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LEED Platinum Convention Center–Meet Sustainably in Portland

Smart Meetings

Meeting and event planners need to be aware of the values their organizations, companies, and clients want to demonstrate to their stakeholders. The LEED Platinum Oregon Convention Center (OCC) guarantees that you will have a sustainable event. Are you doing your part to lighten the carbon load? The best part?

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WalletHub’s Top Vegan-friendly Cities for Meeting Makers

Smart Meetings

Sustainability and accessibility are now essential ingredients for a meeting menu. For meeting professionals looking for places that can accommodate this growing population, WalletHub recently released a survey ranking the most vegan-friendly cities in America. Portland, Oregon: A Vegan Paradise.

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Call to action for event industry to collaborate in initiative as part of United Nations Sustainable Goal Summit

Event Industry News

Event industry professionals across the globe are being urged to take part in a vital initiative this month: “Engaging the global event industry with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.”. Other partners include IMEX, Maritz and The Oregon Convention Centre. Back in March 2019, 1.3

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Designing for Your Event Objectives & More: 5 Key Takeaways from e4 2019

Maritz Global Events

Well being expands into the realms of intellectual (creativity), social (corporate social responsibility), environmental (sustainability) wellness and more. We also learned about creating different zones in the same space, offering guests a variety of opportunities without making them leave the meeting area. Looking Ahead to 2020.

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Holiday Events and Cyber Sales for Company Celebrations, Gifting

Smart Meetings

To cite but one packager, Tinggly , a travel company that organizes affordable, giftable and sustainable travel experiences around the world, has hundreds of new international excursions with all the wintry charm for welcoming whomever the cold brings in. The Saint-Barthelemy hotel opened in 2019, but this is its first Cyber sale.

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Food Rescue and Donating to Those in Need: The Law Is On Your Side

Smart Meetings

Socially conscious meeting professionals are not the only ones working toward solutions and finding ways to actively engage in the effort to curb food waste and help those in need. I would look into the venue’s sustainability and green meeting information,” she says. The George R.