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ThE rEViEW<br />
M e e T I n g P L A c e<br />
“probably the<br />
best awards<br />
in travel. It’s<br />
so motivating<br />
for our staff<br />
to see their<br />
name in lights<br />
and socialise<br />
with industry<br />
peers”<br />
Nominations open<br />
<strong>Jan</strong>uary <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
thebusinesstravel<br />
peopleawards.com<br />
ihg says 'meet on Us'<br />
with new Voco brand<br />
iHG Has launched a 'Meet On Us' campaign designed to<br />
drive groups and meetings business across its year-old Voco<br />
hotels brand. Aimed at occasional meeting planners, those<br />
booking more than ten guest rooms per night at any Voco<br />
hotel will be offered a complimentary meeting room.<br />
<strong>The</strong> promotion applies to all bookings made before 1st<br />
February <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong> for group stays, meetings or events taking<br />
place before 31st <strong>Dec</strong>ember <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong>. <strong>The</strong> launch comes as IHG<br />
has set its sights on opening more than <strong>20</strong>0 Voco hotels over<br />
the coming 10 years. Since launching a year ago, IHG has<br />
opened Voco properties in Cardiff, Solihull and Oxford, as<br />
well as two in Australia (Gold Coast and Hunter Valley) and<br />
two in the Middle East (Riyadh and Dubai).<br />
15-<strong>20</strong>%<br />
Average food wastage at<br />
meetings and events<br />
<strong>The</strong> average event<br />
wastes between 15%<br />
and <strong>20</strong>% of the food it<br />
produces, according<br />
to a report from Lime<br />
Venue Portfolio and<br />
BCD. "Food waste<br />
isn’t about ignorance,<br />
it’s about changing<br />
behaviour", it says, as<br />
the report addresses<br />
the 'Fear of Running<br />
Out' syndrome<br />
millEnnials'<br />
sUsTainaBlE<br />
m&E sTancE<br />
sustainaBiLitY will be a key<br />
consideration for the meetings<br />
and events industry in <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong>,<br />
says CWT Meetings & Events.<br />
As part of its M&E <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong> Future<br />
Trends report, the TMC has<br />
published a Future of Sustainable<br />
Events guide in which it says<br />
sustainability will be an ever more<br />
important business consideration<br />
for the $840billion industry.<br />
“It’s supported by the next<br />
generation of travellers – the<br />
millennials who are poised to<br />
become the biggest group of<br />
business travellers globally from<br />
<strong>20</strong>24 onwards, and the centennials<br />
who are right behind them,” says<br />
says Derek Sharp, Senior Vice<br />
President and Managing Director,<br />
CWT Meetings & Events.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>y want to continue meeting<br />
in popular destinations, but they<br />
are also hyper aware of the need<br />
to adopt sustainable practices that<br />
respect the environment and local<br />
communities wherever they go.”<br />
hallmark's<br />
nEW TEch for<br />
laTE BookErs<br />
HaLLMarK HotELs has<br />
launched a new online system to<br />
make meeting room bookings for<br />
up to <strong>20</strong> delegates quicker than<br />
ever, “for a new generation of last<br />
minute organisers”. <strong>The</strong> group has<br />
seen a 15% increase in small<br />
group meeting enquiries online.<br />
<strong>The</strong> new functionality - which<br />
works across 22 of the group's<br />
hotels nationwide – simply takes<br />
details of group size, preferred<br />
hotel, date and contact details for<br />
bookers to secure a meeting<br />
space at any time of day. Small<br />
group meetings account for<br />
almost 50% of all the group’s<br />
online meeting queries.<br />
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