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Best of 2024: Sustainability

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The world of sustainable events is bigger than ever. As more planners and partners in hospitality and tourism incorporate sustainability into their business models, it becomes a need-to-have, rather than a nice-to-have. Sustainability Tools for Easier Green Planning Planning sustainable events isnt a small task.

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Holograms Beam into Events

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Read More : What to Expect When Booking A-List Event Speakers Cameron says the Encore team has worked with speaker bureaus and certain keynotes who initially would say they don’t have the time. They have to give two hours instead of two days to fly in, so it’s sustainable,” she says. You can make it AI to search the web….

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New Report: IMEX 2022 Reached Net Zero Carbon Events Goals

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IMEX America Moves Toward a Sustainable Events Future IMEX America 2022 was the greenest one yet. A detailed report prepared by MeetGreen explained how the largest industry event made progress toward its Net Zero Carbon Events goal while pointing to even more improvements IMEX and other event organizers can make in the future.

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More In-person Meetings in 2023, Says Amex GBT Forecast

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This is expected to continue well into 2023, according to a new report, “ 2023 Global Meetings and Events Forecast ,” by American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT). Global in-person attendance is predicted to rise 3.3% for conferences and tradeshows and 4.2% Sustainability Concentration.

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Major Events Firm Pushes Hard on Sustainability Certification

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After one big effort in August, nearly six times as many Maritz Global Events employees are certified in event sustainability. Over the past year, a handful of employees at Maritz Global Events, Fenton, Mo., However, during the company’s Activate conference in August, participation went to a whole new level.

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Mike Dominguez: Hotel, F&B Prices Aren’t Going Down, and Other Predictions for 2023

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Dominguez noted that even though mega-conferences were absent last year, borders are now largely open and travel is back with a vengeance. He saw international air lift as a bottleneck constricting global events. “We Sustainability Is Relative. Read More : Sustainable Meetings Through Renewable Concepts.

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UBQ Is Turning Garbage into Events

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UBQ Materials, developer of the world’s first bio-based thermoplastic, is helping create the first global event built from landfill waste. We can supply the most climate-positive kind of plastic material…that are used in event production.”. And that is where UBQ comes into play. That doesn’t always come hand-in-hand.”.

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