MIA - The Meetings Industry Association - Kinwardstone Conferencing are conference organisers

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The Meetings Industry Association

The MIA was founded in 1990 and is the professional trade organization for the conference industry in the UK & Ireland. Its members come from all sectors of the industry including hotels (both groups and privately owned), conference centres, venue finding agencies and conference service suppliers. The aim is to drive higher professional standards in the industry.

They introduced the MIA Meetings Magna Carta which sets out business practises in 5 areas:

The MIA Commitment to our Customers
Venue & Venue Finding Agency Code of Practise
Model Terms & Conditions for Conferences and Associated Events
Minimum components for Residential & Non-Residential Conference Packages
Audio Visual Services Code of Practise

Membership of the MIA is conditional on compliance with abiding by the spirit of the Magna Carta and indeed Kinwardstone Conferencing complies with the letter of the sections relevant to its business. A recent notable coup has been the adoption of these Conference Terms & Conditions by the Hilton Group.

Venues can show an extra commitment to the industry and its clients by gaining Hospitality Assured Meetings accreditation - and DeVere hotels have taken up this challenge with most, if not all, of their venues having gained it.

More details can be found on the MIA web site or contact us and we can send you samples of the literature.