Genoa will welcome the MPI Italy Convention 2024. The annual event of the Italian chapter of Mpi, an association that relies on a community of 60,000 meeting & event professionals in the world, will take place from 15 to 16 November.
In fact, after the previous editions in Puglia in 2022 and in Sicily in 2023 Mpi has chosen Genoa and Liguria to bring together the meeting professionalmembers and non-members of chapter Italian.
The event, come to its 33rd editionwill take place at Starhotels Presidentthe hotel that won the candidacy for the association appointment.
Convention Bureau of Genoa will coordinate the organizational machine in the area together with the VP sponsorship Mpi Italia Valeria Pennoneleading the local organizing committee.
At the beginning of July Genoa will host a retreat of the MPI Italia board of directors to carry out the organizational work, starting from the enhancement of the local MICE supply chain which intends to establish itself with its offer and its high quality standards in the Italian meeting industry panorama.
La Superba grows in Mice
The president of the Genoa Convention BureauIlaria Alzonacomments on the victory of the candidacy as follows: «Genoa welcomes the MPI 2024 Convention. In recent years our city has seen a strong growth in conference tourismfavored by the increasingly close collaboration between public institutions and private operators in the sector.
Big events are transforming our city into a large open-air location and 2023 saw hotel occupancy close to 95% for various conference events.
Our challenge is to continue to grow these numbers not only in terms of presence in the area but above all in terms of quality of services”.
The special year of Mpi Italia
Alessia Di Raimondopresident of Mpi Italia 2023-2024, comments: «We are excited to reveal the destination that will host the 33rd Mpi Convention next November and happy that Liguria is bringing us together.
2024 is a special year for Mpi because it is a year of international evolution which has led, in fact, the current board of directors to maintain its mandate until next December 31st, when I will hand over the presidency to my colleague Luisa Bianco, president electinstead of the usual June 30th.
This is why we thought it was appropriate change the meeting dates annual with members e review the concept of the event which changes as does our association.
We are grateful to the Convention Bureau of Genoa and to Starhotels for supporting us in this important event for us community and certain that together we will work in full synergy to promote the best that Genoa can offer for the meeting industry».
Convention Mpi Italia 2024 chooses Starhotels
«MPI is the association we have always looked to as a point of reference in the events industry. Have the opportunity to host the convention of chapter Italy is a great honor for us and we are happy that Mpi has chosen Genoa and our Starhotels President. We take this opportunity to thank the entire board for their trust” he adds Antonio Ducceschi, chief commercial officer by Starhotels.
«Starhotels proves once again to be at the forefront in concrete support for the growth of the events sector by facilitating professional exchange, networking and growth of young talents.
Proof of this is not only the willingness to host the Mpi Italia convention but also the recent one Global Meeting Industry Day held at the Starhotels Metropole in Rome and our ongoing commitment to the MPI Foundation.”
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