{"id":152975,"date":"2023-08-28T09:50:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T07:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=152975"},"modified":"2023-08-25T09:44:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T07:44:11","slug":"interview-with-veronique-holveck-mpi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/interview-with-veronique-holveck-mpi","title":{"rendered":"Interview with V\u00e9ronique Holveck V\u00e9ronique Holveck, President of MPI France Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do the findings of the latest MPI barometer seem to you to be in line with the trends you are seeing in the French market?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

V\u00e9ronique Holveck - <\/strong>MPI's barometer, the Meetings Outlook, is consolidated on a quarterly basis from our active members made up of MICE planners - including professional congress organisers (PCOs) - and event suppliers. It is managed with the support of our partner the IMEX Group. Although 70% of our members are based in the USA, where the association has its head office in Dallas, the information gathered is largely similar to that found on the French market. For example, 81% of those surveyed in our latest Meetings Outlook expect favourable conditions in the MICE business over the next 12 months. For our French members, events and incentive travel will also continue to grow steadily until the end of 2023, with a more concrete projection favoured by the reopening of borders and the upturn in international travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do you feel about the recovery of the meetings and events business in France, and how do you see the end of 2023?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

V\u00e9ronique Holveck -<\/strong> 84% of MICE professionals surveyed by MPI expect to return to more than 50% of their pre-pandemic business volume this year. More than a third of our respondents are optimistic about returning to at least 90% of their business volume in 2023, and 15% of them even hope to exceed 100% by the end of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Has this upturn in activity been accompanied by a change in the demands made by organisers? Or is it simply a \"return to normal\"?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

V\u00e9ronique Holveck - <\/strong>For 83% of our global panel, and even 97% for French respondents, face-to-face events and meetings are essential and will once again be the main format to be favoured in 2023. When choosing a destination, health conditions are now less important, and the reopening of borders is leading to an increase in the organisation of international seminars and events compared with the last two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n