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California Passes Extensive Climate, Clean Energy Bill

Smart Meetings

On Wednesday, California lawmakers passed an extensive climate and clean energy bill with the goal of decarbonizing the state’s electrical grid, regulating projects to eliminate carbon from the atmosphere and eliminating new oil drilling near communities.

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Saudi confirmed as Premier Partner for a second year running at WTM London

Travel Daily Media

Saudi’s Vision 2030 strategy is an ambitious blueprint for the future that is transforming Saudi, creating prosperity and opportunity, with tourism at the heart. Driving forward aims of welcoming 100 million visitors by 2030, Saudi joins partners and delegates at WTM to showcase an unparalleled destination offering.

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PCMA’s Big Bet on Presidential Visit Paid Off

Smart Meetings

We need more rigorous debate, regulations and guardrails so we can maximize the upside,” she said. Time for a Moon Shot Hoops has a 2030 plan that includes exponential growth for PCMA from the current 8,000 members now with an engaged community of 30,000 people to 25,000 paid members and 300,000 engaged. “It’s

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ASM Global partners with Voltus

Travel Daily Media

(Voltus), the distributed energy resource platform and virtual power plant operator and ASM Global, the venue management company and producer of live event experiences, announced a partnership that pays ASM Global managed venues for energy reduction efforts across all venues located in wholesale and regulated power markets in the U.S.

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Oneworld Airlines Pledge Use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Business Traveler USA

The 14 member airlines of the Oneworld Alliance have pledged their support for the ambition statement of World Economic Forum Clean Skies for Tomorrow Coalition to commit to a 10 percent use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by 2030. The alliance members have all previously committed to reach net zero emissions by 2050.

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How UFI’s Kai Hattendorf Helped Launch the Net Zero Carbon Events Pledge

Convene by PCMA

Within weeks, he said, 100 different entities were working together to hammer out what ultimately became the Net Zero Carbon Events Pledge , organizational commitments to reducing carbon emissions by 50 percent by 2030, as a pathway to net zero emissions by 2050. The roadmap says, ‘This is how we do it.’”

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Tourism Destination Planning: How, When, and Who

Solimar International

by 2030, and a staggering 4 billion predicted by 2040. Destinations 2030 outlines 75+ factors from tourist attractions and accommodations, to infrastructure, space, connectivity, as well as tourism and overall economic development policies. From just 25 million tourist arrivals in 1950, today more than 1.3

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