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Real Results, Real Impact: EventMobi Celebrates GMID 2018

Eventmobi

Business meetings, conferences, conventions, incentive travel, trade shows and exhibitions have the ability to evolve and enable the way people, business, and communities work together to make a greater impact. IATA is the trade association for the world’s airlines, representing over 280 airlines, which amounts to 83% of total air traffic.

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The Benefits of Running a CSR Event

Eventmobi

For example, many airlines run CSR campaigns meant to offset the carbon emissions that result from air travel. Oracle OpenWorld is on a mission “to host the most sustainable conference in the world.”. It refers to the obligation corporations have to provide non-profit-oriented support to their local and global communities.

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How to trash your brand

Conferences that Work

If I could completely avoid flying American Airlines I would. Not because of the airline’s mediocre rankings in on-time arrivals, lost baggage, fees, and customer satisfaction. After all, there are some airlines that are even worse (Spirit, I’m looking at you ). There’s a big difference.

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Climate Debate: Caring for the Planet vs. Flying to Conferences

PCMA Convene

But the prospect of continued investment in an exploding airline industry doesn’t excite everyone — including Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old environmental activist from Sweden who founded the international school strike for the climate movement last year. Airlines Get Serious About Going Green. The world’s airlines, including U.S.

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Market Trends Point to Strong Growth for Meeting Venues

Smart Meetings

The revenue per available hotel room (RevPAR) across the conference and meetings market is predicted to grow by 3.5 Forecasts for 2018 in general predicted higher costs across hotels, airlines and venues, and it is a trend that will continue if occupancy remains high. Unfortunately, this means higher prices for attendees.

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MPI Turns to Indy for 2018 WEC

SmartMeetings

Visit Indy will be hosting WEC 2018 June 2 through 5, 2018 at the Indiana Convention Center & Lucas Oil Stadium in downtown Indianapolis. It is home to 250 restaurants in walking distance of the conference center and was named Conde Nast Traveler ’s Most Underrated Food City and one of Zagat’s Hottest Food Cities.

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Greenwashing – How to Avoid It

Conference Care

The advert stated they were the airline with the lowest emissions. In 2018, they were also one of the top 10 biggest polluters in Europe. The Advertising Standards Agency found that the data omitted some of the major airlines. This makes the claim less meaningful. This makes the claim less meaningful.