Kevin HintonExecutive Vice President of Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI), has been selected Chairman-Elect of Meeting Professionals International (MPI) for its 2011-2012 fiscal year. Hinton was selected by MPI’s nominating committee, and this nomination has now been approved by the members of MPI. MPI, the meeting and event industry’s largest global community, is comprised of more than 23,000 members belonging to 71 chapters and clubs worldwide. Hinton will take office as Chairman-Elect, and will be a member of the MPI Executive Committee for the International Board of Directors, effective July 1, 2011. He will become MPI Chairman of the Board effective July 1, 2012. He is based in ALHI’s National Sales office in Chicago.