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Robert Mandelbaum Jan D. Freitag

Earn CEUs: Each webinar is worth up to .1 points toward the initial CMP application and up to 1 point toward recertification through the Convention Industry Council. Take 10: In our new Take10 feature, our speakers have answered 10 of your burning questions that we didn't get to during the webinar. View their responses here. What You’ll Learn: The economic crisis has hit both planners and suppliers like a ton of bricks. Every year, Meetings Media publishes a comprehensive survey of the meetings industry, and 2009 is shaping up to be a doozy. This year’s survey featured complete responses from nearly 650 North American meeting planners, and their feedback is eye-opening. Will budgets and meetings be cut? Will meeting planning staffs be downsized? Is the sky falling? Join Meetings Media and premier hospitality industry consultants Robert Mandelbaum, director of research information services for PKF Hospitality Research, and Jan D. Freitag, vice president of global development for Smith Travel Research, to analyze industry trends that materialized in 2008 and gaze into the crystal ball to get a perspective on what to expect in 2009. A sneak peek into Meetings Media’s 2009 Meetings Market Trends Survey supplement—set to be published in February—this free one-hour webinar will give you the leg up on the competition and a head start in forming your strategies for what is almost guaranteed to be a volatile year ahead. Some of the key points covered in this webinar will include the following: Trend analysis from 2008, and predictions for next year Hotel room rate forecasts for key meetings markets Response information that will provide benchmarks to help you do your job more efficiently An analysis of issues such as airlift, the cost of individual meeting components and green meetings Career satisfaction Contract issues and trends

2009 Meetings Market Trends Survey
Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008
10 a.m. PST; 11 a.m. MST; Noon CST; 1 p.m. EST

It’s free, will only take an hour of your time, and could be the key to unlocking your meetings industry career potential.