London. Great Hotels Organisation (GHO), a luxury sales and marketing alliance representing some of the world’s finest independent hotels has announced the dates for their Meeting & Incentive Forums 2009:

USA M&I Forum: Palm Beach, Florida
20 – 22 September 

Asian M&I Forum: Macao, China
27 – 29 September

European M&I Forum Autumn: The Algarve, Portugal
Option 1: 13 – 15 October
Option 2: 15 – 17 October

Meeting & Incentive Forums are highly focused networking events that bring together meeting and event organisers (hosted buyers) with quality suppliers from the meeting and incentive industry (exhibitors). The Forums are two-day events comprising a series of 20-minute pre-scheduled, one-on-one appointments between top MICE suppliers and key meeting and incentive buyers, all of whom have confirmed budgets to spend.

Designed to focus on business, the events also aim to be enjoyable and provide opportunities to build business relationships with suppliers. The forums include drinks receptions, gala dinners and team-building activities which enable contacts to be made and allow the buyers to explore the host destination. A wide range of suppliers are represented at each event to meet with carefully selected MICE buyers from different regions.

Suppliers include The Dorchester Collection, Baglioni Hotels, Lucien Barrière Hotels and Visit London. Buyers include American Express, Coca Cola, Siemens Grass Roots, CWT and Philips. www.mi-forums.com, www.ghorg.com