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California Passes Extensive Climate, Clean Energy Bill

Smart Meetings

On Wednesday, California lawmakers passed an extensive climate and clean energy bill with the goal of decarbonizing the state’s electrical grid, regulating projects to eliminate carbon from the atmosphere and eliminating new oil drilling near communities. Local Government Takes Action.

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Now is the time to rethink and restart the events industry: Interview with Angeles Moreno, Managing Partner at the Creative Dots

The MICE Blog

At that time, it was 2017, and I knew that the best you can do is to start moving as soon as possible. In 2008/9, the biggest problem was a lack of money; so, the biggest decisions of governments and regulators involved how to put money back. It was also the right momentum—not just disappear and then come back.’.

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More Associations Are Sounding the Climate Alarm

Convene by PCMA

Ke wrote: “It has now become clear that meeting the needs of our society without breaching the earth’s ecological boundaries will demand a paradigm shift.”. For most associations, hosting meetings and conferences fall into their regular operations. Laura Kate Bender. But for organizations like ours, this is all about health.”.

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“Chinese visitors are coming in big numbers to Yas Island”: MeetChina 2018 organisers

Travel Daily Media

This year’s Meet China forum saw more buyers than ever before attending the annual business-to-business event in Abu Dhabi. In 2017, China’s total number of inbound and outbound tourists was 270 million, a 3.7% In 2017, China’s total number of inbound and outbound tourists was 270 million, a 3.7% trillion RMB (0.79

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The role of esports in employee engagement: Case study of PwC Gaming Masters

The MICE Blog

The PwC Gaming Masters was founded in 2017 by Gian Luca Vitale, Gaming & Esports Advisory, Lead Business Development Gaming & Esports at PwC Germany, who also holds the naming rights for this event. Nobody owns sports, but they’re heavily regulated, and there are clubs and so on. The stakeholders.

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The New Unum One Business-Class Seat Is Revolutionizing the Market

Business Traveler USA

Sometimes a business-class seat comes along that’s so different from what has come before that it resets the standard for passengers and airlines, like British Airways’ first fully flat business-class bed in 2000, or the Qatar Airways Qsuite with its first business-class doors in 2017. So the narrow-body is, for business-class seats, wider.

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How Do Real Estate Agents Get Paid?

Redfin

They ensure all real estate transactions close with their client’s best interest in mind while complying with all the laws and regulations. Helping clients find homes on the market that meet their criteria. 1, 2017 and Jan. A seller’s agent is responsible for: Researching comparable home sales. Submitting offers and negotiating.