Smart Meetings

JUNE 22, 2022

Read More : Simple Wellness Activities Can Go a Long Way at Your Next Meeting. Beyond Sustainability : There are eco-trailblazers in luxury hospitality, from those who sought LEED certification early on to carbon-neutral and plastic-free resorts.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 15, 2023

The three topics discussed at the provocateur luncheon were “Employee Engagement,” “Stress and Sustainability” and “Well-Being Leadership.” Read More : Seeking Sustainable Venues One of the most progressive ideas was the call to action for management to set an example of “normalizing well-being.”

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Velvet Chainsaw

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The challenge is sustaining and developing this concept throughout the event. Here’s a real-life example of how this framework can be applied to your conferences: The opportunity might be to create a more welcoming and wow arrival experience. The feeling you want to create is inclusion, anticipation and appreciation.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 13, 2023

While most meeting space rental is tied to guest room blocks, Dominguez advised meeting professionals with a need for relatively more breakout space than guest rooms to talk to hotels in places with big citywide events happening in town to see if they have orphaned meeting space that would be reasonably priced.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

With all the news coverage of “planetary health diet” —a set of guidelines designed to promote eating habits that are good for the planet and for our bodies—sustainable food is back in the spotlight. As a recent report by Nielsen has shown, sustainable companies see a big difference in growth.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 12, 2024

Lynn Willison and Rachel Englander Lynn Willison (left) and Rachel Englander (right), The Hutton Group – Inspired Meetings & Events The Hutton Group – Inspired Meetings & Events , a woman-owned and -operated boutique meeting and incentive planning company, brings in two new team members.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 17, 2023

Whether your meetings specialty is event design, contract negotiations, operations management, sustainability, risk management, virtual events, speaker trends, food & beverage, or something else entirely, our call for speakers is seeking fresh voices to educate and spark new ideas for meetings and conventions.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 21, 2022

Diversity, sustainability and violent crime were on the agenda for Destinations International Annual Convention 2022 in Toronto, Canada, this week along with a host of other social issues destination marketing organizations are taking on as they emerge from Covid empowered to address a larger mission of getting heads in beds.

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 12, 2023

About 44 percent of meetings planned by respondents feature two-way communication capability for remote attendees, while 35 percent of their events feature one-way streaming with no remote participation and 21 percent had no streaming capability. are notably lagging in this area versus their international colleagues.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 1, 2018

When I attended a Green Meetings fam trip to Vancouver in June, sponsored by Tourism Vancouver, sustainability wasn’t just part of the program — it was the main event, and woven into my entire experience. We were whisked to the loading dock, where we got a backstage view of some of the center’s sustainability efforts in action.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 12, 2022

On the positive side, Gen Z is incredibly work-focused and engages with social initiatives such as sustainability, diversity and inclusion when the initiative is more than lip service. Approaches that work for these younger employees, according to Armstrong: in-office games and other digital adaptations.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

In addition to more typical mindfulness activities such as yoga or meditation sessions, mindfulness is interwoven through many aspects of a meeting, from healthy and sustainable food options to corporate social responsibility activities.

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GEVME

AUGUST 15, 2019

Sustainability is part of the plan. You can change the boring course of any event with carefully prepared program content and a sustainability plan. . Sustainability strategies replace one-off programmes. Strategic meeting management is introducing more and more organisations into their work.

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The Castle Group

AUGUST 23, 2022

Consider scaling back on new and trendy product orders and work with existing inventories or what is available at the venue (this will also help with sustainability – see below). Also, have a backup plan, even for your backup plan! Sustainability. Be upfront about deadlines, costs and contingencies.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 9, 2024

New Activities in Victoria, BC, Canada Miranda Ji Victoria Conference Center in British Columbia, a biosphere-certified and carbon-neutral venue, offers sustainable event options with tools and guides for planners. Their thing in the past, they’re just not there,” Heaney said, talking about the county’s sustainability efforts.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 6, 2023

Read More: Year of the Sustainable RFP Sounds like a third-party planner’s secret weapon, right? Thinking of a Coachella theme for a Palm Springs event? She has pictures of the cute seating right down to the rainbow throw pillows so it is easier for the CEO to envision.

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GEVME

JANUARY 21, 2020

And last but not least, the challenge of sustainability still remains. Try making your events sustainable by coming up with ways with which paper wastage can be reduced. Furthermore, it lets the organisers retrieve the leads while being cost-efficient, sustainable and reliable in nature. Sustainability of Corporate Events.

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GEVME

JANUARY 21, 2020

And last but not least, the challenge of sustainability still remains. Try making your events sustainable by coming up with ways with which paper wastage can be reduced. Furthermore, it lets the organisers retrieve the leads while being cost-efficient, sustainable and reliable in nature. Sustainability of Corporate Events.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 9, 2022

Events can be a powerful tool for delivering sustained engagement when they are considered as part of a series, with each individual function feeding into an invaluable central pool of content and audience data. Businesses should now begin to view events through a different lens.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 7, 2023

The Wisdom of Provocateurs It would be a tragedy to not tap into the collective wisdom of the gathered hospitality experts so, over lunch sponsored by Maritz , trained Provocateurs led conversations to circumvent the biggest roadblocks in the areas of stress and sustainability, employee/attendee engagement best practices and well-being leadership.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 14, 2019

The setting in Squaw Valley spreads across six peaks and 4,000 acres, and is the perfect venue for wellness worshipers to partake in mountaintop meditations, sample sustainable food and enjoy a “speakeasy” of mindful living. Vermont Renaissance Faire.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 16, 2018

May your next event be your most sustainable yet. You can also post your recycling successes on your event website and make recycling public announcements over a sound system at the event. Erich Lawson is passionate about the environment and an advocate of effective recycling.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

I am proud of my colleagues in the hospitality industry—even my otherwise competitors—who remain committed to rebuilding and sustaining the jewel that is our beloved city. I will attest that it also takes a village to uplift an industry after natural disaster. New Orleans is our city, but the hospitality industry is my village.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 10, 2023

“Gen Z planners can truly set the tone for the future of the industry,” said Ramos, “The younger generation is typically more focused on corporate social responsibility and green practices, so I am excited for the future of sustainability in events.”

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Splacer CEO Adi Biran, who has studied the collective dynamics of the Israeli kibbutzes, is hopeful that the site will “foster creativity, build community and promote a more sustainable model of urban life.”. She describes the technology platform as a concierge connecting meeting organizers to space owners in undiscovered places.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The hotel has partnered with local, sustainability focused Counter Culture Coffee to bring guests a selection of freshly ground beans delivered to their hotel room each morning. You know the one—where gurgling coffee pots resembling relics spit out a nice brown mud for you to doctor up with dehydrated creamer and sugar alternatives.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 27, 2024

PCMA EduCon just concluded its annual three days of the latest and greatest in meeting planning in a city that put the pedal to the metal to show how far it’s gone in returning to the winner’s circle of events destinations. Who doesn’t like a good comeback story?

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SmartMeetings

JULY 5, 2016

From books that take an irreverent approach to meeting planning to comprehensive guides on everything from meeting design to green events , this reading list has everything the modern meeting planner needs for a relaxing day of poolside reading. Sustainable Event Management: A Practical Guide.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 3, 2019

A guided traverse helps visitors discover for themselves why biodiversity and sustainable farming is key to world-class winemaking. In nearby Los Olivos, Stolpman Vineyards also believes in taking guests into the hills for educational vineyard hikes. Southern California.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2018

For example, our sustainability targets, goals and efforts have steadily grown year-on-year, our wellness efforts have really caught on and our community efforts in Las Vegas and beyond have always been a big passion of ours and our attendees.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

For professional associations and meeting planners, membership does have its privileges. As 2017 gets underway, what are the top trends to watch out for if you’re in the meeting planning industry? For the meeting planning industry, smartphones provide an easy way to keep clients engaged and deliver content.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In today’s market, meeting-planning companies are asked to do more for their clients with less. Organic growth is not only less expensive (in money if not in time), but it has a self-sustaining flywheel effect, generating an ongoing stream of business. Step 2: Focus Forward Forecasting is key.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Smart Meeting asked CEOs of destination marketing organizations (DMOs) for tips on how to be more proactive in being accessible to travelers. For Santiago Corrada, president and CEO of Visit Tampa Bay , the moment of clarity arrived during discussions with the Mayor’s Alliance for Persons and Disabilities.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 31, 2017

Half of in-house planners called themselves personally enthusiastic about wellness and sustainability. However, that foundation has not translated to an emphasis on wellness and sustainability in meetings, in design, policy or budgets. Clearly, sustainable, wellness-based meeting practices have room to grow.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 1, 2017

The venue is a proud partner of Ocean Wise, the sustainable seafood program created by Vancouver Aquarium to combat overfishing. The program makes it easy for consumers to make sustainable seafood choices that ensure the health of our oceans for generations to come.

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Connect Your Meetings

AUGUST 15, 2017

For many organizations, using meetings procurement companies (aka, third-party planners) like HelmsBriscoe and ConferenceDirect for site selection, contracts and other meeting planning functions is crucial to executing a successful event. As an associate with HelmsBriscoe, I become part of my clients’ teams.

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Maritz Global Events

MARCH 3, 2020

Carbon neutrality, sustainable design, and eco/green themes are becoming the new event fad. Sustainability means more significant, bolder actions by more events and organizations in our industry. We’re talking about actions like: organic and sustainable food sourcing. The tides are turning. Go big or go home!

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