Employee-recognition company Michael C. Fina Co. practices what it preaches when it comes to quality: The New York-based company has received ISO 9001 certification for its quality management system for the fifth consecutive year...
Approximately 40 senior planners from more than 20 pharmaceutical companies conducted a closed-door summit during the Pharmaceutical Meeting Planners Forum. The group reached consensus on a number of common challenges...
Harrah's Entertainment stockholders on April 5 approved the leveraged buyout of the gaming company by a partnership between two private equity firms...
IF YOU COULD BE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, WHERE WOULD YOU BE? As long as I'm with my family, it really doesn't matter where I am. Seeing things through my kids' eyes is priceless. I personally like exploring developing countries. WHAT'S PLAYING ON...
Imagine it is midnight during a trip overseas, and your CEO wants to schedule an emergency board meeting in New York for the next day — with lunch and a coffee break — and don't forget the company procurement policy that requires you to use a...
Developing preferred supplier agreements and standardizing the site selection process are just some of the ways Kelli Livers, director of global meetings services at AIG, is improving the bottom line...
Cindy Wheaton, CMP, manager, group meetings and incentives, Nationwide Financial Network in Columbus, Ohio, is in her second year on the board of directors of FICP. She is serving as FICP vice president, sponsorship, having spent her first year on...
Within the next few years, the small-meetings market is expected to shift toward online automated transactions in much the same way that the transient travel market has over the past decade. After all, online booking for transient travel has been...
