Successful Meetings - November 2008 - (Page 34) Political Meetings When Red Make Republicans and Democrats agreed on one thing this year—making their national conventions as environmentally friendly as possible. Here’s how it went . . . By Kinley Levack kinley.levack@nielsen.com Arguably the two highest-profile conventions this year were the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, held in Minneapolis-St. Paul and Denver, respectively. In addition to the security concerns, hoards of VIPs, and media scrutiny, the biggest difference between these conventions and your average behemoth of a meeting is that both Democrats and Republicans wanted to hold the “greenest” events possible. But offer congratulations on having survived, and the response from the host property is: “We get that a lot, but we’re a convention hotel; that’s what we do for a living. It was a high-profile event and there was a lot of uniqueness to it, PHOTO: LANDOV In Denver, “The mission for [the DNC] was to make this the greenest convention in history. For us, it was about, ‘What can we do that is green and will leave a lasting legacy?’” —Rachel Benedick, associate vice president of convention sales, Denver Metro CVB 34 successfulmeetings.com NOVEMBER 2008 SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS http://www.successfulmeetings.com
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