Will Financial Services companies be looking beyond sales production to determine how incentives are awarded to agents and brokers? According to some industry executives, they already are...

The choice of “evolve” as the thematic concept for the 2006 Financial & Insurance Conference Planners Annual Conference was perfect for an event taking place in Las Vegas, according to Connie Jalet, sales executive at the Las Vegas Convention...

Marriott International is changing the rules about how commissions are paid to independent meeting planners and other group intermediaries. After January 1, contracts for meetings convening after June 1 will include a clause that says commissions...

The Society of Incentive and Travel has tapped its former CEO and well-known industry leader Bob G. Vitagliano, CITE, to become executive director of the International SITE Foundation, its new research arm. The ISF will replace the SITE Foundation...

Travel, Trade, and privacy groups are heavily criticizing a Department of Homeland Security program that, for the past several years, has been used to mine, store, and assess the personal data of all travelers, including U.S. citizens, entering or...

Meeting Professionals Inter-national's 2007 Professional Education Conference-North America will be the first opportunity for many industry professionals to see New Orleans post-Katrina. About 2,500 attendees are expected at the January 20-23...

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1,387-square-foot conference center 977-seat Walt Disney Theater 268-seat Buena Vista Theater The Peter Pan, Fantasia, and Steamboat Willie conference rooms have been renovated and offer state-of-the-art technology, complete with LED flat...

For small groups looking for an informal, “Down East” meeting experience, Linekin Bay Resort (www.linekinbayresort.com) offers some unusual attractions...

Let the numbers do the talking: The member companies of Financial & Insurance Conference Planners alone spend $600 million on meetings. And a typical FICP member company's largest meeting brings $500,000 of pure revenue to a hotel...