NEW YORK
As the 25th annual HSMAI’s MEET National event came to a close this month at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, Questex Hospitality + Travel announced that next year’s event will be held Sept. 9-10, at the Marriott Wardman Park, Washington.
Questex, which manages the MEET series of events under a strategic agreement with Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI), said the 2015 show will feature a tradeshow, conference program and one-to-one appointments.
Also next year, HSMAI’s MEET MidAmerica event will head to Texas, a first for the event, Feb. 2-3 at The Fairmont Dallas hotel, with 80 suppliers and 80 fully hosted buyers. HSMAI’s MEET West event will be held May 5-6 at the Hyatt Regency Orange County in California.
MEET brings together meeting planners with suppliers representing hotels, resorts and meeting venues, CVBs and technology, event services and promotional and marketing products vendors.
The 2014 MEET National program attracted more than 800 attendees and more than 110 suppliers and featured peer-to-peer networking, educational sessions, teambuilding activities and a major keynote address.
For more information about HSMAI’s MEET series of events, visit MEETConference.com.