A joint survey between the Incentive Research Foundation and Corporate Meetings & Incentives find that incentive planners walk a fine line to keep programs upscale despite budget cuts.
From the Las Vegas Sun:
Las Vegas is anticipating its meetings and trade show business will pick up in 2011, bringing it back to levels not seen since late 2005 or early 2006.
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Among the 1,700 employees laid off from Sanofi-aventis pharmaceutical company in late November were those who work in the company’s meeting planning department, according to several reports from Medical Meetings’ sources. These sources also report...
Some of the buzz at the 2010 FICP Annual Conference concerned the retirement of two longtime FICP members who also happen to be two of the nicest guys in the business: Ken Pickle and Michael Key.
Christine Duffy, president and CEO of Maritz Travel, is leaving the company to become president of Cruise Lines International Association on February 1. The nonprofit association is the world's largest cruise association, representing the...
