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A Host Facility’s Energy Sources: What Planners Should Know

MeetingsNet

To achieve true sustainability, planners should understand where the energy comes from that's powering their meetings. For instance, the Hotel Marcel in New Haven, Conn., Here's how to do that—with or without the venue's assistance. An event venue’s power source has a notable effect on a meeting’s total carbon emissions.

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10x Your Next Conference: Why Now, More Than Ever, You Should Use Holistic Procurement Methodology

Smart Meetings

A 7-Step Process A true process will go beyond RFP sourcing and site selection, contracting and negotiations. Read More : Year of the Sustainable RFP Let me connect the dots for you. The choices made here ripple through to create a more responsible and sustainable event industry.

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10x Your Next Conference: Why Now, More Than Ever, You Should Use Holistic Procurement Methodology

SmartMeetings

A 7-Step Process A true process will go beyond RFP sourcing and site selection, contracting and negotiations. Read More : Year of the Sustainable RFP Let me connect the dots for you. The choices made here ripple through to create a more responsible and sustainable event industry.

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More Associations Are Sounding the Climate Alarm

PCMA Convene

Rather than leaving it solely up to governments to take action on climate change, associations representing industry and professional sectors that are not directly related to environmental health are declaring climate emergencies in an effort to encourage their members to lead the charge for a more sustainable future. On the Program.

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The Women (and Men) Tell All: Third-Party Planners Edition

Connect Your Meetings

For many organizations, using meetings procurement companies (aka, third-party planners) like HelmsBriscoe and ConferenceDirect for site selection, contracts and other meeting planning functions is crucial to executing a successful event. Brett Sterenson, Hotel Lobbyists. “In-house Their concerns are my concerns.

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28th Annual Meetings Market Survey: Slower Growth Ahead

PCMA Convene

One respondent actually was hoping for a slowdown, mentioning this wish-list item for 2019: “A downturn in the market so hotels become more flexible in their revenue-management practices.”. Increasing prices from hotels is killing me!!!” The economic verdict in Davos, according to Bloomberg ? One respondent commented: “BUDGET!!!!!!

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The 33 skills meeting and event planners need to succeed

Plan Your Meetings

Develop the sustainability plan for meeting or event. If you’re strategic about creating a sustainability plan for your event you can have a powerful positive impact on the environment, your participants and your host communities. Implement a sustainability management plan. Implement a sustainability management plan.