March 1, 2004
Cover Story
Case Study: Prudential Financial
Less typing, less paper those are the small victories of online meeting management. Staying ahead of the curve in the eyes of attendees, your company,...
Editor's Note
On the Record
The insurance and financial services industry is so skittish from bad press fallout that some corporate communications departments have banned employees...
Meeting Management
Why You Need a Code of Ethics
There is a hostile environment from regulators and the courts for senior management now, said Darcy, president of the Center for Integrity in Pound Ridge,...
NASD Regulations: Get Educated
Noncompliance with the meeting-related regulations of the National Association of Securities Dealers could land insurance companies on the hot seat. That...
Taxes and Surcharges
CLAUSE: Exposing the Hidden Extras Hotel hereby confirms a Group single/double sleeping room rate of $100. Current tax charged on sleeping rooms is 12...
ICP INDEX: MARCH/APRIL 2004
Some interesting stats about insurance and financial services companies--and their meetings:...
News from IMEX and EIBTM
Hundreds of meeting destinations are expected to exhibit at IMEX, a major meeting and incentive industry exhibition taking place May 12 to 14 at Messe...
James Bond-ing, Anyone?
The 007 theme song was playing as we stepped into the Juniper room at the Essex Conference Center & Retreat in Essex, Mass. A woman dressed in a black...
Financial Services Training Holds Steady
WHILE TRAINING BUDGETS across corporate America were down 6 percent last year, according to the 2003 U.S. Training Industry Study conducted by Training...
The Light Side of Insurance
Want to treat incentive attendees with a gift that tickles their funny bones? Check out Insurance As a Second Language, an unconventional look at the...
People
Michael Karr has joined the Grand Wailea Resort Hotel & Spa as director of insurance industry sales and northeast sales. Previously, Karr was vice president...
On the Speaker Circuit
Budget-Friendly Ideas for Booking Speakers
While the economy may be turning around, meeting planners are still being asked to do more with less. This makes program planning challenging when booking...
Incentives & Motivation
Insurance Incentives Come Back to the Caribbean
The Caribbean, long a popular incentive destination for insurance groups, looks to be red-hot in 2004 and 2005, according to area hoteliers and insurance...
Charity is its Own Reward
is the kind of term a select group of financial services professionals use to describe a trip to Jamaica last December during which they donated and distributed...
Global Incentives
Tradition and Innovation LONDON The new mantra of Visit London Business and Conventions, formerly the London Convention Bureau, seems to be Tradition...
Reports from the Field
The Future of Luxury Meetings
SOME MEETINGS ARE never going to take place at a luxury hotel. Alicen Holmes, a meeting planner with Cisco Systems in San Jose, Calif., and panelist at...
MPI Pushes Strategic Plan
At Meeting Professionals International Professional Education Conference, held January 18 to 20 in San Antonio, Terri Breining, CMP, CMM, chairwoman of...
ICPA Newsletter
Message from the ICPA Vice-President, Membership
Greetings from the Great White North! I have just experienced my first ICPA board meeting and have quite a to-do list in front of me. One of my more exciting...
NE Chapter Tackles Industry Issues
MEETING AT THE SAGAMORE, a beautiful lakeside resort nestled in the Adirondack mountain region of New York one hour from Albany, 17 planners and 16 hospitality...
Sites & Venues
CONFERENCE CENTER News
ATTACHED TO THE Cleveland Clinic campus via skywalk is the recently opened Cleveland InterContinental Hotel and Conference Center. Its 500-seat amphitheater...
Farmington Valley, Connecticut
PLANNERS LOOKING for new incentive destinations in the United States should take a close look at Farmington Valley, a cluster of seven charming small...
Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin
THE GIANT SWAN and dolphin statues remain at their posts atop the hotels; inside, though, some of the playful beach dcor and color schemes have been refined....
Last Laugh
I Know Which Button to Press
THE COVER STORY of this issue focuses on technology, and it got me to thinking about how much we now live in a techno world. From financial services to...
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