Event Industry News
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
The 2022 World Rowing Coastal Championships (WRCC), this year hosted by the UK for the first time, has achieved ISO 20121 sustainability accreditation for the entire event – the first rowing event of its type globally to have achieved ISO 20121 accreditation. We would contract them again without a moment’s hesitation.”
Smart Meetings
MAY 20, 2022
Of particular interest to many planners and attendees in 2022 is what can be done to account for and manage their carbon footprint. MeetGreen Director of Sustainability Eric Wallinger here and in photo at top. — IMEX (@IMEX_Group) May 5, 2022. A Place to Start. Learn more here: [link] #IMEX22 pic.twitter.com/hHF3FX2bck.
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Velvet Chainsaw
MARCH 15, 2023
Unless you plan events for a booming industry, your reality working for professional and trade associations is that revenue from your 2022 and 2023 meetings is 15 percent (or more) lower than 2019. Event planners should consider asking key suppliers to add a Service Level Agreement (SLA) to their contract.
Event Industry News
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
Events infrastructure specialists, GL events UK has been appointed as the Official Overlay Supporter for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. GL events and Birmingham 2022 are aligned in their aim to strengthen connections between communities in the West Midlands.
EncoreAPAC
FEBRUARY 19, 2023
Did you know that according to V-EX’s latest sustainability report, a three-day conference with 800 attendees carries the equivalent of 455 tonnes of CO2 – which is the same as 455 return flights from Paris to New York ? As a major player in the region, it’s our job to consider sustainability from the outset.
EncoreAPAC
MARCH 20, 2023
Sustainability is increasingly a consideration for both event planners and venues when choosing a production company. As Meetings Net describes it, the roadmap caused “perhaps its biggest public splash on the issue of making events sustainable.” I’m proud to say that EcoVadis granted Encore a silver medal in 2022.
MeetingsNet
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
A recent survey takes the pulse of meeting planners, asking about budgets, contracts, airfares, virtual meetings, and more. After rising costs, finding availability and service levels/quality were the next two biggest headaches for planners when the Q4 Meetings & Events Pulse Survey was conducted November 10 through December 16, 2022.
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