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Two New Players "It happens every day: Hotels need to fill rooms, meeting planners need some space. Period. End of story," says Jim Etkin, president of the latest meeting auction site to hit the Internet, MpBid.com (www.mpbid.com). The site, launched in April, goes up against EventSource.com (www.eventsource.com) and StarCite.com (www.starcite.com), with auction capabilities among its meeting management services.