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WTTC Survey Assesses Cities’ Sustainable Tourism Growth

Smart Meetings

Tourism, for all its economic and personal growth potential, has a massive environmental footprint. Sustainability efforts are key to keep the travel and tourism train going. In 2018, international visitors accounted for 81% of Bangkok’s tourism spend. Paris and 10. Bangkok Skyline. Bangkok came in at No.

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MGM Resorts International Hits Sustainability Milestone

Smart Meetings

The Earth’s climate keeps surprising its inhabitants with anomalies—and the hotel industry isn’t happy. MGM’s target is to reduce its overall greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2030, and source 100 percent renewable energy in the United States and 80 percent globally by 2030. Strange clouds in Warsaw, Poland. MGM Resorts.

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Keele University Events & Conferencing gain Green Meetings Gold Accreditation

Prestige Events Magazine

For over 25 years, Green Tourism has assessed and accredited the sustainable practices, however it is only in the past few years they have developed a new Green Meetings Standard to drive the message to conference and event customers of a venue’s valid investment in sustainability.

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California Passes Extensive Climate, Clean Energy Bill

Smart Meetings

In addition, SB-1137 calls for the closure of the state’s last nuclear power plant, Diablo Canyon, to be postponed until 2030. Hospitality, Tourism Industries Combat Climate Change. Climate change has definitely had an impact on tourism in Sonoma County,” says Vecchio. Read More : Healthy World: Is Net-zero Enough?

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More Associations Are Sounding the Climate Alarm

PCMA Convene

In April, the Glasgow Convention Bureau became the first DMO to join Tourism Declares Climate Emergency. One industry that both contributes to global warming and suffers from its negative effects is tourism. We may go and stay in a massive hotel, but we go and have dinner at the tiny, neighborhood restaurant. …

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Guest Blog: The 7 MICE hotspots of tomorrow revealed

Event Industry News

In the UAE, Dubai is continuing to benefit from its long-established brand in the business events world and now is home to over 96,000 bedrooms across 501 hotels, as well as over 7million sq ft of convention space. Tourism is at the heart of the UAE’s national economic development strategy. year-over-year. Huge success is forecast.

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1,000 New Rooms Make it Easier to Explore More of Cuba

SmartMeetings

Concrete signs that Cuba will be opening its arms to visitors in a big way —and not just in Havana—towered over the International Tourism Fair in Cuba the first week of May. million people in 2016 and boasts more than 62,000 hotel rooms. Innside by Melia will also be the brand applied to the 142-room Hotel Camaguey after a renovation.

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