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Event Planner Challenges and Opportunities of the Next Decade

Maritz Global Events

The cost of hiring cross-border staff and securing booths and sponsorships will increase with Brexit. Carbon neutrality, sustainable design, and eco/green themes are becoming the new event fad. Sustainability means more significant, bolder actions by more events and organizations in our industry. Worth a GBP of 42.3

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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.