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

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At the time, Hattendorf was chair of the Joint Meetings Industry Council (JMIC), an advocacy organization made up of major international trade associations affiliated with the business events industry. It is so important that we, as the events industry, have a seat at the table,” Hattendorf said. “We

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Making Bleisure, Sustainability, and Wellness Top of Mind

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It showed that since 2020, travel has rebounded in spurts, mostly led by leisure travelers in search of wellness and luxury escapes close to home. But this year, he said, hotel performance data revealed that demand from travel for meetings and business is back in a big way. billion by 2032.

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A ‘Watershed Moment’ for Events — and the World

Convene by PCMA

Before it began, many were calling the United Nations (UN) conference the “last best hope” for nations to commit to curbing global emissions and avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change. It’s appropriate that, at one of the world’s most significant global events, the meetings industry would have a voice.