If you have ever wondered if your registration form, housing form, or rooming lists could be more clear or comprehensive, you will welcome a new resource from APEX (Accepted Practices Exchange), the arm of the Convention Industry Council charged...

According to the ICPA bylaws, the association must elect two new candidates to the board of directors each year. Recent practice has been to elect two directors from four candidates presented by the VP of membership...

A new insurance industry designation was launched by the San Francisco — based Society of Insurance Trainers and Educators earlier this year: The Insurance Training Professional. To earn an ITP designation, trainers must demonstrate insurance...

The meeting industry's longest-standing planner association is looking to change its name. If planner members approve a bylaws revision in September, Insurance Conference Planners Association (ICPA) will become Financial & Insurance Conference...

FUEL PRICES SKYROCKETED this summer, and the increases appear to be having some impact on the meeting and incentive industry...

The ICPA Educational Forum was held July 14 to 16 at the stylish and spacious Hilton Austin (Texas). This year for the first time, content included a choice of breakout sessions, on topics that ranged from how to leverage the value of group...

Jim Feldman of Incentive Travelers Cheque, Chicago, is the only incentive pro with all the designations available in the industry: Master Incentive Professional (MIP); Certified Incentive Professional (CIP); Certified Incentive Travel Executive ...

WHAT CAUGHT MY attention in this issue is the article on blogging. I don't know about you, but I have never blogged. I am a blog virgin, but I must admit that blog is a funny word to say. Go ahead; say it, “Blog, blog, blog.” Fun isn't it? For...

It helps to have talk show host Ellen DeGeneres as your special guest, but ultimately it was the strategic decision-making of Seattle-based Washington Mutual's planners that won the company the highest honor in the meeting industry — MPI's Global...