July 1, 2008
Cover Story
Take Your Medicine
The financial services industry is sick. The symptoms: layoffs, losses, public mistrust. The causes: bad loans, the housing market crash, an economic downturn. The cure: Scrutiny of everything, including meetings....
Taking Stock —With Editor Regina Baraban
Four Tips for Tough Times
Planners and hospitality partners at the 2008 FICP Education Forum seemed to be shoring up for tough times. Conversations inside and outside the education sessions focused on finding solutions to the meetings fallout from a depressed financial-services sector and a lousy economy. For me, there were four big ideas woven through the three-day conference....
Opening Bell
Technology Tips
Jim Spellos, CMP, founder and president of Meeting U. in New York, believes that podcasting, blogging, RFID tags, and social networking tools should be part of your working life. “The real benefit is that these tools are two-way,” he says. “It doesn’t matter what tools you use. What’s critical is that you’re engaging and including your audience in building the next event.” Here’s what Spellos has to say about how tech tools can enhance your meetings....
Best of the Best
Six senior-level insurance and financial services meeting professionals were among 20 individuals recognized recently by FIM sister magazine Corproate Meetings & Incentives....
Hilton, Marriott Work to Save the Planet
Hotel companies have big green goals...
Golf Guide 2008
No Time for 18?
Resorts are providing alternative golf experiences that take less time but still offer opportunities for networking and teambuilding....
A Fresh Crop of Golf Gifts
Few execs need a second putter or another golf cap, so every year, it gets a little bit tougher to find fresh ideas for golf tournament gifts. But they’re out there....
Control the Beverage Cart
Of all your golf tournament costs, beverages can be the most difficult to control....
Clubs Optional
Here’s a teambuilding event that blends a golf-crazy CEO with people who can’t find the right end of a putter....
Can Golf Go Green?
Golf course managers are showing a growing interest in green practices...
FICP Newsletter
FICP Profile: Nancy Farmer, CMP
An interview with FICP’s vice president, sponsorship...
FICP Beyond Boundaries: Cancun 2008
More than 30 education sessions, organized into learning tracks, are planned for FICP’s 2008 Annual Conference...
In the Field
Marriott Shows Planners a Hot Time in the Desert
Marriott’s 2008 Customer Forum brought together nearly 70 meeting planenrs and Marriott sales associates...
Candid Conversations With Krisam
Planners and hoteliers talk trends at the annual Krisam Insurance Advisory Board ...
Sites
In The News - The Grand Del Mar , San Diego
San Diego has a new luxury resort, The Grand Del Mar, which opened in October 2007. The resort's 249 guest rooms, including 31 suites, don't skimp on...
Site Files: Mountain Meetings
2008 DNC is bound to be the event of the summer in Denver...
Site Files: Hawaii
The islands are a huge draw for all kinds of meetings...
9th Annual Las Vegas Corporate Invitational Vegas Golf at Its Finest
FIM’s annual meeting-planner golf tournament features two of Las Vegas’ most spectacular courses: Cascata and Rio Secco....
Closing Bell
Reflections of a Golfophobic
Eight hilarious reasons why Dale Irvin hates golf...
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