WHILE TRAINING BUDGETS across corporate America were down 6 percent last year, according to the 2003 U.S. Training Industry Study conducted by Training magazine, financial services training was substantially more robust. Forty-three percent of the...
Want to treat incentive attendees with a gift that tickles their funny bones? Check out Insurance As a Second Language, an unconventional look at the world of insurance written by popular industry speaker and ICP columnist — and former insurance...
PLANNERS LOOKING for new incentive destinations in the United States should take a close look at Farmington Valley, a cluster of seven charming small towns just west of Hartford, Conn...
The insurance and financial services industry is so skittish from bad press fallout that some corporate communications departments have banned employees from talking on the record to reporters. It is a particularly challenging situation for the...
Noncompliance with the meeting-related regulations of the National Association of Securities Dealers could land insurance companies on the hot seat. That was the word at the Northeast chapter meeting of the Insurance Conference Planners...
MEETING AT THE SAGAMORE, a beautiful lakeside resort nestled in the Adirondack mountain region of New York one hour from Albany, 17 planners and 16 hospitality partners discussed some of the most pressing issues facing the industry today during...
The Caribbean, long a popular incentive destination for insurance groups, looks to be red-hot in 2004 and 2005, according to area hoteliers and insurance conference planners.“The pricing is competitive and in our experience the people are...
ATTACHED TO THE Cleveland Clinic campus via skywalk is the recently opened Cleveland InterContinental Hotel and Conference Center. Its 500-seat amphitheater includes surround sound, push-to-talk microphones at each seat, a real-time voting system...
Hundreds of meeting destinations are expected to exhibit at IMEX, a major meeting and incentive industry exhibition taking place May 12 to 14 at Messe Frankfurt, Germany. Alongside the well-known names, attendees will encounter such little-known...
