Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 15, 2023

IStock Photo by cyano66 Before the pandemic, one could argue that jobs with life-and-death consequences were surely more stressful than planning an annual conference. Exhibitors are being more selective about the conferences they will support. Annual conference budgets are usually finalized 12-plus months prior to the event.

Event Planning 370

Event Planning Food and Beverage 2023 2019 370

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Meet the Experts Ellie Hurley, events director at Financial and Insurance Conference Professionals (FICP), has spent the past three years leading FICP’s event-specific approach to sustainability and social impact and also holds the Sustainable Event Professional Certificate (SEPC) from Events Industry Council (EIC).

Sustainability 219

Sustainability Event Planning Hotels Travel 219

GEVME

JUNE 13, 2018

The unique story of any conference should begin with the goal and then a detailed plan on how to reach this goal. In his article for Smashing magazine , the founder of HybridConf, Zach Inglis, states that the aim of every conference organiser should be to create experiences that reenergize people and fill them with new zeal for their work.

Conference Planning 200

Conference Planning Conference Speakers Advertising 200

Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 11, 2024

Elena joins the venue as Sales and Marketing Director from Hyatt Place London Heathrow Airport, where she re-launched the hotel post-pandemic, built a brand-new corporate base, and secured several major airline contracts. New Finance Director EeLain Ong has worked across multiple sectors throughout her 28-year career in financial services.

Insurance 260

Insurance Financial Airlines Contracts 260

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

After two years of not meeting, companies and audiences may have different goals and expectations so conferences that were previously produced as simple iterations on the previous years’ event must now be reinvented whole cloth. Once the contract has been signed, the tough talk doesn’t stop. By the Numbers. Jeff Calmus. Tell a Story.

Financial 245

Financial Insurance Medical Meetings Contracts 245

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. To meet these evolving challenges, a record number gathered at the reimagined Sheraton Denver Downtown for the 2024 FICP Annual Conference this week. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings.

Insurance 130

Insurance Negotiating Sustainability Contracts 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. To meet these evolving challenges, a record number gathered at the reimagined Sheraton Denver Downtown for the 2024 FICP Annual Conference this week. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings.

Insurance 130

Insurance Negotiating Sustainability Contracts 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. To meet these evolving challenges, a record number gathered at the reimagined Sheraton Denver Downtown for the 2024 FICP Annual Conference this week. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings.

Insurance 130

Insurance Negotiating Sustainability Contracts 130

MeetingsNet

JUNE 18, 2020

One of the best-attended sessions of the 17th annual Pharma Forum conference for medical-event planners, held virtually this year from June 15-19, was “Meetings Contracts in the Post-COVID Era.” In other words, the cleaning protocols listed in the contract are solely the responsibility of the property to fulfill and monitor.

Contracts 114

Contracts Negotiating Financial Travel 114

Attendease

AUGUST 26, 2024

Here’s a brief overview of common examples of corporate events: Conferences and seminars Academic or professional conferences and seminars allow companies to share industry knowledge, thought leadership, and best practices. Corporate events require significant time, effort, and financial investment.

Corporate Events 370

Corporate Events Event Planning Negotiating Trade Shows 370

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. To meet these evolving challenges, a record number gathered at the reimagined Sheraton Denver Downtown for the 2024 FICP Annual Conference this week. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings.

Insurance 130

Insurance Negotiating Sustainability Contracts 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. To meet these evolving challenges, a record number gathered at the reimagined Sheraton Denver Downtown for the 2024 FICP Annual Conference this week. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings.

Insurance 130

Insurance Negotiating Sustainability Contracts 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Financial & Insurance Conference Professionals (FICP) brought 700 thought leaders together at JW Marriott Marco Island Beach Resort in Florida to prepare meeting professionals for whatever comes next with a call to reflect, discover and recharge. FICP 2024 Annual Conference will be Nov. How fun is that?

2023 263

2023 Negotiating Insurance Financial 263

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. To meet these evolving challenges, a record number gathered at the reimagined Sheraton Denver Downtown for the 2024 FICP Annual Conference this week. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Negotiating Contracts 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. To meet these evolving challenges, a record number gathered at the reimagined Sheraton Denver Downtown for the 2024 FICP Annual Conference this week. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Negotiating Contracts 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. To meet these evolving challenges, a record number gathered at the reimagined Sheraton Denver Downtown for the 2024 FICP Annual Conference this week. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings.

Insurance 130

Insurance Negotiating Sustainability Contracts 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. To meet these evolving challenges, a record number gathered at the reimagined Sheraton Denver Downtown for the 2024 FICP Annual Conference this week. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Negotiating Meetings 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. To meet these evolving challenges, a record number gathered at the reimagined Sheraton Denver Downtown for the 2024 FICP Annual Conference this week. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings.

Insurance 130

Insurance Negotiating Sustainability Contracts 130

EventMB

AUGUST 19, 2024

There has been a significant increase in what we call variable or on-demand planner contracting tied to third-party planning organizations,” said Todd Taranto, president of Cadre , a placement firm for event industry freelancers. She now finds herself contracting for fellow FICP members.

Meetings 154

Meetings Contracts Insurance 2007 154

Event Marketer

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The city’s challenges related to homelessness, crime and drugs are part of a combination of factors that are impacting the city’s event business, with a number of big tech conferences announcing historic moves out of the city and to Las Vegas. Finally, we have great deals for those that are signing multiyear contracts at one time.

Travel 306

Travel 2024 2026 2025 306

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. To meet these evolving challenges, a record number gathered at the reimagined Sheraton Denver Downtown for the 2024 FICP Annual Conference this week. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Negotiating Contracts 130

SmartMeetings

APRIL 3, 2020

Meetings in the financial and insurance sector require outside-the-box thinking. The economy was humming along before the coronavirus hit, but even then the majority of meeting planners in the financial and insurance industries were keeping their budgets in neutral. Financial and insurance meetings in the U.S.

Financial 95

Financial Insurance Meetings Food and Beverage 95

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. To meet these evolving challenges, a record number gathered at the reimagined Sheraton Denver Downtown for the 2024 FICP Annual Conference this week. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Negotiating Contracts 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. To meet these evolving challenges, a record number gathered at the reimagined Sheraton Denver Downtown for the 2024 FICP Annual Conference this week. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Negotiating Meetings 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. To meet these evolving challenges, a record number gathered at the reimagined Sheraton Denver Downtown for the 2024 FICP Annual Conference this week. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Negotiating Meetings 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. To meet these evolving challenges, a record number gathered at the reimagined Sheraton Denver Downtown for the 2024 FICP Annual Conference this week. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Negotiating Meetings 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. To meet these evolving challenges, a record number gathered at the reimagined Sheraton Denver Downtown for the 2024 FICP Annual Conference this week. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Negotiating Meetings 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. To meet these evolving challenges, a record number gathered at the reimagined Sheraton Denver Downtown for the 2024 FICP Annual Conference this week. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Negotiating Contracts 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. To meet these evolving challenges, a record number gathered at the reimagined Sheraton Denver Downtown for the 2024 FICP Annual Conference this week. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Negotiating Meetings 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. To meet these evolving challenges, a record number gathered at the reimagined Sheraton Denver Downtown for the 2024 FICP Annual Conference this week. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Meetings Negotiating 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. To meet these evolving challenges, a record number gathered at the reimagined Sheraton Denver Downtown for the 2024 FICP Annual Conference this week. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Negotiating Meetings 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. To meet these evolving challenges, a record number gathered at the reimagined Sheraton Denver Downtown for the 2024 FICP Annual Conference this week. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Meetings Negotiating 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. To meet these evolving challenges, a record number gathered at the reimagined Sheraton Denver Downtown for the 2024 FICP Annual Conference this week. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings.

Insurance 130

Insurance Meetings Sustainability Negotiating 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. To meet these evolving challenges, a record number gathered at the reimagined Sheraton Denver Downtown for the 2024 FICP Annual Conference this week. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings.

Meetings 130

Meetings Insurance Sustainability Negotiating 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. To meet these evolving challenges, a record number gathered at the reimagined Sheraton Denver Downtown for the 2024 FICP Annual Conference this week. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings.

Meetings 130

Meetings Sustainability Insurance Negotiating 130

Eventmobi

JANUARY 24, 2019

To begin building your budget, it’s best to determine what financial success means for your event and how you want to measure it. Let’s take a look first at how you can determine what financial success means for your meeting or event before talking in more detail about cash flow. Gifts in kind (actual fair market financial value).

Food and Beverage 153

Food and Beverage Meetings Financial Advertising 153

SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

An organization that undervalues the importance of procurement often pays for it in numerous ways—financial and legal. A 7-Step Process A true process will go beyond RFP sourcing and site selection, contracting and negotiations. Procurement isn’t just about finding the cheapest option. It’s about ensuring quality.

Conference 98

Conference Site Selections Negotiating Contracts 98