Sustainable hotels
To mark Earth Day, which takes place on 22 April, we explore how seven luxury hotels across the world are taking action to improve their sustainability.
Incentive Travel Evolution
inVOYAGE was delighted to partner with SITE South America to present a seminar on incentive travel trends post-pandemic last week (11 March). We share some of the key highlights…
Will the hybrid revolution accelerate the sustainable events movement?
Hybrid events are being touted as a key route to recovery for the events industry post-pandemic. But could embracing hybrid events also accelerate the industry’s transition to a more sustainable future?
The challenges of delivering an event with sustainability at its heart
Here, Top Banana Client and Commercial Director, Jemma Peers shares the key challenges, insights and learnings from delivering a with sustainability at its heart…
15 top tips for more sustainable events
Experience this…eco incentives in Costa Rica
With sustainability increasingly high on the agenda for event and incentive planners, and the focus shifting to how events can positively benefit their host destination, the demand for luxury properties with strong eco creds is growing.
Six luxury travel trends for 2020
Upskilling escapes, dispersed hotels and conscience-free cuisine have been named top luxury travel trends to look out for in 2020 by Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH).
Luxury travel insights with Mintel travel analyst Marloes De Vries
At inVOYAGE 2019 in Monaco last month, Mintel travel analyst Marloes De Vries shared her top three luxury travel trends from the company’s latest research report, out this month. We caught up with Marloes to find out more about the research and what it means for the luxury events market…
BCD M&E’s John Kelly on… CSR & sustainability in luxury events
Sustainability and CSR were key themes at inVOYAGE 2019, with John Kelly, senior director, marketing EMEA at BCD Meetings & Events, hosting both a panel debate and C-Suite session on the topic.
inVOYAGE sustainability panel calls on industry to take action
inVOYAGE has created a new LinkedIn Group for event professionals committed to creating a more sustainable events industry, following a panel session and C-Suite debate on the topic at inVOYAGE 2019 this week.
Mintel shares top three luxury travel trends
Exclusive experiences, tailor-made travel and green or responsible travel are the top three trends in the luxury travel sector according to Mintel travel analyst Marloes De Vries, who presented at inVOYAGE 2019 in Monaco this week.
60 seconds with… VO Communication’s Denis de Wagheneire on sustainability (Copy)
Sustainability will be a key theme at inVOYAGE 2019. And it’s a topic that Brussels-based VO Communication’s client services director Denis de Wagheneire – who is attending this year’s event as a buyer – is passionate about.
Five sustainability initiatives in Monaco
As part of its ongoing ‘Green is the New Glam campaign’ inVOYAGE 2019 host Monaco is committed to becoming a destination that is as environmentally conscious as it is glamorous.
Checking in: A luxury eco-resort in the Dubai desert
Dubai isn’t necessarily the first place you would think to look for a sustainable events venue. But if sustainability is as important to you as luxury, Al Maha, a Luxury Collection Desert Resort and Spa is a great option.
The fine balance of CSR and Luxury in events
Can luxury events really be sustainable? It’s a topic that was discussed at our C-Suite Summit, which brought together agency leaders in London last month. And our guest blogger this week, Top Banana’s director of venues, Louise Goalen, shares what the agency is doing to try and make luxury and sustainability work together…
60 seconds with… Hôtel Hermitage GM Louis Starck
inVOYAGE 2019 is now just two months away, so we catch up with Louis Starck, general manager at this year’s host hotel, Hotel Hermitage Monte-Carlo, about all things luxury and Monaco….
Nature experiences in Malaysian Borneo
Nestling along the three-kilometre Pantai Dalit beach, Shangri-La’s Rasa Ria Resort & Spa is home to a 64-acre protected nature reserve which forms the backdrop to the property’s new immersive programme of experiences.
4 ways to increase sustainability in incentive travel
Guest blogger, Penguins‘ project support manager – incentives, Sophie Darbon, discusses how to make incentive programmes more socially and environmentally-friendly.
Sustainability gets serious
It’s a tale of contrasts when discussing the importance of CSR and sustainability in the luxury events world. Depending on who you talk to – CSR is barely on the agenda at all, or it’s so important that it’s becoming an integral part of business pitches.