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Reduce and Reuse: Meeting Spaces Go Green

Smart Meetings

As the world turns to a new year, many are coming to realize that our resources are finite and becoming sustainable is crucial to the future of our planet. Even in our everyday activities, green thinking and sustainability are critical. Anaheim Convention Center: Happily Green Since 2004. million sq. With over 475,000 sq.

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Reduce and Reuse: Meeting Spaces Go Green

Smart Meetings

As the world turns to a new year, many are coming to realize that our resources are finite and becoming sustainable is crucial to the future of our planet. Even in our everyday activities, green thinking and sustainability are critical. Anaheim Convention Center: Happily Green Since 2004. million sq. With over 475,000 sq.

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CMP Spotlight: Get to Know Heike Mahmoud, CMP

Smart Meetings

Preparing for the Exam In 2004, when Meeting Professionals International (MPI) held their EMEA Conference in Berlin, Mahmoud was working as director of conventions at the Berlin Convention Office. She says, “We are all working hard to be sustainable, to not waste resources and to make processes easier through digitization.”

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How New Orleans Recovered after a Natural Disaster

Smart Meetings

I am proud of my colleagues in the hospitality industry—even my otherwise competitors—who remain committed to rebuilding and sustaining the jewel that is our beloved city. Jeff currently serves on the Board of Directors of Society of Hosts at Florida State University, which named him Alumnus of the Year in 2004. Go Tell the Story.

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Level Up Your Meetings in Arcade Bars

Smart Meetings

The first location, in New York, opened in 2004. The self-proclaimed Original Arcade Bar currently has seven locations open along the East Coast—in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Barcade is an environmentally friendly place.

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Portland’s Most Livable City Designation Reflects Steps to Ensure Public Safety

Smart Meetings

Another aspect of the Oregon Convention Center that sets is apart is its commitment to sustainability, which first kicked off in 2004 and was the first employee-led campaign for energy efficiency.

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How has Social Media Changed the Tourism Industry?

Solimar International

Let’s rewind to 2004. Kayak–self-proclaimed pioneers of metasearch for travel–hit the stage in 2004, making it easier than ever for regular people to compare the growing number of internet sources on travel experiences and prices. Facebook was born in 2004 and had 50 million users by October 2006.