MIA membership expansion

The Meetings Industry Association (MIA) is expanding its membership profile to include corporate and association meeting buyers as well as procurement officers and other professionals tasked with meeting and "conference":http://www.venues.org.uk/searches/conference_venues.asp purchase. The move will see a re-categorisation of MIA membership, to include the three main sectors: "Venues":http://www.venues.org.uk any venue offering "meeting facilities":http://www.venues.org.uk/searches/meeting_rooms_venues.asp. Suppliers: any supplier to the "meetings":http://www.venues.org.uk/searches/meeting_rooms_venues.asp industry, including all third party agencies. Associate: end user buyers. “We said we wanted to modernise the association,” says Michael Scroop, chairman of the MIA. “This is a forward thinking change to the structure of the MIA; bringing the full range of meetings professionals under our membership and ensuring long term member benefit.”