A-Z of Meetings Industry.pptVIP

A-Z of Meetings Industry Eric Rozenberg, CMM, CMP, HOE, FONAS President InceTive sa/nv A like … Associations (for every single profession) MPI Vision Mission Facts MPI Vision To Build a Rich Global Meetings Industry Community MPI Mission To make our members succesfull by building connections through Knowledge and Ideas Relationships Marketplaces MPI Facts 23.000 Members worldwide 70 chapters (including South Africa and South Korea) and affiliates +/- 90 full time employees Consolidated budget +/- 30 millions $ Offices in Dallas (HQ), Toronto, Luxemburg and Singapore MPI Foundation B like … Broad definition of the Industry … if any common one ! Meetings, Incentive travels, Conferences, Congresses, Exhibitions, Associations, Corporate, DMC’s, Airlines, Hotels, AV, Production, Experience marketing, Events, etc And by the way, what is a Meeting ? Broad definition Fragmented Industry C like … Convergence Co-Creation Connect D like … Duba? of course ! GMEC but also EMEC PEC-NA WEC E like … Eventview Event Marketing Institute MPI Foundation George P Johnson F like … Future Watch Financial Management G like … Global Community H like … Hotels Contracts, negotiations, partnerships, etc I like … If you’re still awake … I’ll continue the alphabet ? J like … Jargon David Ogilvy : ??Our business is infected with idiots who try to impress by using pretentious jargon !?? K like … Ken Kevin Kliman Kennedy Katie Etc L like … Learning Certification At conferences, special programs (Institutes, Platinum, etc) CMM, CMP, CAE, CITE, etc M like … Multicultural environment Culture Active Tool N like … Networks O like … Opportunities for lifelong career So, what’s available? P like … Professional Fairs GIBTM EIBTM IMEX ITME Etc Q like … Questions you might want to ask when we get to ??Z?? ? R like … Research, information,data, etc Roi With few statistics No common definition Statistics with different methodology But there is hope: Tourism Satellite Accounting Extension Project