With new stats to work with, grassroots efforts are beginning to spread the word to everyone from politicians to the public about what meetings really mean to the U.S. economy.

What do you see as the benefits of FICP membership? I have been a member of FICP since 2008. I saw the relationships my colleagues established with other planners and hospitality providers, and how important those relationships are to our business...

What do you think FICP members want most in terms of education at FICP conferences? Meeting professionals are all hungry for information regarding the business of meetings...

Can one message work in 64 countries?

The 80 planners and hospitality partners who attended the Financial & Insurance Conference Planners Northeast Region Winter Meeting in Boston in January are sleeping better, presenting themselves more professionally, looking good on LinkedIn...

The job of a travel manager isn’t just to drive down business travel costs, but also to know how to use travel to drive top-line growth. That, according to Christa Degnan Manning, director, eXpert insights and research, Advisory Services, American...

With the release of the Convention Industry Council’s economic significance study, U.S. meeting professionals can confidently claim to be part of an industry that contributes more to the national economy than auto manufacturing...

Two years ago, meetings were under attack. While industry leaders were eager to defend face-to-face events, they had few hard facts with which to convince business executives and government officials of the bottom-line value of meetings. That won...

The meetings and incentives business is looking up down under, as the Asia-Pacific Incentives & Meetings Expo, which opened February 15 at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre in Melbourne, Australia, reported an impressive 32...