Trendspotting for 2008: MPI’s FutureWatch Survey

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.