The Association of Corporate Travel Executives is leading the way in reducing carbon emissions among travel industry associations. It is partnering with British Airways to offset emissions from its two 2007 conferences, in Miami and Munich...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has changed the rules under which it decides which facilities to use for meetings; it will now include environmental achievement along with such factors as price and past performance when evaluating hotel...
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts has rolled out Eco-Meet, a program option for customers who want to green their events by using nondisposable items during meetings and breaks (china and cutlery instead of plastic, white boards instead of paper flip...
Shawna Mckinley became executive director of the Green Meeting Industry Council in October 2006, about the time the topic of green meetings became the hot button of the industry. And once the media attention on green issues inevitably begins to...
