Meeting at the legendary Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Fla., July 29 to August 1, attendees at the Lynette Owens & Associates Insurance/Financial Services Summer Advisory Board Meeting explored the tenets of leadership...

For incentive qualifiers who love cruising — and who doesn't? — here's a fresh option: Holland America's ms Maasdam's seven-day Canada and New England cruises during spring, summer, and fall...

I can't believe that my term as FICP president is winding down and the gavel will soon be passed on to my friend and colleague, Sharon Chapman. Three years have gone by like the blink of an eye. These years have been pivotal for our association...

Every couple of months my husband and I head from our home in New Hampshire to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, where Joe gets a series of scans and we meet with his oncologist to hear whether his cancer has progressed. And for each of...

The Incentive Marketing Association's 2006 Circle of Excellence Award Presentation and Luncheon, September 26, noon-1:00 p.m. — For the past six years, IMA's Circle of Excellence Award winners have defined best practices in the development and...

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When you take agents away from their families and jobs for two weeks at a time, and then charge for it, the experience better be worthwhile...

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“We want APEX to be the ‘Intel Inside,’” said Terri Breining, chairwoman of the Convention Industry Council's APEX (Accepted Practices Exchange) Initiative at the Meeting Professionals International World Education Conference in July. Breining...

Last fall I spent a pleasant night aboard the Crystal Symphony in Boston Harbor. The ship was berthed for the night, so I sampled its many amenities and was lulled to sleep in my spacious stateroom on my own “water” bed...