EIC's Global Awards Celebration is a fantastic opportunity to honour our esteemed winners whose significant contributions are shaping the business events industry in extraordinary ways.
The celebration will take place on Monday 10 October 2022 at ARIA Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, in partnership with IMEX America.
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Designated by the United Nations, World Day Against Trafficking in Persons raises awareness and educates others about the thousands of people who are trafficked each year. It's an especially important day for raising awareness of this issue as individuals, organisations, and governments around the world standing together against trafficking. On this day, we encourage everyone to take action to prevent exploitation. This year’s theme is “Use and Abuse of Technology.”
Events Industry Council (EIC) is partnered with ECPAT-USA in the fight to end child exploitation and trafficking. For useful information and resources, visit ecpatusa.org.
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In 2021, EIC became signatories of The Code – a multi-stakeholder initiative which provides awareness, tools and support to the travel and tourism industry to protect children against sexual exploitation.
With Human Trafficking still a prominent and growing issue, we connected with Sandy Biback, Founder of Meeting Professionals Against Human Trafficking, to understand the signs of possible trafficking and what key questions we should be asking our suppliers and venues.
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By Benoit Sauvage, CMP Fellow, DMCP, CITP, Industry Relations at Connect DMC
Many may associate the Dominican Republic with its breath-taking white-sand beaches with crystal-clear waters, but located just 20 minutes away from the desirable town of Punta Cana is the rural and underprivileged community of Vista Alegre.
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In 2016, Zakia Moulaoui launched her business Invisible Cities, a social enterprise that trains people affected by homelessness to become walking tour guides of their own city and offer alternative tours to tourists and locals.
Zakia and her team provide high quality training to empower guides to create, craft and deliver tours that are their own which highlight monuments, people and places that they have chosen themselves.
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By Roger Lehner, Senior Operations Executive at the IMEX Group and member of the Events Industry Council's Sustainability & Social Impact Committee
As event professionals, we’re all aware of the potential of events to positively impact the people and communities that interact with them. Through year-round partnerships as well as on-site activity, event organisers can mobilise large numbers of people and create meaningful impacts on the community in a number of different ways.
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Name & Company?
AREMA
Number of years as a CMP?
14 years
Where did you grow up?
Los Angeles, CA
What did you want to (or think you’d) be when you grew up?
I wanted to be an architect. My dream came to fruition through a different means by becoming a meetings architect.
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Whether you are just beginning your path to the Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) Certification or you are ready to sit for your exam, attend the CMP candidate webinar on 18 August to make sure you are prepared.
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The Centre for Sustainability and Social Impact is a representation of EIC’s vision, mission and values. It provides globally relevant resources that champion the adoption of sustainable and socially impactful practices.
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The EIC Advance Collections, an exciting addition within EIC’s robust Knowledge Hub, are available in EIC’s Learning Management System (LMS).
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Have you joined the LinkedIn group for CMPs? Log in and connect with more than 7,800 fellow CMPs from around the world. Click here and request to join the group.
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The EIC Sustainable Event Standards, a set of eight standards have been designed to assess events and industry suppliers in support of environmental and social responsibility. They provide specific guidance for event organisers and partners, including accommodations, audio visual and production, destinations, exhibition services, food & beverage, integrated properties, and venues.
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According to the 2022 Q1 Barometer, 80% of global companies surveyed resumed domestic travel in 2022 Q1 (up 16% from 2021 Q4), and more than half (55%) had resumed international travel (up 77% from the previous quarter) following the easing of Covid travel restrictions across the world.
However, recovery across the business events sector eased in 2022 Q1, in part due to the impact of the Omicron variant in key markets. The slight step back in the recovery was indicated by both RFPs (down 2% from 2021 Q4) and hotel group room nights (down 10% from previous quarter).
Download the full report here.
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In conjunction with the release of the Resources for Workforce and Wellness Accepted Practices Guide, EIC launched a Career Centre on its website.
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In conjunction with the release of the Resources for Workforce and Wellness Accepted Practices Guide, EIC launched a Career Centre on its website.
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