Support. The 24th Edition of  BTC will be held in the Nuova Fiera di Roma exhibition centre on November 6/7, 2008. Meeting Professionals International (MPI) and BTC International have announced a key partnership over the next 2 years covering 2008 and 2009. The partnership with BTC International, a trade fair in Italy focusing on meetings and events, reinforces MPI’s commitment to its ambitious global strategy to support the organization’s new vision of building a rich global meetings industry community and creating new marketplace opportunities for its members.
Didier Scaillet, MPI Vice-President of Global Development comments: “This is a key strategic agreement for MPI in Italy and the wider European region. It reinforces our existing commitment to the Italian meetings industry and demonstrates our wish to establish strong partnerships with major players in key countries such as Italy. The alliance with BTC will generate considerable marketplace opportunities for all our members, and we are delighted to have teamed up with them.” BTC Managing Director, Paolo Audino says, “we at BTC are very proud to sign this agreement with MPI. This will be the first step to increase the international visibility of BTC and a path to a complete strategic vision. We are sure that this partnership will help Italian companies strengthen their business ability in this important field.” www.btc.it, www.mpiweb.org