
Friday,June 26th, 2009
By Amy Henderson, CMP
In this economic climate, we are all looking for ways to save money and definitely don’t want to do anything that is going to make our event cost any more. Unfortunately, greening lands in that category for a lot of planners. However, there are actually a lot of ways you can still be [...]

Tuesday,June 23rd, 2009
By Brenda Houlihan
In today’s current economic conditions, are you trying to do more for less? Many clients are forced to drastically cut budgets because events have become lightning rods for criticism. Does this mean that we have to abandon the WOW of a special event because we do not want to risk the WHOA of [...]

Wednesday,June 17th, 2009
By Mike Smith, CMP
This February I had the pleasure of attending my second Green Meeting Industry Council (GMIC) – Greening the Hospitality Industry Conference in Pittsburgh where the theme was Action = Sustainability. During the conference, leaders of the GMIC issued a challenge to the event and hospitality industry to take action by diverting, recycling and [...]