The 2006 Annual meeting of Financial & Insurance Conference Planners in Las Vegas was an amazing three days, and if you didn't attend, you missed a lot. Here, to the best of my recollection, is a recap of the conference, held at beautiful...
Planners who work for one of the 5,000 companies that fall under the regulatory arm of NASD, may soon be dealing with new guidelines on gift-giving and entertainment. Concerned that excessive entertaining and gift-giving compromise the ability of...
Paul Eder, CLU, CPA, ChFC, is vice president agency services, meetings and incentives, Protective Life Insurance Co., Birmingham, Ala., where he manages meetings and events (along with handling some marketing responsibilities) for his division. As...
Requests for Women speakers by financial services and insurance companies are on the rise as more female representatives are attending meetings. In the last 10 years, as more women have joined the previously all-male ranks of top-performing sales...
Marketing/public relations agency Yesawich, Pepperdine, Brown & Russell is predicting “another year for the record books” in its Ten Trends to Watch in 2007. YPB&R forecasts that leisure will outpace business when it comes to travel...
Six destination marketing organizations—also called convention and visitors bureaus—have been accredited by the Destination Marketing Association International for meeting universal operating standards...
MeetingsRadio, a weekly call-in radio show for the meetings industry that began broadcasting via the Internet in April 2005, is moving to a podcast format in 2007, according to founder Bill Wulff, CMP, president of Above the Rim Events, Fort Lee...
If you've ever wondered what the Convention Industry Council's APEX (Accepted Practices Exchange) initiative is all about, join CIC's APEX leaders for a free webinar February 7 from 2 to 3 p.m. EST. The program will get you up to speed on how the...
Beware of giving lavish promotional gifts that have no direct connection to your business. That's the message from a recent clampdown by the Internal Revenue Service, that, according to The Wall Street Journal, has forced a decision by Hollywood...
The chief executive officer of a leading meeting and incentive travel company and the president of a major industry association are among five leaders who will be inducted into the Convention Industry Council’s prestigious Hall of Leaders, which...
