November 1, 2007 FIM

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Tomorrow, the World: The Inside Story of AIG's Strategic Meetings Management Program

When an AIG senior executive arrived in Shanghai for a high-level meeting in 2004, he noticed AIG signs in his hotel...

Right This Way: Cities from Coast to Coast are Courting the Financial Services and Insurance Meetings Market

I love the [financial and insurance] meeting segment, says Leonard Hoops, executive vice president, sales and marketing, for the San Francisco Convention...

Taking Stock: With Editor Regina Barbaran: The Case for Strategic Meetings Management

Back in 2005, when I first heard about Kelli Livers' consolidation plans for AIG, the idea of a company-wide strategic meetings management program was...

Opening Bell

Big Moves at Marriott

After a painstaking two-year reorganization, Marriott this summer began redeploying its national sales force against thousands of U.S. customers...

Ritz-Carlton Caribbean Confab

Unsettled weather from Hurricane Dean did not stop the 15 senior-level planners who traveled to Ritz-Carlton's Insurance Educational Weekend in August...

Marketing the Meeting Department

Dan Young, CMP, LLIF, director of event planning and field recognition at Minneapolis, Minn.-based Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, is no novice when...

Starwood Beantown Forum

What better way to highlight Boston as a conference destination than with a traditional New England clambake and an overnight at one of the city's hottest...

The Exchange

On the Law: Unraveling Indemnification

Many hotel and convention center contract provisions can be difficult to understand, even for an experienced meeting planner, but the most confusing language...

Checklist: Accommodating Everyone

It's been 17 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law. Today, everyone is more attuned to accessibility in all areas, including...

In The Field

On the Show Floor: News from the 2007 Motivation Show in Chicago

Among the news from this year's Motivation Show in Chicago, September 25 to 27: U.S. companies spent $46 billion on travel and merchandise incentives in 2006...

FICP Newsletter

FCIP Profile: Patricia Kerr, CMP, joined Financial & Insurance Conference Planners in 1995, the same year she launched her meeting planning career at Manulife Financial....

FICP Newsletter: Summer Regionals Focus on Education

NORTHEAST About 27 planners gathered at the Woodstock Inn & Resort, Woodstock, Vt., July 29 to 31, to hear a variety of speakers and participate in interactive...

Sites

Featured Location: Park Hyatt

Located in the ski-in, ski-out village of Beaver Creek, Colo., the posh 190-room Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort and Spa gleams from a $20 million renovation...

Venues in the News: A Fresh Start

Sheraton Gateway Atlanta The News: A major renovation has upgraded the hotel's 395 guest rooms, main lobby, fitness facilities, and public spaces...

On Location: Battery Park

A stone's throw from Wall Street, the financial services industry has found an oasis in Manhattan: The Ritz-Carlton, Battery Park. One investment firm...

New York & New Jersey

It's been an exciting year for New York City, with The Plaza celebrating its 100th birthday and reopening after three years of refurbishment, and Radio...

Florida Meetings Planner's Guide

The big news in Florida is downtown. Cities are booming with new entertainment, restaurants, and shopping, while construction near the convention centers...

Closing Bell

Dale Does Deutschland

If you're looking to treat your attendees to a memorable international experience, you might learn a thing or two from my recent trip to Germany. Since...

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