Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Domestic activity sustained the industry over the last two years with help from an “Event Here” campaign that energized local groups around the power of meeting face-to-face, but now Asian groups are coming back as well—many with very short lead times. A Sustainable Focus. Appreciation of the Value of F2F.

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Traveler's Q

JANUARY 25, 2024

With the ever-evolving landscape of event planning, keeping abreast of emerging trends in sustainable travel, accommodation, and logistics management can make all the difference in creating a successful event. This can be achieved through the use of event travel technology and group travel management strategies.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 20, 2024

EMBA, CSEP-CEP, is an expert in behavioral medicine and exercise physiology and is the CEO of ConsciousWorks, a consulting firm that works to help leaders maximize their mental capacity and performance based on the latest scientific research.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 12, 2022

JetBlue Sustainable Travel Partners Debuts. JetBlue has announced the launch of a new sustainable travel initiative aimed at helping corporate travel customers lower their business travel emissions and meet corporate sustainability targets. Tests are available to Southwest passengers at a discounted rate of $50.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

We’ve broken them down by overall event KPIs and KPIs for sessions, creative, budgeting, and sustainability. . If you want to understand if you’re in the red or black quickly, consult your event platform or use an ROI calculation formula to see where you stand. Sustainability KPIs. Overall Event Strategy KPIs. Carbon Emissions.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 18, 2023

Smart Meetings sat down with cannabis travel consultant and advocate Brian Applegarth to discuss the integration of cannabis into the tourism industry and what meeting professionals should know. A: Cannabis travel consultant. Q: How would you define your professional title? That’s why I’m incredibly passionate about what I do.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 29, 2022

For others, it could mean foregoing the use of an outdoor venue altogether while selecting a venue that features an extensive sustainability program. In addition to carefully selecting a venue for its sustainability policies, event planners are now enlisting the services of consultants that specialize in disaster response and mitigation.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 16, 2022

There simply aren’t enough cars to meet corporate demand,” says Sesilia Kalss, senior consulting manager of Global Business Consulting for American Express Global Business Travel (GBT) in the company’s latest white paper, Business Travel in 2022. Sustainability Efforts Will Continue. Travel Can Drive DEI Progress. “In

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Travel Daily Media

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Representative Image Airfares look set to stabilize across key routes around the world during 2024, according to new forecasts from the consulting team at American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT), the world’s leading B2B travel platform.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

I would look into the venue’s sustainability and green meeting information,” she says. Industry Leaders Pitch In Marriott Hotels recently published its 2025 Sustainability and Social Impact Goals, that outlines the organization’s strategy of reducing waste-to-landfill by 45% and food waste by 50% from the company’s 2016 baseline.

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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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Smart Meetings

APRIL 22, 2024

A Wellness Suite with a lactation and meditation rooms are an easy place to get inoculations for international travel and consultations with a wellness coach. This floor is also the home to an 11,000-square-foot child development center for infants through five-year-olds run by Bright Horizons, largest of its kind in the local county.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Read More: How Physical Wellness, Mindfulness and Emotional Safety Boost Productivity These three quick tips will really go a long way toward sustaining a long and healthy experience as a meeting professional. I have found my journey to be so much easier and rewarding because I can say, “been there done that.” You have earned it!

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 28, 2023

To achieve true sustainability, planners should understand where the energy comes from that's powering their meetings. Here's how to do that—with or without the venue's assistance. An event venue’s power source has a notable effect on a meeting’s total carbon emissions.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 20, 2021

But as people start to travel again for business, the issue of event sustainability should be top of mind for planners. Fortunately, some meeting professionals spend the majority of their time focused on sustainability and can provide guidance to those who are now revisiting the issue.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 23, 2018

From AI to sustainability and many more hot topics, you don’t want to miss this jam-packed two-hour episode! IMEX is one of our most sustainable events in the industry. Kate Patay of Patay Consulting ( @KatePatay ). Brandt Krueger of Event Technology Consulting ( @BrandtKrueger ). This is all for you!

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 9, 2024

Don’t let the fact that you don’t currently have it in your budget to create a speaker coaching initiative stop you, advises Sarah Michel, CSP, vice president for professional connexity for Velvet Chainsaw Consulting, and a professional speaker. There still are a lot of small steps you can take to invest in improving your meeting’s education.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 29, 2022

Event planning consultant. A position overseeing the company’s climate impact, water usage and sustainability can improve the brand in the eye of a meeting planner. Read More: California: Meet Where Sustainable Innovation Lives. Jobs that were formerly onsite can be modified to give staff more control over their schedules.

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Travel Daily Media

MARCH 26, 2024

Its portfolio covers meetings and events, consulting and sustainability solutions, while its marketplace offers access to a range of other offerings, the release said. Amex GBT, which is operated by Global Business Travel Group, supplies B2B software and services for travel, expense, and meetings and events, according to the release.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 27, 2022

Five weeks out from the return of IMEX in Frankfurt , Germany, IMEX Group CEO Carina Bauer is excited that after cancelling two years in a row, the program is returning strong with an emphasis on connection and sustainability. MeetGreen sustainability consultants are calculating the environmental impact in Frankfurt for first time.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 6, 2022

Culture , a business management consulting firm focused on leadership and culture development. “This is like a big dream come true,” said Blount-Canavan, explaining why Seattle is the only destination she would have considered coming back to lead.

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Solimar International

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Former Solimar International Sustainable Tourism Internship Stories. Solimar International is a marketing firm that specializes in sustainable tourism. It is our goal to give our sustainable tourism interns the opportunity to learn the skills necessary to further thrive in the tourism and international development industries.

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Travel Daily Media

APRIL 6, 2023

The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC), with support from the Singapore Tourism Board (STB), is developing a new Criteria for MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions) and Attractions. The GSTC MICE Criteria and GSTC Attraction Criteria will serve as the global sustainability standards for both industries.

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Traveler's Q

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

When you find a vendor whom you are interested in, don’t be afraid to ask questions during your consultation. Negotiating with Vendors When it comes to choosing wedding vendors, getting the most out of vendor consultations, and building relationships with your wedding team, the art of negotiating should never be overlooked.

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Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Instead of advertising its brand, Amazon chose to use its naming rights to spotlight its pledge to reach net-zero carbon emissions by calling the Seattle venue Climate Pledge Arena — just one example how sustainability has become top of mind for organizations and consumers. Michael Dyerland/Visit Seattle). ” — Shawna McKinley.

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Travel Daily Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The post CWT joins Global Sustainable Tourism Council appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. CWT, the Business-to-Business-for-Employees (B2B4E) travel management platform has become a member of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council’s (GSTC) global network.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

While a live shooter may be what comes to mind first when considering worst-case scenarios, today’s planners also have to be on the lookout for a mistimed social media post or optics that are not aligned with the DEI or sustainability goals of the company. Operational and reputational concerns now include sustainability and diversity.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

When new safety and sustainability measures are introduced as a response to something in the past, Kleinfeld says event profs need to keep including it. Adding a safety or sustainability consultant may very well pay for itself in the long run.”. I suspect they won’t, until it actually strikes their events.”.

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Travel Daily Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

trillion to global GDP in 2022), the significant environmental challenges posed by the tourism model developed to date mean that sustainability has emerged as an inescapable goal for the sector. To achieve this, TIS2023 will bring together leading international voices who are already making sustainability relevant.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

“Members tend to walk right by them,” stated Corporate Partnership and Sponsorship Consultant Bruce Rosenthal. Not only will you save money, but you’ll also be doing a lot for sustainability. If you want to increase your revenue and need more, please read on. Eight Out-of-the-box Event Income Ideas 1.

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Redfin

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

From local building codes to sustainable practices, these practical tips empower effective project management, bringing your vision of an Oregon home to life. These estimates are general, so consulting local professionals is essential. 7 essential pre-build tips for your Oregon home 1.

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Convene by PCMA

MARCH 3, 2023

Since outdoor gear company Patagonia declared in 2022, “As of now, Earth is our only shareholder,” other business sectors are beginning to make sustainable strides. Some sustainability topics are easier to approach than others. The role events play in contributing to air travel emissions , for example, is complicated. Focus on results.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Thanks to her CMP designation, Dolecki says, “I am seen as a trusted advisor, consultant and credible resource for the association I work for. Talk around sustainability is rising as well, she says. Make a plan and stay committed to your plan!” For these reasons, event design only grows more imaginative and experiential.

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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. That is a big knob that you can tune to improve" the sustainability quotient for an event.

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Endless Events

JUNE 5, 2018

Events can be super wasteful, from water and energy consumption to food waste there are a lot of areas we can improve upon in terms of planning sustainable events. What does planning sustainable events mean? What do you need to keep in mind when making your event more sustainable? Why should event planners really care?

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

“It was love from the first event,” says Meg Strahle of her career path from a wedding planner’s assistant to an assistant sustainability advisor for a consultancy focused on helping events with their sustainability strategies. in sustainability and events. She is currently working for The Bulb, a U.K.-based

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Bizzaboo

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Now more than ever, sustainability is top of mind for event planners because it’s a top priority for event attendees. of attendees said sustainability and DE&I are their No. of attendees said sustainability and DE&I are their No. So how do you plan a sustainable event? 1 priority, and 31.2% Does yours?

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