MGME Acquires Key Meetings & Events

Best Coast Pairings and Keyrune Merge to Form Galactic Events Studio

February 23, 2026

Cloud & SaaS

Keyrune Incorporated (creator of the Melee.gg platform) and Best Coast Pairings have merged to form Galactic Events Studio, a new company that will unify their event registration and tournament-management technologies. The combined business will continue to operate both platforms while investing in unified features to support game organizers, retailers, publishers and players worldwide.

Bishop-McCann Acquires MTI Events

July 24, 2025

Professional Services

Bishop-McCann, a Kansas City-based event management firm, acquired MTI Events, a Kansas City incentive travel and event company with more than 35 years of experience. The acquisition strengthens Bishop-McCann's incentive travel capabilities and brings MTI's leadership into the firm as a strategic advisor.

InteleTravel Acquires MGME (McVeigh Global Meetings & Events)

January 24, 2024

Professional Services

InteleTravel, an integrated travel distribution group, has acquired MGME (McVeigh Global Meetings & Events). MGME will remain an independent brand as a wholly owned unit of InteleTravel and will collaborate with InteleTravel and Hickory Global Partners to expand event offerings, consolidate supplier contracts, and leverage booking technology and cruise charter capabilities to develop event-at-sea and other combined services.

EagleTree Capital Acquires MMGY Global

October 30, 2023

Marketing & Advertising

Investment funds managed by EagleTree Capital, with co-investors including the Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO) and Northwestern Mutual, have acquired MMGY Global from Peninsula Capital Partners LLC and other shareholders. MMGY Global’s management team will remain in place under CEO Katie Briscoe as the company pursues a global growth strategy; the firm has more than 600 employees across 14 offices.

Creative Group Acquires Strategic Meetings and Incentives

January 31, 2022

Marketing & Advertising

Creative Group, a Direct Travel company headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois, has acquired Strategic Meetings and Incentives, LLC, a Scottsdale-based meeting, event and incentive agency founded in 2001. The acquisition expands Creative Group's footprint in the telecommunications industry and the U.S. Southeast while adding event-production, meeting marketing and incentive-travel capabilities to its service offering.

Northstar Travel Group Acquires CAT Media

October 8, 2019

Media & Entertainment

Northstar Travel Group has acquired CAT Media, a UK-based multiplatform B2B marketing, information and events business serving the meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) industry. The acquisition expands Northstar's UK and European footprint and combines CAT Media's titles and events with Northstar's existing meetings and events portfolio.