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Tampa Bay Area MPI is the area's recognized industry leader and the connection point for meeting professionals and the business community.

Established in 1984, the Tampa Bay Area Chapter of Meeting Professionals International (MPI) boasts 350 members in the seven county area surrounding Tampa Bay. From Hernando to Sarasota and Pinellas to Polk, we are ranked in the Top Third of all of MPI’s seventy-nine Chapters for member satisfaction, receiving international recognition and a 2012 RISE Award for our acclaimed Connections Campaign.

We are a MPI Chapter on the move - rich with talented, dedicated and energized Meeting and Event Professionals PASSIONATE about quality education, enhanced networking opportunities and tools to make us more effective in our community, industry and organization. If that describes you and wish to become an active part of an industry which contributes $122.3 billion in revenue to our Tampa Bay region, we invite YOU to join us. Now is the time for success. Now is the time to be with other industry leaders. Now is the time to become a part of the Team – TEAM TAMPA BAY!

08/28/2024

A packed room for our August Educational Meeting hosted by the Tampa Bay Chamber.

An insightful presentation by
Lori Pugh, MS. MEM, PMP, CMP, CMM, CED
Director, Events Content and Strategic Engagement
Path to Purchase Institute at EnsembleIQ

Speaking on Project Management for Seamless Meetings & Events

Plus an amazingly delicious lunch by 4 Rivers BBQ and a great gift bag raffle and take-aways from Universal Orlando.

05/24/2024

We heard the feedback!! The deadline for applications to join MPI Tampa Bay’s Board of Directors has been extended through May 31, 2024. This extension provides additional time for interested candidates to submit applications.

Interviews will be scheduled on a rolling basis following the application deadline, with the announcement of New Board Members expected on July 1, 2024

For more information on the application process and to download the application, please visit our website (below), or contact Immediate Past President, Andy Dang at [email protected].

https://lnkd.in/gXd-bT6

05/20/2024

MPI Tampa Bay, MPI North Florida, MPI Greater Orlando Area Chapter, and Meeting Professionals International South Florida Chapter continued the traditional FL Chapter Meetup at , officially kicking off the 2025 conference today at Down One Bourbon Bar!!

05/03/2024

Shape the future of our chapter. Lead with the region's Events & Meetings community.

MPI Tampa Bay is looking for Board Members for the 2024-2025 term. Applications are open NOW through May 22nd.

Visit the following link and apply TODAY -- https://shorturl.at/mpvw7

05/02/2024

Just ONE WEEK until May MPI Tampa Bay After 5 at The Karol Hotel (2675 Ulmerton Rd Clearwater, FL 33762), located just off the bay, 15 minutes from the Westshore District and a short drive from St. Pete-Clearwater, Tampa International Airport and Carillon Park, home to Raymond James Financial and Franklin Templeton Investments, is across the way.

MPI Tampa Bay and The Karol Hotel staff can't wait to welcome you next week! Register TODAY by visiting the following link -- https://mpitampabayarea.starchapter.com/meetinginfo.php?id=290&ts=1714149391

05/01/2024

May MPI Tampa Bay After 5 is heading to The Karol Hotel (2675 Ulmerton Rd Clearwater, FL 33672) on May 9.

Our hotel is just off the bay, 15 minutes from the Westshore District and a short drive from St. Pete/Clearwater International Airport and Tampa International Airport, Carillon Park, home to Raymond James Financial and Franklin Templeton Investments, is across the way. We can't wait to welcome you.

05/01/2024

MEMBERSHIP PROMO ALERT: Take 20% off any New Preferred or Premier level membership only (No Renewals, Essential, Student, Faculty or Retired)

Promo Code: MPITB24

Start: 4/12/2024

End: 5/12/2024

04/29/2024

MEMBERSHIP PROMO ALERT: We're celebrating all MONTH LONG WITH OUR MEMBERSHIP SALE. Take 20% off any New Preferred or Premier level membership only (No Renewals, Essential, Student, Faculty or Retired)

Promo Code: MPITB24

Start: 4/12/2024

End: 5/12/2024

04/28/2024

May MPI Tampa Bay After 5 is heading to The Karol Hotel (2675 Ulmerton Rd Clearwater, FL 33672) on May 9. Timeless meets modern, refined meets relaxed and plans meet the happenstance of life at The Karol Hotel, St. Petersburg/Clearwater, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel. Our AAA Four Diamond hotel on Ulmerton Road, Clearwater, FL is a glittering ornament in Florida's Feather Sound, offering the perfect backdrop for wonderful things to come.

04/26/2024

ATTN: MPI Tampa Bay is looking for Board Members for the 2024-2025 term to shape the future of our chapter! Applications are open NOW through May 22nd.

Visit the following link and apply TODAY -- https://shorturl.at/mpvw7

04/18/2024

Our Director of Member Care, Jeremy Mercado, moderating a Dialogue & Design: Supplier’s Scope on the Future panel discussion, featuring Courtney Owens with Hilton Tampa Downtown, Daniel Rose with Kate Ryan Event Rentals, Pete Goetz with Bay Stage Live, and Janniel Negrón with Mint House/The Picnic Boys LIVE at the Tampa Convention Center for Meetings Academy 2024!

04/18/2024

Good afternoon LIVE from MPI Tampa Bay’s Meetings Academy 2024 at the Tampa Convention Center! We are enjoying a DYNAMIC Planner’s Perspective Panel as we discuss the Future of Events with Meaghan Gelinski, CMP with the Tampa Bay Chamber, Nicole Huau with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and Michelle Taunton, CMP, CMM with HelmsBriscoe, moderated by our very own chapter president, Charlene Liu, CMP, DMCP with Higher Logic.

04/18/2024

Good morning LIVE from Meetings Academy 2024 at the Tampa Convention Center. Stay tuned throughout the day for live updates from the conference!!

04/17/2024

TOMORROW IS Meetings Academy 2024 at the Tampa Convention Center! Its not too late to register--https://shorturl.at/agiBS

04/16/2024

Missed out on the recent Meeting Professionals International - MPI Global Meetings Industry Day MEMBERSHIP FLASH SALE?!

Don't worry, MPI Tampa Bay is celebrating hashtag all MONTH LONG WITH OUR MEMBERSHIP SALE.

Take 20% off any New Preferred or Premier level membership only (No Renewals, Essential, Student, Faculty or Retired)

Promo Code: MPITB24
Start: 4/12/2024
End: 5/12/2024

04/11/2024

Happy Global Meetings Industry Day! Meeting Professionals International - MPI is offering a one day discount on new AND renewing memberships.

Celebrate Global Meetings Industry Day by getting involved in the world’s leading Meetings & Event Management association.

30% off new and renewing* MPI premier and preferred memberships by using promo code "Journey30".

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Thank you to all of our members who came out to A WILD MPI Tampa Bay Night of Legends 2023 at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay! Congratulations to our award winners. Stay tuned and follow our social media channels starting on Monday for the annual Week of Legends to see who won!