Sports ETA and Meeting Professionals International Announce Expanded Partnership

Sports ETA, the only trade association for the sports events and tourism industry, announced today a new partnership with Meeting Professionals International (MPI), the largest meeting planner and event planner industry association worldwide, to share industry events and educational programs for their respective industry members.

Under terms of the new agreement, Sports ETA and MPI will share thought leadership and content at each of their respective annual conferences (Sports ETA’s Annual Symposium, Women’s Summit, Chief Executive Summit and 4S Summit and MPI’s World Education Conference and GMID). Additionally, both organizations will share and cross promote each other’s educational courses and curriculum.

“Sports ETA has long been a leader in sports events tourism education and research and this alliance compliments the global resources that MPI has offered for 50 years,” said Paul Van Deventer, MPI president and CEO. “Collaborating together, our partnership facilitates development of new networking and educational programming experiences that will advance and benefit the global events community and our members.”