Meeting planners pushing international trips

Saturday, 09 Aug, 2005 0

US meeting planners will be taking 23% of their groups to international destinations this year, a 1% increase over the previous year.

 

Those numbers came MPT’s Future Watch, said Betsy Bair, editorial director, The Meetings Group, Primedia Business & Media.

 

Ms Bair was among participants in a recent series of meetings in the US sponsored by the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association in partnership with the Association Management Group.

 

In general, there’s an increase in the number of overall meetings so far in 2005, said Hotelmarketing.com.

 

In a recent poll, 90% of meeting planners said they would have a growing number of meetings this year.

 

 

Report by David Wilkening



 

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