Trendspotting for 2008

Are changes to meeting budgets creating havoc for you? If so, you're not alone. “Changing budgets” is the No. 1 in-house trend for all categories of respondents to FutureWatch, the recently released annual membership survey from Meeting Professionals International. The study parsed responses from 1,643 meeting professionals by job — corporate planners, association planners, independent planners, and suppliers — and found that budget changes rank first in every group.