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...
“Apprentice” TV show alum and up-and-coming speaker Wes Moss engaged the audience at the Financial & Insurance Conference Planners annual meeting in November with his easygoing style and blend of personal anecdotes, stories of successful...
When was the last time you flew in an airplane and found an empty seat next to you, where you could actually stretch out and relax? Have you checked an online fare one day, and then returned a day later and found it had gone up $75? These are the...
If a Company cancels a meeting contract, computing the actual losses to the hotel's business can be cumbersome. For that reason, most hotel contracts use the concept of “liquidated damages,” agreeing in advance what the damages will be if the...
From membership that is up 9 percent to big budget numbers reported in FICP's first Economic Impact Survey the vitality of the financial and insurance meetings industry was evident at the FICP Annual Conference, held in November in Las Vegas...
Marriott International is changing the rules about how commissions are paid to independent meeting planners and other group intermediaries. As of January 1, contracts for meetings convening after June 1 will include a clause that says commissions...
Groups headed to Canada after next April are bracing for a proposed federal tax overhaul that would eliminate the rebate that non-Canadian meeting organizers, exhibitors, and attendees can apply for after paying Canada's 6 percent value-added tax...
If you've ever wondered what the Convention Industry Council's APEX (Accepted Practices Exchange) initiative is all about, join CIC's APEX leaders for a free webinar February 7 from 2 to 3 p.m. EST. The program will show you how the APEX Toolbox...
