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Welcome aboard Oceandiva London – the UK’s first CO2-neutral venue on water

Event Industry News

Launching Autumn 2022, Smart Group in collaboration with Oceandiva, will launch the UK’s first CO2-neutral venue on the Thames which will revolutionise the events and hospitality sector. Our unique position as leaders in venue ownership, event management and catering services make Smart Group the ideal operators of Oceandiva London.’.

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Green Lights: How Venues are Adopting Zero-waste Solutions and Reducing Emissions

Event Marketer

Your monthly event sustainability update In our April Industry Pulse Survey , 72 percent of event marketers said sustainability plays a role in vendor and/or material sourcing and selection, and half of the survey’s respondents said they are eliminating single-use plastic at their events and activations.

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Welcome aboard Oceandiva London – the UK’s first CO2-neutral venue on water

Prestige Events Magazine

Launching Autumn 2022, Smart Group in collaboration with Oceandiva, will launch the UK’s first CO2-neutral venue on the Thames which will revolutionise the events and hospitality sector. Our unique position as leaders in venue ownership, event management and catering services make Smart Group the ideal operators of Oceandiva London.’.

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Rotterdam will host the World Energy Congress in 2025

Event Industry News

A Dutch bid by WEC The Netherlands, together with proposed host city Rotterdam and several bid partners, was announced the winner of an international bid process for the 2025 edition of this event by the World Energy Council (London). Theme for the Dutch 2025 edition of the congress will be ‘Sustainable Energy for all’.

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Meetings Recovery Continues Upward Trajectory, According to New Report

Smart Meetings

In the report of 98 global venue operators, Europe (including Sweden, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Belgium, and the Netherlands) and the Americas are showing encouraging signs of a meetings industry increasingly seeing itself in a better place as the weeks pass by. Social Responsibility and Sustainability. Hybrid Is Down.

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The future of events, venues and cities: learnings about how to future-proof against future crises

The MICE

From March 2020, the guidelines regarding hosting events were constantly changing and challenging the live events industry, but with reliable partners and a ‘make it happen’ attitude, the venue and the host city of Rotterdam worked on scenario planning that allowed them to safely host the ESC in May the following year. We had several plans.

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A Greener Festival reveal the festivals and events reducing their environmental impact

Event Industry News

Launched in 2007, the AGF Awards is a pioneering certification setting the standard for sustainable events. The standards have been developed over 15 years in consultation with 1000s of events, event services, suppliers and sustainability experts across key areas assessed.

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