Community service projects are a hallmark of a growing number of religious conferences. “It’s a way to not only reach out and give back to the host city, but also to educate adults and youth on how they can do service in their own communities,”...

A Note from Regina Baraban, Editor-at-Large

Hundreds of industry professionals have helped create the soon-to-be released Green Meetings and Events Standards developed by the Convention Industry Council Accepted Practices Exchange (APEX) and ASTM International.

The sight of the Opryland Hotel underwater in May marked the beginning of an extreme weather season, highlighting for me the vulnerability of the meetings economy to effects of climate change...

Most meeting activities aimed at satisfying a commitment to corporate social responsibility are meaningful to meeting professionals and to a small minority of participants, but mostly irrelevant to the social, economic, and environmental goals...

New meeting industry event partnerships at IMEX America, AIBTM, and PCMA Virtual Edge are booming, with hopes of luring attendees and exhibitors.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide has introduced sustainable-meeting guidelines at all its North American properties and will expand the program globally in 2011.