In other annual meeting news, FICP President Michael Burke, CMP, The Hanover Insurance Group, announced the association's new name: Financial and Insurance Conference Planners, and unveiled the new logo. “With our new name and logo, we will begin...
If you are a current member, we encourage you to renew your membership for 2006. While renewing your membership on the Web site (www.ficpnet.com), please take a few minutes to update your online profile. By doing so, you will provide current...
WE HAVE ALL struggled with getting attendees to complete and return their evaluation forms. To have the most statistically valid results, it is always best to aim for the highest return rate possible. These evaluation results, when analyzed and...
Almost one year after Delta Air Lines discontinued its Meeting Network, U.S. Airways — newly merged with America West — is scaling back its services to meeting planners...
BTC Radio, Talking Business Travel, has joined a growing list of Internet radio broadcasts aimed at meeting and travel industry pros. The tone of the show, which is hosted by Kevin Mitchell, chairman of the Business Travel Coalition, is...
Once again, ICPA's summer regional meetings exceeded expectations, attracting not only close-to-home ICPA members but those looking to consider the host hotel or destination for a future meeting site. August meetings included the Great Lakes...
If you're in meeting planning for the money, it helps to be a guy … with lots of experience … working for a corporation. You probably could have guessed that without reading the results of Meeting Professionals International's recent salary survey...
Remember the days before e-mail, cell phones, and BlackBerries, when the world moved at a slower pace — and planners could count on a handshake to seal a hotel contract agreement? Those are just a few of the seismic shifts that insurance and...
In December, ICPA members will receive an e-mail reminder to renew their membership for 2006. By renewing, members will continue to receive electronic news from the association, gain access to the members-only section of the Web site, and receive...
