It’s always refreshing to listen to a keynote speaker who’s a straight shooter—maybe even more so these days, surrounded as we all are by spin and buzzwords. Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré (Ret.), therefore, was just what the doctor ordered, taking the s...
Meeting planners know that one of the more common complaints on education session evaluation forms is that a session “wasn’t what I expected.” It’s highly unlikely that any of the attendees at the Financial & Insurance Conference Planners Edu...
More than 200 attendees, including 74 planners, have arrived at The Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans, for the 2014 Financial & Insurance Conference Planners Education Forum. They’re enjoying a warm (well, hot) welcome from a resilient, fascinating, uniq...
Cheryl Trinidad likes to try new things with meetings. “No risk, no reward,” says Trinidad, who has a way of making the cliché sound fresh and fun. Which could be because we’re catching her at what she considers the fun part of the process.
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If you think you don't have time in your meeting agenda for a genuinely meaningful community service experience, consider what CSR expert Alan Ranzer has to say. Then share your thoughts by posting a comment below the article.
Rolling out new initiatives is an important investment for any organization. Get it right and your company can boost profitability. Get it wrong and you’ll be hung out to dry at the next stakeholders meeting.
Finding the right professional spea...
Ray Bloom, chairman, IMEX Group, welcomed his colleagues from the German Convention Bureau, IMEX’s longtime strategic partner, and Taleb Rifai, secretary/general of the World Tourism Organization, the United Nations Specialized Agency for Tourism...
Is it possible for a travel manager to learn to take on meetings? Of course, but it will require looking at existing responsibilities in a different light, and learning some new ones. Here's what you need to know about the similarities&mdash...
In the field of destination management companies, there are independent players, national networks, and global consortia. Now there’s nimble new player on the scene. MICEport DMC is a Philadelphia-based partnership of boutique DMCs in select dest...