The Eastside Rooms predicts the events and meetings trends for 2023 and sees the year as The Great Evolution. “The last two years can probably be characterised in similarly sweeping terms; 2021, The Great Return; 2022, The Great Demand. For us at the Eastside Rooms 2023 could be defined as The Great Evolution. But it […]

We spoke to Angelee Rathor, founder of SevenTravel, the slow travel specialist. Where does your passion for slow travel come from? My passion for slow travel came during the Covid pandemic – a moment when life slowed down, and we started to reconnect with nature and our local communities, as everything to do with travel […]

Sustainability has become a major consideration for every business. Whatever we do, there is a responsibility to reduce our impact on the environment. And meetings are no different. In fact, Marriott Bonvoy Events conducted research with meeting bookers revealing that over 60% of them consider sustainability when they choose a venue. Sustainability in meeting venues […]

The team at The 616 Venue has created a luxury venue out of a beautiful barn and its surrounding buildings, nestled in the famous Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire. We recently hosted a client who’d booked the venue for a corporate getaway. Post-pandemic they had some serious ground to cover but we knew that they also […]

Christmas is a great opportunity for meaningful employee gifting, and as a one-stop shop gifting platform, we’ve noticed a shift towards more sustainable gifts. Sustainability means consuming less and reusing more. It might feel like we can’t apply this principle to gifting, but there are plenty of ways to reward teams more mindfully. This new […]

Growing engagement through sustainable events By Caroline Medcalf, Sharon Bannister and Dana Moore at Agiito Sustainability is an integral part of most organisations business strategy today, whilst each is on a different journey, some are further ahead than others. With the ever-increasing emphasis on reducing an organisations environmental impact from business activity, our role is […]

BMA House is amongst the first venues in the world to achieve Greengage’s ECOsmart Platinum accreditation. Platinum venues are described as having an: Outstanding approach with the highest possible standard of environmental sustainability applied. Platinum ECOsmart venues are leaders in hospitality and have considered sustainability in all aspects of their business. In addition to the […]

The Kia Oval has created a new role of Head of Sustainability, reflecting the commitment of the business to being carbon neutral by 2030. Emily Pritchard has been appointed to the position, having previously held the role of Conference and Events Sales Manager at The Kia Oval. The new role will focus on building on […]

Social Supermarket is delighted to offer PA Life Club members 10% discount on your first order of £1,000 or more. HOW TO REDEEM YOUR OFFER: This offer is valid for PA Life Club members only. If you are not a member but would like to join please visit the Club section for further information. Offer […]

For PAs and event planners looking for eco-friendly places to stay or host events, it’s good to know that the Goodwood Hotel has just been nominated for a green UK business award. The award is timed well as Goodwood reveals its plans to become one of the most sustainable estates in the world. Goodwood is […]

If the covid pandemic has told businesses anything it’s to be prepared for change. Research conducted by BusinessWaste.co.uk has discovered that over two thirds (67%) of employees demand that we become more sustainable. With many workers having returned to the office the poll of 1,500 UK employees highlights a shift among workers as they are […]

A new report released by event tech scale-up, HeadBox, reveals a whopping 80% of workplaces are not running sustainable meetings and events according to their employees. Additionally, 44% of those aged 18-24 say the reduction of carbon emissions from travelling to an event is their top reason for preferring certain meetings and events to be […]

The Venues Collection has launched its ‘Meetings for Change’ day delegate rate (DDR) and a 24-hour delegate rate package to make it easy for event organisers to choose sustainable options for their meetings, training sessions and events. The packages focus on the recently launched Meetings for Change initiative, which is a five point charter focussing […]

If you’re looking to ensure your meeting and events are more sustainable, a new solution has been launched to help. Greengage, an independent provider of advice and accreditation to the meetings and travel industry, has launched EVENTsmart, a carbon calculator for responsible meetings and events of all sizes. EVENTsmart is launched in response to demand […]

Working sustainably is a goal for many business leaders in 2022, yet with all the other obstacles businesses have had to navigate in the last couple of years, it has been tough to keep the environment as a top priority. Creating and sticking to a company-wide environmental policy is a great start but creating that […]

Over 60 PAs and EAs got together last week for the first physical PA Life Meet Up since before the pandemic. The event, which was bought together through a partnership between PA Life and Lime Venue Portfolio, saw the close network of senior PAs convene at Penethorne’s Bar and venue at Somerset House. While the […]

Green Tourism and the Meetings Industry Association (mia) have secured an exclusive five-year partnership to drive standards for sustainable business meetings and events.  Following the launch of Green Tourism’s ‘Green Meetings’ standard in June 2021, the mia has joined forces with thesustainability support programme. The partnership will help mia members secure Green Tourism’s accreditation, which has a strict […]

Warwick Conferences has been awarded the prestigious ECOsmart Gold Status by Greengage Solutions for a second year running. ECOSmart Gold Status, which is an industry standard accreditation, is awarded to meeting venues that are able to demonstrate their eco-friendly approaches in five areas. These areas include rooms and facilities, conservation of water and energy, waste […]