With respect to the “weight of the lift,” audio and visual (A/V), staging, and lighting have the most immediate effect on cost efficiency for a supply chain. It makes sense that this element of the event supply chain were early adopters even if they did not realize they were being more sustainable.
In Exhibit City New’s Quarter 2 magazine of 2025 the article “The Sustainability Myth” (page 80) appeared. Based on several interviews with executives regarding the misperception that sustainability costs more, the myth that sustainability was difficult to achieve was refuted.
The Future is Reusable by Glenn Hansen Looking for a sustainable alternative to single-use exhibit components? You’re not alone. Across the events industry, several new
Read full article in our Q3 Issuu HERE . Sustainability has been a hot topic for businesses for years now, and many companies are taking
by H. K. Wilson Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. This is the mantra that convention centers across the nation have repeated while striving to reduce their
by Haley Wilson Freeman On October 8, the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a comprehensive report warning that world governments must make
by Haley Wilson Freeman Remember when having a vegetarian meal option at a convention banquet was considered a food-forward alternative? In these days of diverse
by Haley Wilson Freeman The city of San Francisco is like a wrapped gift, and the Golden Gate Bridge the bright red bow that ties
by Haley Wilson-Freeman Twenty years ago, I attended a conference in Dallas, Texas. At the gala dinner, 2,000 selfie-worthy filet mignon steaks were plated and
by Haley Freeman Have you been inside a classroom, department store or convention hall, with fluorescent lights flickering overhead, and felt a general ickiness descend
by Haley Freeman During the decade since the EPA declared the meetings and conventions industry the second most wasteful in the U.S. (behind building and
I was a kid in the 1970s, and I remember watching the Keep America Beautiful ads on television featuring Iron Eyes Cody, the “Crying Indian.”
