The travel and tourism industry could do more for responsible and sustainable tourism, reveals a survey that took place at World Travel Market 2011 - the leading global event for the travel industry - by exhibitor SustainIt.

For the fourth year in a row, the San Diego Convention Center Corporation (SDCCC) was named a Waste Reduction Awards Program (WRAP) honoree. This is the seventh time the SDCCC has been a WRAP Award recipient since earning its first one in 1998. The environmentally-friendly facility received the WRAP Award in 1998, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010 and now in 2011.

Are the days of meeting planners hauling around huge binders full of every detail about a meeting going the way of the dinosaur?

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), owner and producer of the 2012 International CES, has announced the adoption of several new sustainability practices at the 2012 CES, the world’s largest technology tradeshow, to be held in Las Vegas, Nev., January 10-13, 2012.