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MPI assails commoditization, U.S.-entry rule changes.

Publication: Business Travel News
Publication Date: 05-DEC-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Meeting planners must adapt to new business models that value the development of close partnerships within companies and with outside vendors to be considered a vital part of their organizations' long-term goals and not just a commodity, a new white paper from Meeting Professionals International concluded.

Separately, MPI joined with two other meetings industry associations to oppose the U.S. government's plan to tighten the documentation required to enter the country.

The fourth paper in a series from MPI's Global Corporate Circle of Excellence concludes that too many meeting planners focus on logistics and don't give enough consideration to answering strategic questions, such as how meetings drive business.

"As more and more organizations abandon traditional, linear business models in favor of a partnership model that emphasizes organizational matrices, meeting professionals must meet day-today expectations while learning...

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