The perfect balance of meeting planners and suppliers got together in a perfect setting — The Ritz-Carlton Lodge, Reynolds Plantation — for the jam-packed, yet retreat-like, FICP Educational Forum, June 14 to 16...
An industry beset by disasters over the past few years is an industry now roaring back to global prominence and profitability. That was the spirit in the aisles of Hall 8 at Messe Frankfurt, site of IMEX, the Worldwide Exhibition for Incentive...
It was Shaping up to be Securian's “greatest convention ever,” says Koleen Roach, director, recognition and conference planning, Securian Financial Group, St. Paul, Minn...
As those of you who have spent any time there already know, Las Vegas is a city filled with excitement and entertainment. Add some outstanding educational sessions and great networking opportunities, and you have the recipe for the best FICP...
If attendee feedback is any measure, Marriott's annual Insurance & Financial Services Customer Forum continues to build on its success. Thirty-seven meeting planners attended the event, held May 10 to 13 at the recently renovated Marriott...
Recently, StarCite, the Philadelphia-based company with a platform of online products and services (including e-RFPs) that help to manage the meeting-planning process and control meeting spend, hit a milestone: It received its millionth RFP ...
As Financial & Insurance Meetings went to print, Meeting Professionals International was preparing for the 2006 World Education Conference in Dallas July 9 to 11, with plenty on its plate and the promise of news to come...
Unite Here launched a new organization that provides information to meeting planners on union-friendly hotels, labor disputes, and other issues that could impact site selection decisions...
