You'd have thought the city had just won the bid for the Olympics, that's how happy Hartford's city--and state--fathers and mothers were on August 25 when the Marriott Hartford Downtown officially opened its doors. Financial and insurance...

“We're here for a reality check and candid conversation,” said Jim Schultenover, president of The Krisam Group and moderator of Krisam's Insurance Advisory Board, held in early June at the lovely Charleston Place Hotel in Charleston, S.C. (see...

THE INITIALISM ROI appears regularly in industry articles and is widely used by meeting planners and suppliers alike, yet there is confusion around the true meaning of the term. Many use the term ROI to mean cost savings or cost avoidance, while...

In late July, Starwood hosted an event for insurance and financial services planners at the St. Regis Hotel, New York. Guests enjoyed a tabletop trade show and reception at the gorgeous St. Regis Roof, filled with the Beaux-Arts architectural...

A DOZEN INSURANCE and financial services executives had a chance to experience a Rocky Mountain high at Colorado's Copper Mountain Resort (see page 42) July 29 to August 2 at the 13th annual Lynette Owens Advisory Board meeting. Headquartered in...

As the popularity of spas has skyrocketed at financial and insurance meetings, planners have started to carefully manage the process of site selection, booking, and contract negotiations. “If we're going to a big spa destination, such as the Grand...

You can take the woman out of hotel sales but you can't take hotel sales out of the woman. Kathy DeLand, director of meeting services for MassMutual Financial, was a hotelier before she jumped the fence to meeting planning. And she still sums up...