior Director of Events and has been with the association since 2014. He now has oversight of MPI’s global events portfolio and the MPI Academy educational products, experiences and professional certificate programs.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 25, 2021

We learned to be nimble and have plans A to Z ready to execute,” said Erin Scholes, president of SD Meetings & Events in San Diego, who has struggled with predicting attendance at the few in-person meetings she has planned as the rules governing what could, or couldn’t, happen in a month, a week or a day were less than certain.

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Bizzabo

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

This world-class event has been driven by the huge industry demand for a cross-industry, operational excellence event that is energizing, inspiring, and engaging. GTC attracts developers, researchers, and technologists from some of the top companies, universities, and government agencies from around the world. San Jose, CA.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 1, 2017

With this in mind, we recently enhanced our “Meet With Purpose” program to inspire meeting professionals to think outside the box when it comes to incorporating health, wellness, and sustainability into meetings. Much has been said about the dearth of genuine leadership in business as well as government today.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 31, 2016

First, the improvement in the performance of the government sector during the first half of this year was far better than we had projected. Organizers will continue to increase their investment in event technology, as this becomes normalized spending. Brian Casey, CEM President and CEO, Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR).

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