For Immediate Release
Beyond Meetings & Incentives Named to Top Business List for 2009
In recognition of the economic power of privately held businesses, DiversityBusiness.com, the nations’ leading business-to-business internet site, recently named Beyond Meetings & Incentives (BMI), a full service meetings and incentives company, as one of the top businesses in the United States.
This is the 10th annual listing for DiversityBusiness.com recognizing designated minority classifications for Top 500 minority owned businesses. Companies listed on the Top Business Lists represent the Nation’s top multicultural earners and challenge the long-held notion that a privately held business is small or insignificant. Winners are sought after by major corporations wishing to increase spending with small businesses.
“Entrepreneurs are a growing force in the U.S. economy, and a force to be reckoned with,” said Kenton Clarke, CEO of Computer Consulting Associates International, the company that built DiversityBusiness.com. This is a whole business segment that can carry its own, that provides jobs, products and services, and generates wealth for their communities. These are the new leaders in American business.”
“We’re honored that we’ve been selected by DiversityBusiness.com as one of the Top 500 Companies” said Robert Turnauckas, owner and founder of BMI. "BMI’s mission is to provide world-class meeting, event and incentive programs that help our client partners exceed their stakeholder’s expectations at a fair cost... BMI‘s objective is to be America’s best, one-stop shop for all our clients’ meeting, event and incentive needs."
The List
This List is a classification that represents the top small businesses in the U.S., in sectors such as technology, manufacturing, food service and professional services. Large organizational buyers throughout the country that do business with multicultural, small and women-owned businesses use the list. The List is produced annually by DiversityBusiness.com, the nation's leading multicultural B2B Internet portal that links large organizational buyers to multicultural product and service suppliers.
The winning companies will be honored at a special awards ceremony at DiversityBusiness.com’s “10th Annual Multicultural Business Conference”. It will be held at the Gaylord National Resort and Conference Center in Washington, D.C. on April 27 - April 29, 2010.
About Beyond Meetings & Incentives
BMI provides clients with a wide array of services including all aspects of meeting planning, transportation and centralized hotel room coordination worldwide; incentive programs; meeting management; themed events; and sports outreach and fundraising programs. BMI is Headquartered in San Diego, California. About DiversityBusiness.com
Launched in 1999, DiversityBusiness.com, with over 46,000 members, is the largest organization of diversity owned businesses throughout the United States that provide goods and services to Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies, and colleges and universities. DiversityBusiness.com provides research and data collection services for diversity including the "Top 50 Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities", "Top 500 Diversity Owned Companies in America", and others. Its research has been recognized and published by Forbes Magazine, Business Week and thousands of other print and internet publications. The site has gained national recognition and has won numerous awards for its content and design. It is a leading provider of Supplier Diversity management tools and has the most widely distributed Diversity magazine in the United States. DiversityBusiness.com is produced by Computer Consulting Associates International Inc. (CCAii.com) of Southport, CT. Founded in 1980.
