The Minnesota Chapter of Meeting Professionals International Announces March Event State

Minneapolis, Minnesota – The local chapter of MPI will discuss the State of the Meetings Industry with Michael Dominguez. Immediate Past Chairman of the Board of Directors, Meeting Professionals International and Senior Vice President of Corporate Sales, MGM Resorts. Join us as we review where we have been, where we are and what is on the horizon for the meeting and event industry. You will have an opportunity to look at the economic headwinds, good news and demographic/taste changes that are having an impact on business and how meetings are developed.

The March event is being held on Thursday, March 19, 2015 from 5:00pm to 8:00pm at the Hyatt Regency in Minneapolis, MN. Find more information about the meeting and to register click here
https://www.mpimn.org/events/2015/mar/monthlymeeting.

About MPI
Internationally, Meeting Professionals International (MPI) is the world’s largest association for the $102.3 billion meeting and event industry. They are committed to positioning meetings and events as a key strategic component of an organization’s success. MPI empowers its 18,500 members in 86 countries and includes 70 clubs and chapters to increase their strategic value with education, business opportunities and clearly defined career development pathways. MPI is leading the charge to elevate the role of meetings in business and influence senior level executives on the intrinsic and economic value of meetings. MPI’s goal is to ensure meeting planning is recognized as a true profession and meetings are viewed as key to realizing strategic organizational objectives.

About MPI MN
Established in 1978, the Meeting Professionals International Minnesota Chapter (MPI MN) is the 9th largest chapter in the world. The membership consists of planners (including corporate, independent, and association) as well as suppliers, affiliates (members that also belong to another primary chapter) and student members. Close to 50% of MPI MN planners have annual budgets over $1,000,000 in local, national, and international destinations. Our supplier members represent airlines, hotels/resorts/conference centers/motels/inns, destination management companies, convention visitor bureaus/chambers of commerce, audiovisual/production companies, restaurants/caterers, entertainment agents, ground transportation companies, promotional product representatives, speakers/speakers bureaus, tourist attractions, and other varied services and product providers.