EventMB

MAY 24, 2022

Six months later, a report by the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) and Cvent indicates that while there’s no lack of good intentions, the event industry is lagging on taking concrete action. It’s worth noting, as well, that there are bigger-picture incentives driving sustainability initiatives in the event industry. “I

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EventMB

JANUARY 11, 2024

Skift Take: Today’s incentive travelers want more than just a free trip — they demand deep, meaningful experiences that are good for the planet and food for the soul. Here are three ways incentive destinations can help travelers connect not just with each other but also with their purpose and place in the world.

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GEVME

JANUARY 27, 2020

While people love spending their time in such places, the organizers do not really place sustainability as the anchor of organizing such events. The concept of sustainability has been around for a long time but now it has become the need of the hour so that each one of us can do our bit in making an impact on the environment.

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Attendease

JANUARY 21, 2021

Communication from the first touchpoint must answer the questions every experienced traveler will have. As we gain herd immunity through a global vaccination program and decrease physical distancing among humans, we will have set up the systems to ease our way through many hospitality and travel functions. Shift: Thoughtful Inclusion.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Your attendee travelers are eager to hit the road, but thanks in part to economic challenges like inflation, companies are cutting back on T&E. Those able to travel freely are combining remote work with longer leisure trips. Corporate travel policies may start including air emissions tracking.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Virgin Atlantic Airlines announced in late November that it will be the first carrier to operate a trans-Atlantic jumbo-jet flight powered entirely by sustainable aviation fuel—a mix of used cooking oil, animal fat, and agricultural waste. No firm date has been set, but it is expected to happen in the next several weeks.

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Expo Pass

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Biodegradable badges, eco-friendly venues, sustainability-minded vendors – these are just a few of the ways events can directly help the environment! Sustainability can be a bit of a buzzword. Of course, you want your event to be sustainable. Here are a few of our favorite ways to plan sustainable and eco-friendly events.

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Expo Pass

JUNE 7, 2023

If you’re eager to take advantage of sustainability trends, then we’ve got the tips for you. Our recent webinar, Eco-Event Essentials: Sustainable Strategies , covered a range of sustainability strategies from waste reduction to a new way of thinking about Recycling. .” — Lou Marrocco Hello event planners!

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Event Marketer

MAY 16, 2022

We tend to think of event sustainability in terms of large, sweeping efforts that require big budgets and run the risk of disrupting the attendee experience. So we broke down a mix of 10 b-to-b and b-to-c sustainability ideas to implement at your next event. Partnering with sustainability-focused vendors is a good place to start.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Therefore, event sustainability is one of the biggest concerns when it comes to the return of in-person events. Here are the ways in which we are acting towards this common goal of being more sustainable and environmentally conscious. At Dynamic, being ethically and socially responsible matters to us.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 18, 2024

WTP’s Frank Harrison Shares the Top Three Business Travel Trends for the Coming Year Frank Harrison As the travel industry around the world continues to recover post-pandemic, new business travel trends have emerged that meeting professionals will have to master to optimize attendance.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Throughout the travel industry, sustainability has become a primary focus for both guests and hospitality providers. Sustainability in hospitality is no longer a trend but rather a foundational set of practices, including for Marriott Bonvoy Events. It’s available in 11 languages, so it’s accessible globally.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Sustainability is a hot-button issue for consumers around the globe. There was a 71% increase in online searches for sustainable goods — plus, public concern for the environment has grown by 16% since 2017. Sustainability doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive, either. Communicate Your Commitment to Sustainability.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Becoming a sustainable event planner is a marathon, not a sprint. As the events industry continues to evolve in its sustainability journey, there are a lot of accomplishments to celebrate. But there’s no denying that sustainability is a very broad topic, and sometimes, you might feel left in the dust.

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The MICE

JULY 8, 2024

I recently visited Lucerne to attend the ‘Go Sustainable’ study trip, organised by the Lucerne Convention Bureau in collaboration with the Zurich Convention Bureau. This event brought together both destinations to showcase to event planners the extensive possibilities for organising sustainable events.

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MeetingsNet

JULY 12, 2024

A major survey of planners finds that as meeting costs keep rising, sustainability slides down the list of priorities. With rising prices squeezing business-event budgets in many areas, planners are increasingly basing their venue and service-vendor choices on “value for money” while focusing less on sustainability factors.

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Event Marketer

MARCH 15, 2024

Questions about sustainability in booth design often trigger two responses: We’ve been doing it for a while (aluminum structures, rentals, recycling carpet) and Clients don’t want to pay for it. The resulting recommendations on sustainable booth design are due later this year. At the GCSAA Conference and Trade Show in Phoenix (Jan.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 25, 2024

With Smart Travel Editor Kate Zaliznock checking out the upscale offerings in Orlando this week, I thought I would jump in and share some of the items that made me put down my coffee when they crossed my keyboard. Send your travel news there, too. Our customers are eager to participate in sustainability efforts.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Impact XM shares seven sustainable action areas for planning green meetings Global event and experiential marketing agency Impact XM believes that sustainability is not an end goal, but a practice. As part of its efforts to educate its employees, clients and industry, the company created a list of seven sustainable action areas.

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MeetingsNet

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

After one big effort in August, nearly six times as many Maritz Global Events employees are certified in event sustainability. Activate brought 274 Maritz team members and 377 supplier partners to Phoenix for education and networking; for 48 of those Maritz employees, a big focus was the sustainability course.

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EventMB

APRIL 18, 2024

Skift Take: It's time to reevaluate the best destinations and properties for your events. Knowing what's new around the world is sure to give you plenty of new ideas. Skift Meetings Studio Team Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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Guidebook

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Sustainability is a critical and essential factor for events today. Thats where sustainable event practices come in. Energy Consumption Travel to and from events, combined with on-site activities, consumes enormous amounts of energy. Gamification for Sustainability Want to make sustainability fun? Event apps !

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EventMB

MAY 24, 2023

Skift Take: For today's attendees, bleisure travel isn't just about beaches, outdoor adventures, and sophisticated meeting venues — they want a destination that will also deliver authentic local charm alongside a strong sustainability record. Find out why South Walton, Florida, is perfectly positioned to meet this new demand.

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Prestige Events Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

By Simon Hainsworth, Managing Director of Corporate & Sporting Events Management (CSE) This year’s Olympic Games in Paris saw sustainability placed front and centre, with a heavy focus on emissions reduction and an unprecedented £1.2 billion invested in the cleanup of the River Seine.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 18, 2024

Stephanie Miller, sustainability concierge, will guide hotel guests to their most sustainable visits Marriott Marquis Washington, DC is one of the District of Columbia’s largest LEED Silver-certified hotels, and true to its green nature, it has rolled out a new sustainability program , right in time for its 10th anniversary.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Greengage Solutions has taken a significant step forward in its commitment to enhance and expand its corporate sustainability offering with the acquisition of sustainability consultancy company, Responsible Futures. As part of the deal, Responsible Futures, will be absorbed into the Greengage 360 Consulting division.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 11, 2024

and China Drive Business Travel Recovery A new report by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) predicts business travel spending will reach a new height of $1.5 and China, whose business travel markets have expanded 13.4% trillion by the end of 2024. trillion by the end of 2024. Key players are the U.S.

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Guidebook

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Sustainability isn’t just a trend—it’s a movement transforming industries, and the event planning world is no exception. This guide will explore how event apps and green venues are revolutionizing sustainability in the events industry. Choosing sustainability isn’t just good for the planet; it’s good for business.

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The MICE

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

In this blog post, I’ll showcase the unique opportunities Stuttgart offers for your event, from hotels and venues to experiences, all with sustainability woven into the event planning process. This setup reduces transport emissions and encourages attendees to use sustainable travel options. My room at Leonardo Hotel Esslingen.

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 8, 2024

Built in 1986, leading London events venue, The QEII Centre, was not originally constructed with sustainability in mind, but in recent years the team has been working diligently to rectify this. Wish you were here An inescapable fact of what we do is that people need to travel to get to us.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 6, 2022

You might think that, in 2022, shouting about your sustainability credentials as loud as you possibly can is a no-brainer. Power consumption is a huge factor in measuring the sustainability of any event. Ideally, people will be travelling to your event by public transport, or even walking or cycling.

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EventMB

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Now, with the coronavirus prompting event cancellations and travel bans worldwide, virtual events have never been more timely. Last year, the trend towards event sustainability put the events industry under scrutiny, with many […].

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 4, 2023

We hopped on a call with Nicole Rogers, executive vp and chief sales officer for San Francisco Travel, the City and County of San Francisco’s official destination marketing organization, for a lengthy conversation about the realities the city is facing, the event business, and how the city is working to keep events and event attendees safe.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 30, 2021

One variant could be offering both the in-person and virtual components simultaneously, allowing attendees, who are not able or willing to travel, to partake in in-person sessions and panels through video-conferencing software.

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Attendease

JANUARY 21, 2021

Communication from the first touchpoint must answer the questions every experienced traveler will have. As we gain herd immunity through a global vaccination program and decrease physical distancing among humans, we will have set up the systems to ease our way through many hospitality and travel functions. Shift: Thoughtful Inclusion.

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IMG

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

She believes in the power of building community by working together in financially sustainable initiatives that positively impact humans and communities. At CareMax, Carolina leads the Sustainability and DE&I strategy, where she makes ESG and purpose part of the DNA of CareMax, its mission, and its team members.

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Loudermilk Center

DECEMBER 18, 2024

In a world increasingly focused on sustainability, event planning presents a unique opportunity to create memorable experiences that are also environmentally responsible. Whether you’re hosting a corporate conference, a non-profit gala, or a community workshop, prioritizing sustainability reflects your commitment to a better future.

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