Meeting Professionals International (MPI) has published its Meetings Outlook, 2018 Winter Edition. The latest installment of the quarterly report indicates planners are reporting an increased focus on personalizing the user experience through technology and data collection in a landscape of continued growth—and an increase in the perceived value of face-to-face meetings. Key findings include the following: Despite slightly more people expressing pessimism about meetings and events one year after the U.S. presidential election, the overall statistical finding of respondents’ professional…
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MPI’s Fall 2017 edition of Meetings Outlook Report now available
Meeting Professionals International (MPI) has published its Meetings Outlook, 2017 Fall Edition. The latest installment of the quarterly report notes regular headline reminders of event safety and security combined with a forecast for a continued healthy market, making now the perfect time for meeting and event professionals to shore up contingency plans. Key findings include the following: 43 per cent of industry professional report an increase in contentious or conflict-oriented conversations or personal challenges during meetings. Of safety and security-related…
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MPI’s Summer 2017 edition of Meetings Outlook Report now available
Meeting Professionals International (MPI) has published its Meetings Outlook, 2017 Summer Edition. The latest installment of the quarterly report forecasts a continued healthy market, with indications of anticipated increases in employment, business conditions and both live and virtual attendance. Key findings include the following: The majority of respondents envision a seller’s market continuing throughout 2017 (70 per cent) and into 2018 (69 per cent)—although the strength of this swing is only slightly in favor of suppliers, nearly a balanced market.…
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MPI’s Spring 2017 Meetings Outlook Report now available
Meeting Professionals International (MPI) has published its Meetings Outlook, 2017 Spring Edition. The latest installment of the quarterly report shows the forecast for business conditions and budgets continues to improve at a healthy rate. It also reveals how audiovisual partners have an increasingly powerful role in the outcome of successful events, while planners are driven to focus more on myriad aspects of contingency planning. Key findings include the following: 69 per cent of respondents predict favorable business conditions—up 11 per…
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MPI Winter 2017 Meetings Outlook Report now available
Meeting Professionals International (MPI) has published its Meetings Outlook, 2017 Winter Edition. The latest installment of the quarterly report projects continued, but slightly slowing, growth endures, with some indications that the market isn’t strictly a seller’s or buyer’s market. A level of equilibrium is bring realized in the industry. Key findings include the following: Most respondents (68.2%) are optimistic or expect no negative change as a result of the U.S. presidential election. Half of planner respondents for international association and…
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MPI Fall 2016 edition of Meetings Outlook report now available
Meeting Professionals International (MPI) has published its Meetings Outlook, 2016 Fall Edition. The latest installment of the quarterly report projects moderate growth in overall business conditions for the foreseeable future. This finding has been consistently positive in prior editions of the report as published throughout 2016. Key findings include the following: Moderate growth in overall meeting/event business is predicted with 67 per cent of respondents citing favorable business conditions for the year ahead—up 4 per cent over last quarter. 15…
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Meeting Professionals International introduces Meetings Outlook
New quarterly report predicts future trends, replaces Business Barometer Meeting Professionals International (MPI) has released the first edition of its new Meetings OutlookTM, a special quarterly report offering a unique perspective on the future of the meeting and event industry. It covers new trends as well innovations on the horizon and replaces the bi-monthly Business Barometer previously published by MPI. In comparison to the former report, Meetings Outlook is published quarterly and surveys a larger audience to allow for more…
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2013 global meetings outlook
As we move towards the fourth quarter of 2012, it’s time to start looking forward and searching for trends in the meetings industry. Each year at AMI, we analyze and summarize what hoteliers, travel and meeting industry professionals are saying and doing. That, in addition to monitoring the economic indicators from around the world, assists us in forecasting and budgeting for the upcoming year’s meetings and events. Doing this has become an increasingly important value for our clients with the financial uncertainty over the last few years.
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