A huge thank you to all of our wonderful annual meeting sponsors. For a complete list, and links to their Web sites, go to www.ficpnet.com...

THE USE OF INCENTIVE programs across all levels of companies is on the rise, according to proprietary research by Promo magazine, sister publication of Financial & Insurance Meetings. Forty nine percent of the respondents in Promo's recently...

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For the 15th year, our readers have selected their favorite hotels and resorts. This month we honor the 30 top properties with our Premium Circle Award, acknowledging their excellence as meeting venues. Insurance and financial services meeting...

MARGARET MOYNIHAN, director of strategic meetings and projects for the Global Conference Group of Deloitte & Touche, based in Wilton, Conn., has learned to go with the flow. And then some. She has headed up global meeting planning at the mega...

WHEN I WALKED into my room at the Ritz-Carlton New York, Battery Park, in early November, I thought I might never leave. It wasn't the ultra-comfy bed with its down-filled duvet, or the oversized soaking tub, although those were certainly...

BRANDING HAS BECOME one of the buzzwords of modern marketing, and for good reason. A brand is much more than a name: It's an identity that reflects the look, the personality, the consistency, and every other aspect of an organization...

We are back from the 2005 ICPA Annual Meeting in New York City at the amazing New York Marriott Marquis and what an outstanding meeting! We celebrated a record number of planners in attendance. Congratulations to the Design Team led by Debbie...

FICP celebrated its last annual meeting as ICPA by returning to New York, the site of its very first meeting 48 years ago. The meeting has grown not only in size but in prestige and recognition, and it was marked by the presence of some incredible...

IF YOU MISSED the 2005 ICPA convention in New York City, you missed one heck of a good time. Here's what I remember...