St. Louis chosen for annual meeting of event planners
St. Louis has been chosen by Dallas-based Meeting Professionals International (MPI) for the July 2012 World Education Congress that’s expected to draw several thousand professionals from the meeting and events industry.
The America’s Center downtown will be the location for the group’s education and training sessions. The World Education Congress is MPI’s largest global gathering.
Sites chosen for other future World Education Congresses are Orlando in 2011 and Las Vegas in 2013.


Gail writes about business, health and wine for the Post-Dispatch. She joined the P-D in 2005 after moving from NYC where she covered federal courts and wrote about food and wine. In her free time, Gail lifts weights, and of course, wine glasses.