Sustainability · July 2018
Issue02
Second-Tier Cities and the Sustainability Argument
Smaller host cities are pitching shorter delegate travel distances and lower per-capita footprints as a genuine sustainability advantage.
Sustainability
July 2018
No. 02 — July 2018
Second-Tier Cities and the Sustainability Argument
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What Issue 02 covers
Smaller host cities are pitching shorter delegate travel distances and lower per-capita footprints as a genuine sustainability advantage.
This brief is drawn from Issue 02 of PLENARY Magazine, published July 2018. The full digital edition includes the complete feature, supporting data, and interviews with association executives, convention bureaux and PCOs referenced in this story.
Also in Issue 02
- Destination and venue updates from across the global MICE market
- Association leadership interviews and governance case studies
- Industry data on congress attendance, budgets and technology adoption
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