CLAUSE: Catering to the Crowd ...

KAY KERLIN, vice president — sales support for Milwaukee-based Fortis Health, patted herself on the back for having cannily chosen the politically neutral destinations of Monaco and Switzerland for the company's European incentive programs in May...

BETWEEN THE meeting-related fallout from the war with Iraq and the escalating incidences of severe acute respiratory syndrome, times have never been tougher for the meeting business. But when the going gets tough, the tough get together to...

Imagine wrapping up your final site visit at a resort, confident that every detail of your upcoming incentive conference has been checked and double-checked. You're headed out of the lobby when your cellphone rings and you're told that twice as...

Kudos for ICP's New Look...

DAVID S. KEAMY, CMP, has been appointed area director of marketing for The Ritz-Carlton Hotels of Boston. He will coordinate the marketing strategies for the newly restored Ritz-Carlton, Boston as well as the Ritz-Carlton, Boston Common, which...

Message from the Board ...

AS I READ THROUGH THIS ISSUE of Insurance Conference Planner — which still needs a good puzzle page, by the way — I was struck by the article on family-friendly incentives. What a great deal this is for kids! It made me jealous because there was...

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Kansas City, Mo., in April adopted a resolution to waive continuing education requirements for producers on active duty in Operation Iraqi Freedom...

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