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Earth Day 2024: Ending Single-Use Plastic

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The official theme for Earth Day 2024 is “Planet vs. Plastic,” a call to arms issued by Earthday.org to reduce all plastic production by 60 percent by 2040 and to rapidly phase out all single-use plastics by 2030.

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The Spa: From Luxury to Preventative Medicine

Smart Meetings

trillion and is projected to continue a 5-10% increase year-over-year, culminating in a worth of $9 trillion by 2040, according to Delaware North. Lacey Matsumoto, Four Seasons Resort Lanai ’s new spa director for its Hawanawana Spa, has witnessed this trend. “In Read More : 5 Major Wellness Trends for Meeting Planners to Know Now.

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Tourism Destination Planning: How, When, and Who

Solimar International

by 2030, and a staggering 4 billion predicted by 2040. While it should reflect a strategic long-term direction, it must always remain flexible and leave enough room for adaptation to unforeseen circumstances, changing trends and competition. From just 25 million tourist arrivals in 1950, today more than 1.3

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Destinations Transforming Community Sentiment Towards Tourism

Tourism eSchool

A Global Movement The future of tourism is changing, in fact it is already here with global trends looking to support 'local 'over global and turning the tide on community sentiment. Not exactly the sort of PR a destination wants when looking to attract visitors!

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3 Shifts in Event Sustainability

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Instead of advertising its own products, Amazon is using the naming rights it secured for the stadium to honor a pledge it made in 2019 to reach net-zero carbon emissions as a company by 2040.

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Earth Day is a Call to Action

Smart Meetings

credit: Shutterstock The central goal is for a 60% reduction in the production of plastics by 2040 to lead to the larger goal of a plastic-free future. Plastics This year, EarthDay.org , the official site for the annual event, has set “ Planet vs. Plastics ” as the theme. Beach pollution at Kuta beach, Bali. February 2017.

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Taking Carbon off Event Menus

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On her “Eating at a Meeting” podcast, Stuckrath has explored leading-edge sustainable F&B trends, from upcycled ingredients to cultivated meat. which caters to several convention centers, plans to reduce carbon emissions by 34 percent by 2025 and be net zero by 2040. In the U.S., the foodservice giant Sodexo Live!,