Meeting Expectations Named to 7th Annual "CMI 25" List by MeetingsNet/corporate & incentive Magazine

ATLANTA - Sept. 10, 2013 - PRLog -- Meeting Expectations has been named to the 2013 “CMI 25” list, the 7^th annual directory of the largest and most influential full-service meeting and incentive travel management companies focused on the U.S. corporate meetings and events industry. The list, compiled by Penton’s MeetingsNet/corporate&incentives^® magazine (formerly Corporate Meetings & Incentives), is a resource for meeting managers, incentive travel executives, and procurement professionals researching information on these essential business partners.

“As a group, the CMI 25 companies play a significant role in the U.S. meetings economy. During 2012, they planned 62,582 corporate meetings and 4,133 incentive travel programs, driving a total of 8.5 million room nights at hotels and resorts around the world. Corporations rely on these independent meeting and incentive companies for their experience, creativity, and, increasingly, understanding of meeting technologies for mobile apps, virtual events, and strategic meetings management,” said Sue Hatch, executive editor of MeetingsNet/corporate&incentives. “The CMI 25 is the most comprehensive listing of the largest independent planners serving the corporate world.” The CMI 25 list will be published in the September 2013 issue of MeetingsNet/corporate&incentives and on www.meetingsnet.com.

Meeting Expectations, named to the CMI 25 list each year since its inception, is a full-service conference and association management company headquartered in Atlanta with offices in Chicago, Denver and Washington D.C. Its meeting management team executes corporate events including user group meetings, sales kickoffs, customer summits and educational conferences all over the world.  In 2012, the meetings produced by Meeting Expectations generated nearly 50,000 hotel room nights.

“This is our seventh appearance on the CMI 25 list and in a fast-evolving industry, the honor associated with this designation increases each time,” said President Brian Meyer. “I credit our innovative meeting management and site selection experts with our consistent presence on this prestigious list. Our corporate clients know they can depend on this team to create successful, cost effective programs that help them achieve their strategic goals.”

The magazine’s editors selected CMI 25 companies based on several factors,including the number of meetings and incentive travel programs managed in 2012 and the total number of room nights represented by those meetings and incentives. They also considered the number of full-time employees at each company, as well as the percentage of the company’s 2012 revenues that came from organizing corporate meetings and incentives, versus association meetings or other sources.

Meeting Expectations

Founded in 1992, Meeting Expectations is an Atlanta-based, full service global meeting and association management firm that offers a variety of innovative services, ranging from marketing and registration management to strategic planning and technology services. The company is one of Corporate Meetings & Incentives Magazine's CMI 25 Largest & Most Influential North American Meeting and Incentive Companies and an Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Best Places to Work award winner. Leveraging over 20 years of experience and the wide-ranging skills of its employees, Meeting Expectations expertly and professionally manages approximately $40 million in annual association and event revenue for its clients. For more information, please visit www.meetingexpectations.com.