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Why Future Event Planning Will Include Sustainability by Design

Convene by PCMA

One of Carolina Goradesky’s first assignments as PCMA’s new head of sustainability was taking part in a sustainability session at PCMA EduCon 2023. It was not by coincidence that she now heads up global sustainability for PCMA, she said — “it was a strategic decision.” .

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The Top 7 Event Industry Trends for 2024 

Bizzaboo

Collaborating on Sustainability and Sharing Wins Together According to Bizzabo’s State of in-person B2B conferences report , nearly 40% of event organizers agree that diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) and sustainability are some of the biggest challenges they face.

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What is Event-Led Growth?

Endless Events

My journey started pre-HubSpot when I was a Hu bSpot customer in 2008 or 2009. As soon as you stop, you will be in sustain mode. What happens after sustaining? Sustaining. Before Will and Mark talk about event growth and event-led growth, Will asks Mark to share his story about how he came to the events industry.

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Mastodon is the old Twitter

Conferences that Work

Given recent turbulent social media trends, I’m glad I took the plunge. Having been on Twitter (yes, I know it’s been renamed “X”, sue me) since 2009, I’d describe Mastodon as the old Twitter. What Twitter was back then When I joined Twitter in June 2009, the platform was just about to take off.

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3 Trends for the Future: Zero-proof Lifestyles, Supercircular Design, and Rewirement

Convene by PCMA

(Courtesy of Kin Euphorics) “The Future 100: 2023 ,” creative agency, consultancy, and technology company Wunderman Thompson’s annual forecast, identifies 100 trends across industries — from culture to technology to travel and hospitality — that will shape the way we live and work this year and beyond. in 2009 to 3.6 Jennifer N.

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Sustaining the Resilience of Community-Based Tourism Initiatives in Brazil

Solimar International

Community-Based Tourism (CBT) exemplifies sustainable tourism, promoting local development through social justice, resource redistribution, sustainability, and empowerment. This paradigm shift reinterprets tourism models, emphasizing consciousness, autonomy, and bottom-up strategies while detaching from predatory practices.

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Cvent puts education and innovation at the forefront for its 3rd Annual Cvent Travel Summit on 19 April

Travel Daily News

Expert-led breakout sessions will cover a range of timely topics including examining how ChatGPT/AI will transform the industry, leveraging travel data to inform programme strategy, negotiating tactics, breaking down sustainability trends, and DE&I. The accident caused Cnossen to lose both his legs just above the knee.