“As meeting planners, our job is to educate procurement people as to what [the guest experience] means.” Jeff Calmus, director, conference planning and event services, MetLife, Boston, echoed the sentiments of his fellow panelists during a...
Technology consultant Corbin Ball, CMP, has made a career out of connecting the dots for meeting professionals. His latest project is a report on the tech tools available to help companies with their strategic meeting management initiatives, such...
As we go to press, the Design Team is putting the final touches on this year's ICPA Annual Meeting with the theme, “Together we paddle as one.” I know it's a cliché, but we are all in the same boat in many ways. If you think about it, when we come...
WHEN A GROUP of about 20 planners plus their guests from all over the country boarded planes for a flight to St. Thomas, USVI, in September for Ritz-Carlton's annual Educational Insurance Planner Weekend, they didn't know that Tropical Storm...
The Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers found its 91st Annual Insurance Leadership Forum interjected into this year's presidential race when keynote speaker L. Paul Bremer, the former administrator of the United States — led occupation...
Global Event Partners, a network of 59 destination management companies from around the world, held its annual executive summit in Madrid, Spain, in July. The networking and educational conference drew 175 planners and suppliers...
