The 2007 Annual Conference will include a silent auction, with proceeds to benefit UMOM New Day Centers. Visit www.umom.org to learn more about this worthy charitable organization that helps the underprivileged in the Phoenix/Scottsdale area...

With its aggressive scrutiny and costly enforcement actions, NASD has some planners shaking in their boots. But where others see pitfalls in trying to weave their way through the regulatory maze, Allstate Financial's Meeting Manager Laurie...

One of the benefits of being a professional summarizer is that I get to travel to wild and exotic locations and try new and dangerous things. Many of the adventures have taken place in the sea, an environment in which I am not totally comfortable...

Some of the hot hospitality news for planners discussed at Marriott's Insurance & Financial Services Forum in May...

Every year, the FICP Annual Conference raises the bar, and this year will be no exception. For the past several months, The 2007 FICP Annual Design team, headed up by Conference Chairman Michael Burke, CMP, The Hanover Insurance Group; Education...

Citigroup Global Markets Inc. has agreed to pay more than $15 million to settle charges that a group of its financial advisers misled BellSouth employees during dozens of seminars and meetings between 1994 and 2002...

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Two hot-topic webinars in July will focus on green meetings and contract best practices...

In just 11 years, electronic requests for proposal have grown from novelty features on hoteliers' Web sites to an entire subindustry with hundreds of facilitators, templates, and tools. Technology for e-RFPs has remained relatively static over the...

Registered Traveler--a program designed to speed enrolled travelers through specially designated airport security lanes--is up and running at Reno-Tahoe International Airport in Nevada...