September 2011 CMI

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Check In with Barbara Scofidio: SMM's Identity Crisis

How will the SMM Initiative just announced by Meeting Professionals International affect GBTA, its SMM education, the new SMM Maturity Index, and the projects of the Groups & Meetings Committee?...

COVER STORY

The 2011 CMI 25

The 5th annual listing of the largest and most influential meeting and incentive companies focused on the corporate market is now available...

FEATURE

Going Global With an SMMP

Specific strategies for 4 big challenges ...

KEYNOTES

Strategy Shift at Site

Site’s 2012 president, Alejandro Verzoub, looks to broaden the industry’s perceptions of the organization, now in its fourth decade....

GBTA Academy Launched, SMMC Program Shuts Down

The Global Business Travel Association is discontinuing its Strategic Meetings Management Certification program as part of a major overhaul of its professional education. ...

Five Countries Craft Unique Showcase for Incentive Buyers

Partnership is not a word often used among competitors, especially high-profile incentive destinations who might frequently find themselves bidding for the same piece of group travel incentive business...

MPI’s Hosted-Buyer Program Yields 4,000 Appointments at WEC

Meeting Professionals International's World Education Conference kicked off July 23 in Orlando with a new look, a new vision, and a keynoter who said this might be the most important address of his career....

FINANCIAL & INSURANCE MEETINGS

Mobile Meeting Apps Are a Must: A How-To Guide

Research says smartphone owners use apps on those phones more than they talk on them. Are they using your meeting app yet?...

Keys to Success in Booking Entertainment Internationally

The insider's guide to entertainment with Bill Hopkins heads overseas....

Financial Firms Love Day Meetings

Eight of 10 meetings at one New York City luxury property so far this year were booked by financial firms. ...

FINANCIAL & INSURANCE CONFERENCE PLANNERS ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER

Member Spotlight: Lindsay Maloni

Meet Lindsay Maloni, senior conference & event planner, at MetLife ...

FICP Member Spotlight: Sheryl Krongold, CMP

Meet Sheryl Krongold, CMP, senior meeting planner, Prudential...

New Technology Showcase Highlights FICP Annual Conference

Your chance to test technology tools for meeting management and on-site attendee engagement is November 14 at the FICP Annual Conference in San Antonio....

Baltimore Hosts FICP Northeast Regional Meeting

A report by Laura Greer, Financial & Insurance Conference Planners...

POST CON

Post Con: After Hours with Barbara Scofidio

As a special treat, we interviewed our own editor on the occasion of her 20th anniversary with the magazine. ...

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