FICP's regional meetings keep getting better, delivering lots of educational takeaway and superb networking in a short amount of time. There were five meetings this summer: The West Coast Regional Meeting, August 10 to 12, Newport Beach Fairmont...
A former sales executive with the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla., answers your top five questions on how to get a good deal when negotiating with a casino resort...
The nonprofit portal for the incentive industry just got better with a new look and new content. The site provides articles, white papers, and even a benchmark tool for companies. Check it out!
No topic was too hot to handle at the Krisam Group's first Executive Summit, held September 7 to 10 at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas. At the opening session, moderated by Barbara Scofidio, editor of Financial & Insurance...
Sharon Chapman, CMP, CMM, travel and corporate events planner for Berkshire Life Insurance Company of America, took over the presidency of FICP at this November's annual meeting in Las Vegas. Chapman has been a meeting planner for more than 20...
Congress has extended a controversial Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative deadline by 17 months, making June 1, 2009 the new deadline by which people traveling via land or sea from the Caribbean, Bermuda, Panama, Mexico, and Canada must have a...
Recently, students in a meeting planning course at the University of New Hampshire disappointed their professor when they were clueless about how to articulate a business strategy...
More than 10 years ago, when I was pregnant with my first child, the publishing company I worked for was sold, and the new owners decided to offer a telecommuting option to our staff. We were among the first of our kind, long before PDAs and the...