Sustainable Events: Holiday Season Medley

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Michael Luehrs

What better way to close out a busy 2011 than with rousing, inspiring, infectiously enthusiastic, innovative sustainable event initiatives? We been busy elves of sustainability these last several months and wish to share a few of the events about which we are excited here. As always, we’d very much enjoy hearing about actions and ideas [...]

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The Business of Sustainability

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Guy Bigwood

More than half of the world´s population lives in cities. This urban population is responsible for of 80% of the greenhouse gas emissions. With this in mind the future of cities and the future of the meetings industry cannot be imagined without considering sustainability. In this presentation, that I delivered in Singapore I share my [...]

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Vulnerability of air travel and its effect on the meetings industry.

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Guy Bigwood

Today at the GMIC Conference in Portland Oregon, I led a fascinating panel about the business dimension of sustainability. It focused on how macro trends and issues will affect the meetings industry. One of the panellist was Dr Ian Lee, an expert on the aviation industry from the Sprott School of Business . In the dialog [...]

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Green and Sustainable events: can 2011 be a ‘corner turner’?

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Michael Luehrs

The many ’2010, a year in review’ lists (random example here) prompt consideration of what meeting industry trends might indicate, if anything, for 2011.  2010 saw many high water marks in the pursuit of greater sustainable event performance which, in list form, might look like this: 10.  The app.  Rapid uptake of smart phones and [...]

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Trends in marketing sustainable destinations

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Guy Bigwood

Working with various tourism authorities and cities around the world, we have come to see that there are some developing trends in positioning and marketing a sustainable meetings destination. This presentation uses case studies to highlight some of the key aspects of the pillars of a sustainable meetings destination Leadership Strategy development Stakeholder engagement Good [...]

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Sustainable Meetings, Copenhagen style

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Michael Luehrs

COP15 was a transformative event for those closest to it, the organizers and the host city, Copenhagen.  The largest political event to ever happen in Denmark, COP15 brought unique challenges and opportunities. The story of how they worked together to deliver the first United Nations event to ever achieve BS8901 sustainable event management criteria is [...]

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Leadership: Grab the bull by the horns

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Guy Bigwood

Grabing the bull by the horns This week I have had the pleasure of working in Andalusia in the South of Spain. I had not been to Sevilla for some years and I was struck by how this beautiful  city had invested in pedestrianizing the center, installing a new hi-tech tramway and a public biking [...]

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Recyclable waste: too precious to burn?

Posted on February 20, 2010 by Michael Luehrs

Meeting planners, do you know what happens to the waste from your event? Many communities  incinerate waste in an  effort to reduce costs (financial, aesthetic, perhaps environmental?) associated with landfills. The act of incineration often provides a secondary benefit of generating energy.  In Copenhagen, Denmark, for example, 5% of the energy source mix comes from [...]

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‘Green Meeting’? Destination Matters

Posted on January 31, 2010 by Michael Luehrs

A new Yale study examines the environmental performance of 163 nations with some revealing results.  The Environmental Performance Index 2010 Top 5 positions are not a surprise but Costa Rica at #3? Well done!  Congratulations to Iceland, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Sweden and Norway whose collective efforts to observe environmental stewardship in a systemic, long term [...]

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Marketing sustainable destinations

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Guy Bigwood

In continuation to last post, in Mexico i gave a second keynote at the National Tourism Congress about Creating and marketing sustainable destinations. In the attached presentation I talk about Risk and opportunities presented to Smart destinations around the “sustainability revolutions” Provide some examples of destinations who are leading the market Provide a framework that [...]

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