Meeting & Event Tips & Traps

Green conventions or meetings are meeting related programs which are conducted in ways to minimize the environmental burdens imposed by such activities. Green meeting and event planners apply environmentally preferred or best “green“; practices to waste management, resource and energy use, travel and local transportation, food provision and disposal, site selections to include hotels and accommodations, and management and purchasing decisions.

Producers who launch successful new events rely on both market research and that gut instinct that only experience gives. Know what’s happening that can affect the industry you’re targeting. Read The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and other business publications. Don’t overlook international news related to your industry.