Reed Travel Exhibitions’ IBTM Global Events Portfolio Set to Sponsor MPI World Education Congress in St. Louis

Reed Travel Exhibitions’ IBTM Global Events Portfolio has announced that they will be sponsoring Flashpoint and the WEC 2012 Market place at this years’ MPI World Education Conference (WEC), which will take place in St. Louis, Missouri from 28^th – 31^st July 2012.

The IBTM Global Events Portfolio will support the Flash Point, which delivers a diverse platform for 15-minute presentations that will take place over the course of the conference. Each presentation will deliver a speaker seeking to impart their insight on attendees, leaving them ready to change the world and the industry.

AIBTM (www.aibtm.com), the Americas Meetings and Events Exhibition (part of the IBTM Global Events Portfolio) will also have a presence in MPI’s MarketSquare where attendees and suppliers can meet, greet, mix and mingle between WEC events and sessions. The AIBTM team will be there, handing out Chicago’s famous Garrett Popcorn balls to celebrate their recent announcement that Choose Chicago will host the show in 2013.

Mandy Torrens, Head of Marketing and Buyer Programme, IBTM Global Events Portfolio, Reed Travel Exhibitions comments, “We have been working with MPI for over 25 years now and our relationship has allowed us to expand our reach and leverage our strength and presence across the globe. As MPI celebrates its 40^th Birthday this year, EIBTM, our flagship show will be celebrating its 25^th birthday in Barcelona later this year, and we have lots of new initiatives which we will be implementing to mark the occasion.”

The IBTM Global Events Portfolio will also be supporting the MPI Latin America Meetings and Events Conference in August and the MPI Chapter Business Summit, which take place in Dallas later this year”.

AIBTM 2013 will take place from 11^th – 13^th June 2013 at McCormick Place West, Chicago. AIBTM forms part of the Reed Travel Exhibitions Meetings, Events and Business Travel Portfolio along with AIME (www.aime.com.au), GIBTM (www.gibtm.com), CIBTM (www.cibtm.com) EIBTM (www.eibtm.com) and Business Travel Market (www.businesstravelmarket.co.uk).