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Meetings Mean Business Canada Gains Industry Support

Meetings Mean Business Canada (MMB Canada) is rapidly gaining support from key industry stakeholders across the country. Speaking at MPI Toronto's Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID) event this morning, MMB Canada chair Grant Snider said that more than 50 key industry stakeholders have expressed their support for the coalition-building initiative. MMB Canada was formerly the Business Events … Read More about Meetings Mean Business Canada Gains Industry Support

BEICC to Rebrand as Meetings Mean Business Canada

The Business Events Industry Coalition of Canada (BEICC) is the first organization to execute Meetings Mean Business Coalition's newly-created licensing agreement. The Meetings Mean Business Coalition (MMB) is a U.S. cross-industry communications and advocacy initiative.The agreement allows partners in countries and regions outside of the United States to use the coalition's branding, messaging … Read More about BEICC to Rebrand as Meetings Mean Business Canada

ATTENTION PLANNERS: Link to Survey for New Economic Impact Study Now Open

The Business Events Industry Coalition of Canada (BEICC) has released the link to the Canadian Economic Impact Study Survey. The primary purpose of the Canadian Economic Impact Study (CEIS) is to report on business events activity and to convey its economic contribution to the Canadian economy. The study also goes a step further by capturing and reporting on business events activity at the … Read More about ATTENTION PLANNERS: Link to Survey for New Economic Impact Study Now Open

Greenfield to Manage CanSPEP

Greenfield Services announced today that it is undertaking association management for the Canadian Society of Professional Event Planners (CanSPEP). In a recent message to its members 2013-2014, CanSPEP president Catherine Paull, CMP, announced, “Over the past few months the Board of Directors, with assistance from the Past Presidents’ Council, carried out an extensive RFP process for association … Read More about Greenfield to Manage CanSPEP

New Study Reveals Impact of Canadian Meetings on Economy

Canada's meetings industry delivered $29.1 billion dollars in direct spending to the country's economy in 2012, according to Meeting Professionals International Foundation Canada's  (MPIFC) new study on the economic impact of meetings. The Canadian Economic Impact Study (CEIS 3.0) also reveals that in 2012 over 502,000 meetings took place. In turn, these meetings supported more than 200,000 … Read More about New Study Reveals Impact of Canadian Meetings on Economy

Economic Impact Study Ownership Transferred to BEICC

Meeting Professionals International (MPI) Foundation Canada is transferring ownership of the Canadian Economic Impact Study (CEIS) to the Business Events Industry Coalition of Canada (BEICC). The transfer will take effect on April 10, 2014, in connection with National Meetings Industry Day in Canada. “Our goal with this strategic effort is to position the CEIS as a broad industry initiative in … Read More about Economic Impact Study Ownership Transferred to BEICC

MPI Foundation Releases First-Ever Meeting Design Study at IncentiveWorks 2013

Meeting Professionals International (MPI) Foundation shared its first comprehensive research study on meeting design at a special session held during IncentiveWorks 2013, which ran August 20-21 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. "Meeting Design is about reducing a meeting or event down to its most essential elements and directing increasingly limited resources toward what matters most--your … Read More about MPI Foundation Releases First-Ever Meeting Design Study at IncentiveWorks 2013

BEICC Clarifies TICO Issue for Ontario Event Planners

March 27, 2012 After weeks of confusion and concern about possible registration requirements under the Travel Industry Act (TIA), Ontario’s business event planners now have clarity on the issue, and may well breathe a sigh of relief. On March 12, representatives from the Business Events Industry Coalition of Canada (BEICC) met with the Travel Industry Council of Ontario’s (TICO) Registrar to … Read More about BEICC Clarifies TICO Issue for Ontario Event Planners

BEICC Town Hall Addresses Travel Industry Act Compliance Issues, Next Steps

February 29, 2012 On Tuesday, Feb. 28, the Business Events Industry Coalition of Canada (BEICC) convened with its industry association partners to discuss the implications of 2010 case law on the Ontario planning industry, after the issue surfaced through social and traditional media channels. It appears that many independent and third-party meeting planners have been unknowingly operating … Read More about BEICC Town Hall Addresses Travel Industry Act Compliance Issues, Next Steps

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