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Best of 2024: Sustainability

Smart Meetings

The world of sustainable events is bigger than ever. As more planners and partners in hospitality and tourism incorporate sustainability into their business models, it becomes a need-to-have, rather than a nice-to-have. Sustainability Tools for Easier Green Planning Planning sustainable events isnt a small task.

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Events industry launches landmark global sustainability principles

Event Industry News

Representatives of global events, tourism and sustainability bodies are ushering in the new year with the unprecedented launch of four principles designed to guide and motivate event organisers worldwide to embrace and implement sustainable practices. .

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ABPCO launches sustainability report and roadmap

Event Industry News

Timed to coincide with the opening of the COP24 climate talks in Katowice, Poland, ABPCO has released a report and Roadmap for the creation of a more sustainable events industry. Sustainable food procurement. The Sustainability Roadmap and Report are both available via [link]. Quality education and partnerships.

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Identity Middle East Opens New Office in Ras Al Khaimah to Support Regional Expansion

Prestige Events Magazine

Identity is a full-service live events agency with over 20 years of experience delivering large-scale global events, including COP26, the G7 and NATO Summits, working closely with clients to create impactful experiences. In 2023, the Emirate recorded 1.22

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Agenda revealed for IBTM World’s Forum for Advocacy – Sessions to take place on afternoon before show opens –

Prestige Events Magazine

Defining how the global events industry better communicates its economic and social value, while identifying areas that require more support, will be key priorities for IBTM World ’s Forum for Advocacy , in partnership with The Business of Events, when it takes place next month.

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A ‘Watershed Moment’ for Events — and the World

PCMA Convene

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 Glasgow’s Sustainable Head Start.

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Brand USA Focus on MICE and Special Events Could Expand Annual Global Travel Beyond 90 Million in the Future

Smart Meetings

is on track to welcome 90 million visitors one year ahead of the goal outlined by the National Travel and Tourism Strategy report. Fred Dixon The global travel trends represent a significant milestonenot just recovering from the pandemic but building momentum for future growth, according to Brand USA President and CEO Fred Dixon.

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