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Making Bleisure, Sustainability, and Wellness Top of Mind

Convene by PCMA

The 957-room Pullman Paris Montparnasse, host of Accor’s 2023 Global Meeting Exchange, is the new flagship property of the revamped Pullman brand, which represents Accor’s increased focus on meetings hotels. Rethinking MICE One of the biggest trends to dominate the GME’s sessions should come as no surprise — bleisure. billion by 2032.

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

Convene by PCMA

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. 10, when Hattendorf announced the pledge to the world at COP26, there were 109 signatories, a figure that had grown to 225 by mid-2022.

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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.