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10 Safest Places to Travel in 2022

Smart Meetings

Berkshire Hathaway Travel Protection , the North American-based travel insurance company, released its annual “ Safest Places to Travel 2022 ” list just before the start of this year, detailed in a report by market researcher Kit Kiefer. Tourism waned in 2021, but with travel restrictions lifted as of Feb.

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WTTC Survey Assesses Cities’ Sustainable Tourism Growth

Smart Meetings

Sustainability efforts are key to keep the travel and tourism train going. In a report by World Travel & Tourism Council and JLL, “ Destination 2030: Global Cities’ Readiness For Sustainable Tourism Growth ,” the two organizations take a look at the cities making tourism sustainable. Macau, China; 2.

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Game Changer: Paris 2024 Olympics Takes Bold Strides Toward Sustainability

PCMA Convene

Paris 2024 may also achieve the Games’ highest level of sustainability yet by becoming the first to halve its carbon emissions compared to the average of London 2012 and Rio 2016. Sustainability is a key pillar of that roadmap. From Day One, [Paris 2024] was conceived with sustainability in mind.” million tons of CO2.

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TWT: American Airlines Is in the Money, Sonic ‘Boom’ at United

Smart Meetings

Editor’s note : This Week in Travel (TWT) is your essential guide to smoothing the road from here to there for your attendees and yourself. The American Airlines team has stepped up to meet the surge in demand for air travel while running a reliable operation in very challenging conditions. billion, representing a 12.2% Cancel Culture.

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Guest Blog: The mega-event industry’s relationship with its own carbon footprint

Event Industry News

The biggest contributor seems to be travel. Each study confirmed that travel is the biggest contributor to the carbon footprint of the mega-event industry. Per an Ecological Footprint analysis of the 2004 FA Cup Final, travel contributed to 54% of the total carbon footprint. Could certain forms of travel be subsidised?

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Case study: SAP Sapphire 2022 (10 locations)

The MICE

July 12: SAP Sapphire Tokyo . Since 1989, SAP has traditionally held a single, annual customer event where our customers, partners, prospects, and influencers travel from around the world to a single venue to connect in person with SAP and each other. Show how specific environmental/sustainability/ community challenges were met.

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The World Celebrates Second Annual GMID!

SmartMeetings

Travel Association, moderates a panel of top leaders at Global Meetings Industry Day. Lusaka, Zambia: Sustainable meetings and events forum. Tokyo, Japan: Professionals celebrated GMID for the first time in Japan. Here are some ways that planners from all over the globe participated! Roger Dow, president and CEO of U.S.

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