Smart Meetings

JULY 21, 2022

Diversity, sustainability and violent crime were on the agenda for Destinations International Annual Convention 2022 in Toronto, Canada, this week along with a host of other social issues destination marketing organizations are taking on as they emerge from Covid empowered to address a larger mission of getting heads in beds.

Tourism 96

Tourism Meetings Hospitality 2022 96

SmartMeetings

APRIL 21, 2017

The National Conference Center in Leesburg, Virginia , is doing its part to reduce the Beltway’s carbon footprint. The center, which offers 250 meeting rooms comprising 265,000 sq. of event space, is celebrating Earth Day 2017 by encouraging meeting planners to go green. Located about 40 miles from Washington, D.C. ,

Meetings 53

Meetings Sustainability Contracts 2017 53

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JULY 21, 2023

We’ve had record attendance for our comeback conferences: RSAC, APA and Semi-con—corporate, tech, and association citywide conferences, all who were able to see through the white noise of the press, and all who, once here, marveled at how much the city has turned things around. Covid and its aftermath made us look inwards at ourselves.

Meetings 98

Meetings Food and Beverage Hotels Sustainability 98

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DECEMBER 1, 2016

This year, 44 venues from the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Singapore, Australia, Thailand, China and India participated in the 142-question Green Venue Report survey, providing the most comprehensive collection of results yet on topics ranging from food waste to energy efficiency and sustainability.

2015 40

2015 Sustainability Transportation Venues 40

SmartMeetings

MAY 31, 2017

Best Conference Center Hotel. of meeting space and a state-of-the-art conference center. Best Conference Center Hotel. Lied Lodge & Conference Center. At Lied Lodge & Conference Center, the definition of meeting space is different than most. Monterey Conference Center. Best Beach Hotel.

2017 74

2017 Hotels Meetings Conference 74

PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

What’s the best day you’ve had in the meetings industry so far? A few months before this announcement, I had a large conference where I pushed attendees further than they wanted to go by incorporating QR codes, iPads, and social media throughout the entire program. What’s the best day you’ve had in the meetings industry so far?

2017 69

2017 Education Hospitality Meetings 69