Report: Average Meetings Spend to Rise 5 Percent in 2011

JAN 06, 2011 - Average spending per meeting this year will rise nearly 5 percent from 2010 levels, according to a Meeting Professionals International October-November survey of about 250 meeting planners. Including corporate, association, government, third-party and independent meeting planners, survey respondents indicated that 2011 per-meeting spending would average about $197,000, up from about $188,000 last year.

The survey also determined that the average number of meetings planned by respondent organizations this year would be 196, up from 182 in 2010.

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