The Meeting Professional | Meeting Professionals International

Welcome to the June Digital Edition of The Meeting Professional

Relevant, provocative and award-winning, MPI’s flagship publication highlights planner and supplier members while showcasing best practices, trends, destinations and industry leadership. It does all this through in-depth reporting and creative design.

The June issue includes our annual “State of the Industry” report, Pride Month thoughts from MPI members about our industry’s LGBTQ+ inclusiveness and MPI’s Vice President of Experience Annette Gregg on the hospitality industry’s staffing PR problem.

State of the Industry 2021

Following what has likely been the most difficult year in the history of meetings and events, industry professionals remain eager to share their own experiences, approaches to this transitionary time, personal challenges and views for a successful path forward.

Fighting the Good Fight

To commemorate Pride Month, we asked some MPI members to tell us about an area where the meeting and event industry has clearly made progress in terms of LGBTQ+ inclusion and where more work remains.

Are You More Than an Order-Taker? Let’s Talk Strategy

“Planners are order-takers. Organizations need people who know how to use data to create value and track return on investment,” Kristi Casey says. “That’s what strategists do.”