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Morris Meetings and Incentives, an M-Plus Global Events Company
Salt Lake City, Utah
morrisincentives.com
2021 Volume
In-person corporate meetings: 5
# with a hybrid component: 1
Stand-alone virtual events: 0
Incentive travel programs: 46
Room-nights booked for meetings and incentives: 54,612
The Latest
• In 2021, Morris Meetings & Incentives (part of M-Plus Global Events) acquired a minority ownership in TMN Events (Boise, Idaho) and ADI Meetings and Events (Kansas City, Mo. and Phoenix, Ariz.). M-Plus, which already owned 49 percent of Miami-based A-Plus Meetings and Incentives, acquired the remaining 51 percent of the stock in early 2022.
• In 2021, Morris Meetings & Incentives also acquired Columbus Travel (Salt Lake City, Utah). Columbus has corporate incentive travel, leisure travel, and escorted group tour divisions.
• In early 2022, Jay Klein became CEO of the M-Plus organization. Klein, previously COO of A-Plus, has now taken leadership of the M-Plus organization as a whole and Morris Meetings & Incentives specifically. Brian Hollien, who was CEO of Morris for many years, is now co-chairman of M-Plus.
• M-Plus Global Events is comprised of Morris Meetings and Incentives, ADI Meetings and Events, A-Plus Meetings and Incentives, TMN Events, Morris Columbus Travel. M-Plus has 100 percent ownership of MMI, A-Plus, and Morris Columbus Travel, and minority positions in the other entities
• M-Plus has named Corey Crowell vice president of sales, Johanna Hofer vice president of operations, and Courtney Nealis vice president of event technology.
Leadership
Jay Klein, CEO
Corey Crowell, Vice President of Sales
Johanna Hofer, Vice President of Operations
More Stats
Full-time employees in North America (May 2022): 57
Meetings and incentive travel programs held outside the U.S.: 92%
Revenue from planning meetings and incentives: 95%
Revenue from planning virtual meetings: 2%
The biggest change to our organization as a result of the pandemic has been…
“…awareness of testing and safety as key parts of our responsibility as event planners. Additionally, with effective work-from-home tools, we’ve been able to hire the best possible staff members, regardless of geography.” —Jay Klein, CEO
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