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Destination Close-Up GREEN LIGHTS A lot has changed since the LEED Green Building Rating System was first released in 1998. Consider the following statistics: Since its inception, LEED has grown to encompass more than 14,000 projects in all 50 states and 30 countries covering 1,062 billion square feet of development area. The value of green building construction starts will exceed $12 billion in 2008 and is projected to increase to $60 billion by 2010 according to the McGraw-Hill Construction SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS MAY 2008 mimegasite.com Analytics’ SmartMarket Trends Report for 2008. In 2007, that same report predicted that by 2009, 80 percent of U.S. corporations are expected to be engaged in green activities at least 16 percent of the time and 20 percent will be engaged 60 percent of the time. If your organization is a part of those statistics, here are two close-up looks at interesting new meeting venues, one in Long Beach, CA, the second in Liverpool, England, that you should consider. 71 http://mimegasite.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Successful Meetings - May 2008

Successful Meetings - May 2008
Contents
Editor's Note
Industry Trends
Destination News
Destination News
Suppliers
Destination News
Calendar
On the Record
Websites of the Month
Management Matters
Mouth for Sale
Meetings Law
Planner's Spotlight
Pre-Event
On Site
Tools of the Trade
Pre-Event
Counting Change
Giving Them the Business
The Magnificent Seven
All-American Gift Guide
Green Lights
Places & Spaces
Anaheim & Orange County
Upstate New York
Cincinnati
Detroit
San Diego
Phoenix
Gurus

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