Meeting Planning Toolbox

To achieve true sustainability, planners should understand where the energy comes from that's powering their meetings. Here's how to do that—with or without the venue's assistance.

Staff responsibilities and use of space are changing along with technology offerings, all to provide better service for events.

At a recent conference for event planners, meetings guru Will Curran addressed several factors that are reshaping business events in the near future.

With so much of meetings' carbon emissions coming from participant travel, planners must keep abreast of the efforts to reduce that impact.

At a recent conference for event planners, a motivational speaker drove home his message with eye-popping demonstrations before an industry expert delivered valuable insights about the next generation of meeting attendees.

Is there a future for pre-scheduled appointments at exhibitions? One industry leader believes strongly in their value.

Designed for planning teams with large meeting portfolios, Thrust Events consolidates the task of gathering and analyzing carbon-emission data from participant travel and on-site activity.

More properties are joining the platform that allows planners to secure group room blocks for small meetings without an RFP.

Contract clauses that spell out a venue's sustainability responsibilities aren't effective unless there are consequences for non-performance.