Financial/Insurance Meetings

The world of destination management companies was rocked last fall when the Washington, D.C.–based DMC consortium Global Events Partners first announced the closing of seven company-owned DMCs and then the bankruptcy of the entire company (and it...

Endorphins, engagement, energy—those are some of the returns you and your attendees will get when you book a boot camp.

The Site International Foundation is offering anyone with an Internet connection the chance to score an incentive-level travel experience to one of 14 destinations as part of its Around the World online auction. A nonprofit organization, the Site...

In the current edition of its new quarterly Meetings Outlook report, Meeting Professionals International asked members how they are managing rapid tech innovation...

To help Maritz Travel Co. expand its presence around the world, three well-known industry figures have signed on as global general managers. Their task: to build a Maritz Travel Co. Global Meetings Network in Latin America, Mexico, Europe, the...

Up to now, Meeting Professionals International’s CMM program has been the gold standard of education in the meetings industry. When I went through the course, I had about 12 years of hospitality industry experience and was fairly new to the...

If you’ve searched for a flight, found a good fare, failed to pull the trigger, and come back the next day to find the fare is now out of your range, Rob and Heidi Brown have felt your pain. So they want to offer you options. For a price, you ca...

Mike Dominguez is in about the third year of his quest to “elevate the dialogue” between planners and hoteliers, advocating a fuller understanding of each side, by each side, in booking meetings. At the Financial & Insurance Conference Planners ...