Baltimore. AIBTM – The Americas Meetings & Events Exhibition – has announced that it will be welcoming 2,000 Hosted Buyers to the US meetings event in 2011. AIBTM takes place in Baltimore June 21 – 23, 2011. Steve Knight, Project Manager for AIBTM comments: “We have been delighted by the meetings industry’s response to the launch of AIBTM throughout the United States and internationally; both in terms of inquiries and committed exhibitor bookings. So much so, that we have increased the number of Hosted Buyers we are set to host, to ensure that we maintain the ideal Buyer and supplier ratio.”
The profile and importance of AIBTM has been considerably raised sincethe co-location announcement of PCMA’s annual education conference and CIC’s Hall of Leaders Gala which will run alongside AIBTM in Baltimore.
Additionally, the creation by AIBTM of a dedicated America Meetings Week will raise the profile of the industry to the wider business market and political community across North America. The Week will focus on the economic contribution which meetings and events make to the economy, the number of jobs supported and the positive benefits which effective meetings and events bring to business development and communication.
The 2,000 Hosted Buyers will be made up predominantly of US based meeting planners with domestic and international business as well as those from Canada, Mexico, Latin America, Asia and Europe. Buyers from associations, incentive houses, corporate and independent meeting planners who organize, influence or make budgetary decisions for meetings, incentive and business travel, conventions and congresses, product launches or events are eligible to apply for Hosted Buyer status.
