In keeping with this issue's green theme, first up are facilities that have helped to green meetings through land and resource use or energy-saving programs, or that have been recognized for their environmental efforts. ...
The GLOBE Foundation of Canada and DNC Parks and Resorts took top honors at the IMEX Environment Awards, held in Frankfurt, Germany, in April. Taking the gold award was the Globe Foundation's World Urban Forum 3, a 10,000-participant conference...
The debut of “Eco-Systems Sustainable Exhibits” captured the Buyer's Choice Award at the Exhibitor 2007 trade show in Las Vegas in March. This portable, modular exhibit system, created by Exhibit Design Consultants, Grand Rapids, Mich., was...
Meeting Professionals International has released a white paper addressing the role of our industry in greening meetings. The paper was drawn from the education sessions held in March at MPI's PEC Europe in Copenhagen...
In 2005, MCI, the global event giant headquartered in Geneva, organized Europe's 500 Entrepreneurs for Growth Summit in Barcelona. The managing director of MCI's Barcelona, Spain, office, Guy Bigwood, was handed the task of finding a speaker...
When Maja Leibovitz, president and CEO of Serious Celebrations, a New York-based event-management company, was asked by a financial services client to find a green venue in Manhattan for a 150-person conference, she turned to her friends at the...
At its Solutions Show at the Miami Global Education Conference in May, the Association of Corporate Travel Executives recognized exhibitors who are showcasing green solutions, tools, and products: ...
Like many Americans, Michael Steiner, executive vice president at Ovation Travel Group, feels the pull of today's environmental movement. He reads the papers; he's seen An Inconvenient Truth; he knows that a curb on greenhouse gases is needed to...
