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ExCel London Paves the Way for Green Meetings

Smart Meetings

Breaking down the company’s recent sustainability strategy International exhibition and convention center ExCel London is a carbon-neutral venue and an advocate for the path towards green meetings. ExCel plans to hold a minimum of 12 meetings with local stakeholders annually to support crime reduction. At over 100,000 sq.

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Will New Labor Deals Bring Budget Blues to Meetings?

MeetingsNet

The union for American Airlines’ pilots announced on August 27 that its 15,000 members have approved a new contract that brings an immediate 21 percent raise plus annual raises that will boost their pay a total of 46 percent by mid-2027. Employee pay at the company will rise by more than $10 per hour over the five-year deal.

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Strikes Begin at Several Meeting Hotels in SoCal

MeetingsNet

Under such a deal, wages for housekeepers in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles who currently earn 25 dollars an hour would rise 10 percent next year, and be more than 31 dollars per hour by 2027. Related Article: For Meetings, Wage Hikes at Hotels Have Upside and Downside

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A Look at Planners’ Powerful Partners: CSMs

MeetingsNet

It’s tough to imagine a meeting that might run more smoothly than the Event Services Professionals Association’s annual conference, the most recent edition of which took place in late January in Indianapolis. A lot of planners don’t know these experiences can happen in their meeting.”

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State-of-the-art new studio facility, B30 Studios, opens in the West Midlands this October

Event Industry News

billion by 2027. B30 Studios can meet even the most complex demand, not just for virtual and hybrid events, but TV productions, music videos, product launches, fashion shoots or filmed podcasts. to reach £26.3

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Australia Says G’Day to Returning Groups

Smart Meetings

After reopening to the world in February, Robin Mack, executive general manager of commercial and business events with Tourism Australia , reported in an interview at IMEX that groups are coming back to the country with postponed and new events both for the coming months and out to 2027. of meeting space) in Barangaroo.

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The QEII Centre: award win underscores venue’s commitment to sustainability

Prestige Events Magazine

World-renowned conference, events, meetings and exhibition centre, The QEII Centre , has scooped the Sustainability Award for Catering for its catering division, QEII Taste, at the London Venue & Catering Awards.