The MCI Group will rally with hundreds of industry leaders across the world on Thursday, April 14th 2016 to celebrate the first Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID). By recruiting individuals and organisations from every corner of the globe GMID intends to shine a light on the real impact meetings and events have on businesses, economies and communities.
“It’s imperative to invest our time and money in meetings. Our destinations and Convention & Visitors Bureaus around the world rely on meetings to fuel the economy in the sense of jobs and bringing people together to collaborate on services and products”, says Michael Gehrisch, President and CEO, Destination Marketing Association International.
The campaign’s core objectives are to shape the industry’s future as well as to discuss the impact of meetings with people outside the industry. Meeting and event industry association chapters, corporations, destinations, partners and more are being encouraged to hold events in destinations all across Europe, North America and South America to support this day of advocacy by putting emphasis on:
