Tag: Meeting Professionals International
Meeting Professionals International Foundation receives $250,000 in support of Strategic Meetings Management. [...] Read more
MPI recently released the winners of this years RISE awards that will be honored at a banquet July 24 in Vancouver, British Columbia. [...] Read more
The majority of meeting planners responding to a meeting trends survey of meeting and event professionals by Meeting Professionals International (MPI) and American Express were in agreement that they would continue to face more budget cuts, more stringent budget controls, improved operating efficiencies, slight staff reductions, closer attention to value and ROI, and/or a general orientation toward doing more with less in the coming year. [...] Read more
Online nominations for MPI’s Recognizing Industry Success and Excellence (RISE) Awards are being accepted until Dec. [...] Read more
Matching the mood of other national business surveys, the results of the most recent survey of meeting planners indicate a trend toward a more positive outlook, giving industry members a reason for some much needed year-end cheer. [...] Read more
Meeting Professionals International’s first-ever RISE Award for Organizational Achievement will be presented to the Obama for America campaign at MPI’s annual World Education Congress in Salt Lake City July 10. [...] Read more
The heads of the country’s major hotel companies sent Congress a letter at the end of February, asking them to tone down their criticism of business meetings and conventions. A week earlier, members of the meetings, events and incentive travel industry launched a “Keep America Meeting” campaign to draw attention to the role the meetings industry plays in the American economy.
And a new web site Meeting Industry Crisis Center, hosted by Meeting Professionals International, is [...] Read more
Meg Fasy, CMP, is the new global leader of sales and marketplace performance for Meeting Professionals International (MPI). Fasy joins the MPI senior management team as the vice president of sales and marketplace performance, and will be responsible for MPI’s global sales efforts, which includes advancing partner relationships and overseeing all revenue streams for advertising and strategic partnerships, as well as supporting the fundraising efforts of the MPI Foundation. Fasy previously served as vice president [...] Read more
Generally, the business of planning meetings has been pretty low profile. Not that it’s not big business—think of the logistics and ripple-down economic impact of President Obama’s inauguration celebration earlier this year. But, in the wake of several high-profile, high-flying corporate events, the meetings’ industry suddenly found itself in the midst of a media frenzy at the end of 2008 and the beginning of the new year.
Wells Fargo placed a full-page ad in The Washington [...] Read more
