Sneak Peak: FutureWatch 2009

The preliminary results from Meeting Professionals International’s annual membership survey, FutureWatch 2009, are in—and all signs point to meetings taking a beating in the year ahead. The study, conducted in partnership with American Express, surveyed 2,740 meeting planners and industry suppliers at the end of 2008, and it focuses heavily on how the current economic crisis will continue to affect events through 2009.