Greater Miami, including Miami Beach, is one of the most exciting destinations in the world. It is also changing what meetings, incentives, and events travel can look like.

In this episode of The Conscious Check-In, Amy Wald talks with Marianne Schmidhofer of the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau and Tanja Morariu, director of marketing and head of sustainability at The Palms Hotel & Spa. Marianne shares what the destination has built for meeting and event planners, including a convention center that was the first venue to earn Green Key certification. Tanja shows what that commitment looks like inside a working hotel.

In this episode, you will hear:

• Why more meeting planners now ask about sustainability in their requests for proposal (RFPs), and how Greater Miami answers them.
• How a destination and a hotel work together to give planners real proof.
• Why every meeting attendee is also a future leisure traveler.

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

02:09 How Greater Miami has grown as a meetings destination

04:53 What meeting planners now expect

14:14 How a hotel and a destination work together

17:01 Creating unforgettable incentive travel

23:37 Meaningful gifts and thoughtful details

35:25 The convention center and the future of meetings

This episode is brought to you in partnership with Jupiter and Co. Jupiter’s Key Gift turns a hotel room key into a keepsake that guests can personalize and take home. It gives hotels, destinations, and event organizers a memorable way to engage guests while reducing plastic waste. Learn more: [Jupiter and Co. link]

Watch the full video on YouTube: [YouTube link]

This episode is part of Conscious Destinations, a Greenluxe Media series about conservation, nature-based travel, and the business value of sustainable tourism.

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