Posted in Events and Meetings, Featured

IMEX and Events Industry Council encourage Innovation in Sustainability

Share this

The IMEX Group is again demonstrating its commitment to encouraging best practice in sustainability within the meetings industry worldwide. It is joining with the Event Industry Council (EIC) in promoting the IMEX- EIC Innovation in Sustainability Award.

The Award is now open for entries, to be submitted by 1 March 2018, and the winner will be revealed at the IMEX in Frankfurt Gala Dinner taking place on Wednesday 16 May 2018.

This IMEX- EIC Innovation in Sustainability Award has been created to give well deserved recognition to a meeting, incentive, convention or exhibition programme stakeholder team who are driving forward sustainability. In particular, it recognises innovation that strengthens the meetings industry by leveraging sustainable practices and supports environmental, social and economic success and long-term resilience.

Carina Bauer, CEO, IMEX Group
The judges’ criteria will include the impact on the environment, community and local economy; innovation in sustainability, collaboration with stakeholders and legacy.

2017 Winner

This year’s successful entrant will follow Carlson Rezidor, the inaugural winner in 2017 for their Blu Planet initiative, which was implemented throughout Radisson Blu Hotels. This focussed on promoting water mindfulness, both in guest actions and hotel operations.

Carina Bauer, CEO of the IMEX Group, explains: “Sustainability has been one of our core values since our inaugural show 15 years ago. We are committed not only to implementing sustainability best practice at our shows but also to encouraging the industry to do so, through our education programmes and through initiatives such as this award. It’s heartening to see how many organisations have, over the years, demonstrated their creativity and commitment to sustainability. Who’d have thought it was possible, even five years ago, for Superbowl 2018 to declare a zero-waste target? Times have really changed and IMEX is delighted to celebrate and support that change.”

#IMEX18

For information about IMEX in Frankfurt, please visit the new website.

Cheap Flights to Frankfurt

OriginDeparture atReturn atFind tickets
London26 June 202629 June 2026Tickets from 36
Milan1 July 202612 July 2026Tickets from 63
Rijeka23 July 202627 July 2026Tickets from 72
Vilnius9 September 202614 September 2026Tickets from 74
Rome8 July 202615 July 2026Tickets from 77
Barcelona20 July 20263 August 2026Tickets from 78
Wroclaw22 June 202624 June 2026Tickets from 90
Valencia10 July 202613 July 2026Tickets from 92
Cologne12 June 202616 June 2026Tickets from 92
Bucharest27 June 20264 July 2026Tickets from 97
Alicante9 June 202610 June 2026Tickets from 103
Strasbourg10 July 202613 July 2026Tickets from 104
Luxembourg10 June 202617 June 2026Tickets from 109
Palma Mallorca7 September 202614 September 2026Tickets from 114
Girona10 July 202613 July 2026Tickets from 114
Malaga9 July 20262 August 2026Tickets from 115
Kerry County14 August 202620 August 2026Tickets from 115
Paris16 June 202622 June 2026Tickets from 117
Prague23 November 202627 November 2026Tickets from 118
Hamburg10 August 202617 August 2026Tickets from 118
Dublin23 November 202627 November 2026Tickets from 118
Madrid9 July 202612 July 2026Tickets from 119
Poznan22 June 202624 June 2026Tickets from 119
Karlsruhe/Baden Baden11 August 202618 August 2026Tickets from 121
Budapest12 June 202615 June 2026Tickets from 121
Riga10 September 202614 September 2026Tickets from 122
Kutaisi29 December 20262 January 2027Tickets from 122
Berlin14 August 202616 August 2026Tickets from 123
Sofia17 June 202624 June 2026Tickets from 124
Krakow17 September 202625 September 2026Tickets from 124
Naples29 July 202631 July 2026Tickets from 126
Turin16 June 202620 June 2026Tickets from 126
Pisa16 June 202618 June 2026Tickets from 126
Istanbul7 October 202611 November 2026Tickets from 127
Vienna15 June 202617 June 2026Tickets from 127
Warsaw14 July 202628 July 2026Tickets from 128
Bari22 September 202627 September 2026Tickets from 129
Bratislava15 June 202616 June 2026Tickets from 134
Rzeszow12 September 202621 September 2026Tickets from 134
Athens17 November 202618 November 2026Tickets from 135
Oslo18 June 202623 June 2026Tickets from 135
Zagreb17 June 202617 June 2026Tickets from 138
Venice9 July 202628 July 2026Tickets from 140
Kaunas11 September 202614 September 2026Tickets from 140
Marseille1 July 202631 July 2026Tickets from 143
Palermo1 July 202631 July 2026Tickets from 144
Copenhagen9 June 202619 June 2026Tickets from 146
Timisoara20 December 20268 January 2027Tickets from 146
Sevilla23 July 202630 July 2026Tickets from 147
Helsinki17 September 202621 September 2026Tickets from 151
Gothenburg8 June 202615 June 2026Tickets from 151
Stockholm9 June 202612 June 2026Tickets from 152
Chisinau28 September 202612 October 2026Tickets from 152
Gdansk3 August 202610 August 2026Tickets from 153
Ibiza17 June 202621 June 2026Tickets from 154
Pula24 September 202625 September 2026Tickets from 156
Faro13 July 202620 July 2026Tickets from 158
Varna10 July 202615 July 2026Tickets from 159
Genoa15 June 202618 June 2026Tickets from 161
Tallinn18 August 202625 August 2026Tickets from 165
Antalya29 June 20266 July 2026Tickets from 165
Shannon18 June 202625 June 2026Tickets from 165
Cork26 June 202624 July 2026Tickets from 167
Porto27 June 202611 July 2026Tickets from 168
Tirana15 August 202630 August 2026Tickets from 168
Katowice27 July 202631 July 2026Tickets from 169
Bilbao21 July 202623 July 2026Tickets from 169
Belgrade27 July 202610 August 2026Tickets from 170
Tenerife10 June 202615 June 2026Tickets from 170
Dusseldorf8 July 202611 August 2026Tickets from 173
Manchester12 November 202617 November 2026Tickets from 177
Hanover1 September 202621 September 2026Tickets from 179
Bourgas6 October 202613 October 2026Tickets from 180
Dortmund23 July 202629 July 2026Tickets from 181
Geneva15 June 202629 June 2026Tickets from 182
Basel, Switzerland/Mulhouse8 June 202610 June 2026Tickets from 183
Suceava12 September 202621 September 2026Tickets from 184
Dresden31 July 20262 August 2026Tickets from 185
Malta17 July 202620 July 2026Tickets from 185
Newcastle5 August 202611 August 2026Tickets from 187
Lisbon1 March 20278 March 2027Tickets from 190
Split19 June 202630 June 2026Tickets from 194
Yerevan7 July 202631 August 2026Tickets from 197
Algiers20 July 202610 August 2026Tickets from 197
Nice16 June 202620 June 2026Tickets from 197
Kerkyra25 September 20263 October 2026Tickets from 197
Ankara14 June 202617 June 2026Tickets from 197
Thessaloniki17 July 202622 July 2026Tickets from 199
Dubrovnik28 July 20263 August 2026Tickets from 208
Vigo20 July 202623 July 2026Tickets from 208
Brussels25 July 20261 August 2026Tickets from 210
Lodz16 July 202617 July 2026Tickets from 212
Trieste20 July 202623 July 2026Tickets from 213
Tivat26 June 202627 June 2026Tickets from 214
Podgorica18 December 20268 January 2027Tickets from 215
Larnaca6 April 20279 April 2027Tickets from 215
Stuttgart20 July 20269 August 2026Tickets from 217
Baku29 March 202713 April 2027Tickets from 217
Munich30 July 202630 July 2026Tickets from 219
Lyon10 July 202612 July 2026Tickets from 225

How useful was this post?

Click on a star to rate it!

Average rating 0 / 5. Vote count: 0

No votes so far! Be the first to rate this post.

Author: Vassilis

Vassilis is the founder and Executive Editor of XeniosWorld, Greece's leading English-language travel trade media since 1997. With 30+ years in media and hospitality, he's worked with over 200 luxury hotels and resorts across Greece. A marketing graduate with postgraduate studies, Vasileios specializes in hotel digital marketing, direct booking strategies, and tourism industry innovation. His insights reach 45,000+ hospitality professionals globally. Based in the UK and Greece, he's passionate about helping hotels leverage technology and data-driven strategies to increase revenue and reduce OTA dependency.