Published 04-08-05
Submitted by Green Meeting Industry Council
Suzanne Burnes is a pollution prevention specialist for the Pollution Prevention Assistance Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. She manages the Georgia Green Hotel Program, which focuses on identifying, certifying and recognizing lodging properties that meet Green Seal's Environmental Standard for Lodging Properties, GS-33; and assisting properties interested in meeting the standard. In addition to her work with the hospitality industry, Suzanne works with the business environmental leadership program for the state.
The Green Meeting Industry Council was created to respond to the need to galvanize the hospitality industry stakeholders in the environmentally responsible meeting practices arena and to provide education and resources for meeting planners to make their events and conferences environmentally responsible. The hospitality industry is responsible for over 1 million meetings & events annually and over 12,000 tradeshows annually in North America alone. The hospitality industry is a $100 billion corporate industry.
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