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10 Smart Strategies For Planning Sustainable Events

Endless Events

Sustainability is a hot-button issue for consumers around the globe. There was a 71% increase in online searches for sustainable goods — plus, public concern for the environment has grown by 16% since 2017. Sustainability doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive, either. Communicate Your Commitment to Sustainability.

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Sustainable Meetings Through Renewable Concepts

Smart Meetings

Sustainability is now required at meetings as attendees are demanding an environmentally conscious event. It’s easy to assume that meeting remotely is the more sustainable counterpart to in-person meetings, but what about the energy required to power the massive server farms that enable the technology?

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Best of 2022: Sustainability

Smart Meetings

Sustainability is a topic of much discussion and will likely remain so for the foreseeable future. Check below to see how we highlighted how the hospitality partners are making the industry more sustainable. Check below to see how we highlighted how the hospitality partners are making the industry more sustainable.

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The Hospitality Show’s Inaugural Event Is Placing Sustainability at the Forefront

Smart Meetings

The Hospitality Show Las Vegas will place eco-friendliness front and center The first-ever Hospitality Show is coming to Las Vegas and its producers are making strong sustainability efforts from the get-go. Read More : Ditching the Dump Even smaller details, down to what the badges are made of, will be given the sustainability treatment.

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LEED Platinum Convention Center–Meet Sustainably in Portland

Smart Meetings

The LEED Platinum Oregon Convention Center (OCC) guarantees that you will have a sustainable event. Sustainability is in the Pacific Northwest’s DNA, and the OCC team is committed to the role of being an industry leader in sustainability.

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Survey: How Are You Sourcing More Sustainable Events?

Smart Meetings

Welcome to the Sustainable RFP of the Future survey. Your insights will help us create a resource that will allow destinations to offer the sustainable features meeting professionals really want and empower event professionals to ask the right questions when sourcing for an environmentally responsible partner. Deadline is Jan.

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TWT: Mask Lift Fallouts, Sustainable Travel

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GBTA Sustainability Survey. Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) has published its 2022 Sustainability Survey which unveils “barriers” that exist to getting to a more sustainable business travel model. The key enablers include fostering change in industry culture (63%) and improved access to sustainability data (63%).

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