Is 2014 the Year Your CMP Expires?

If you’ve already satisfied the recertification requirements, submit your application now and save $25. After August 30, 2014, the fee to recertify will be $250.

You’ll need to have both professional experience and continuing education clock hours to recertify your CMP.

Here are the requirements:

Professional Experience (2 options)

Employment in the industry, full-time or part-time, for a minimum of 36 of the last 60 months.
Employment as a full-time or part-time instructor of meeting, event, exhibition or hospitality/tourism management at an educational institution or in a university program, for a minimum of 36 of the last 60 months.

Continuing Education (3 options)

Continuing Education – 25 clock hours of industry-related continuing education within the past five (5) years.
Continuing Education and Industry Support Activities – 15 clock hours of industry-related continuing education within the past five years and participating in at least three of the following activities:

Membership in a meeting/hospitality industry organization
Member of an industry organization Board of Directors
Member of an industry organization committee
Author of an article
Speaker at an event on an industry-related subject (including study groups)
Study Group Leader
Proctor a CMP Exam

3. Formal Education – Earning a bachelor’s degree or higher or its international equivalent in an industry-related field within the past five years.

To read more about how to recertify, the documentation you’ll need and to download an application, click here.

The Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) is a
program of the Convention Industry Council

Convention Industry Council
700 N. Fairfax Street, Suite 510
Alexandria, VA, USA, 22314
Tel: 571-527-3116