United Nations
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Blackout Dates More Prevalent?
… Lazard, adding that the company's preferred hotels add more blackout dates every year. "Europeans never know it's United Nations week [in September in New York City] and want to do meetings, so we can never access our rate," she explained. The …
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PwC Measures Annual U.S. Meetings Industry Spending At $263B
… defensive, the meetings industry's largest associations joined forces to determine how much money the industry provides to the U ..... meeting planning and production costs. PwC hewed to a refined United Nations World Tourism Organization's definition of a meeting as …
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The 25 Most Influential Executives Of The Business Travel Industry Of 2010
… Foundation ahead of the March 2010 Massivegood launch at the United Nations and the June 2010 launch of the corporate travel component ..... normally quite stiff competitors and they decided to join forces with us." Coordinating with the many other travel industry …
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Amadeus Adopts ICAO Emissions Calculations
… methodology is U.K.-centric, it is a significant advancement." Earlier this year, said a statement from Amadeus, the United Nations adopted ICAO's carbon calculator as its official tool for quantifying its own air travel CO 2 footprint. ICAO's carbon …
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Op-Ed: Cap-And-Trade Policy Could Hamper The Reduction Of Airline Carbon Emissions
… emissions reductions should be governed by the International Civil Aviation Organization, a sister body under the United Nations to the U . N . Framework Convention on Climate Change, which has been charged with governing aviation for nearly 75 years …
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Profiles In Travel Management: Green Efforts Prep Co. To Focus On Cutting Cost
… participates in The Carbon Disclosure Project, an international database of corporate carbon emissions, and is a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact, which among other corporate practices focuses on environmental sustainability. Its travel management company …
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The 2008 Corporate Travel 100: Full Listing
… Fund $47 93. Nike $46.8 94. Nokia $46 95. UnitedHealth Group $45.5 96. Bristol-Myers Squibb $44.9 97. KBR $44 98. Cargill $43.7 99. United Nations $43.1 100. 3M $43 *2007 U.S. booked air volume, in millions
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ACTE Sees Red From Green Taxes
… social responsibility initiatives and create other industry cost pressures. "If governments want to make a dent in what the United Nations has estimated is 2 percent of the world's carbon emissions that are generated from air travel, the real opportunity is …
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TRX, Others Refine Carbon Analysis
… Solutions, seat pitch and width data from SeatGuru and uses the Emission Inventory Guidebook issued by a subset of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, among other data sources. TRX said it also would continue to refine the tool and plans …
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ACTE Opposes Green Tax, Names Booz Allen's Weeks President-Elect
… responsibility initiatives and create additional industry cost pressures. "If governments want to make a dent in what the United Nations has estimated is 2 percent of the world's carbon emissions that are generated from air travel, the real opportunity is …
