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FICP’s Annual Conference Gave Back, Set Records

Smart Meetings

When 684 meetings industry leaders met in Boston this week for Financial & Insurance Conference Professionals’ (FICP) 2022 Annual Conference, the theme at Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport was “Creating Our New History” and set milestones—they did. The 2023 FICP Annual Conference will be staged Nov. Jennifer C.

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Agriculture and Agritourism in Virginia Beach

Smart Meetings

We would sell stuff at markets and we would sell it through stores and sell it through wholesalers,” he says. Why don’t we market it and bring the people to our farm, [and] bring them to our winery.’ For example, Iowa Soybean Association is coming to the city in May. We also have a local farmers market.

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Chicago Southland Dazzles with Unique Meeting Spaces

Unique Venues

Chicago Southland Dazzles with Unique Meeting Spaces. The Chicago Southland is enthusiastically ready to assist you in planning your regional meetings and events! We pride ourselves on stellar service and going the extra mile in assisting all planners, regardless of meeting or event size. Guided tours are available as well.

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2018 Education Conferences: The #1 Education Events Guide

Bizzabo

One of the best ways to network and learn about the latest trends in education is to attend an educational conference. Conferences - Conferences are large events that bring together education professionals in the field. Summits - Summits are often meetings with high level professionals to discuss the newest findings in a field.

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Events Industry Council announces Recipients of 2022 Global Awards

Event Industry News

Pacesetter Award: David Hidalgo , Show Director, IBTM Americas – RX, and Katharina Path , Marketing Manager Conventions, Frankfurt Convention Bureau. CHE, CHIA, CEM ,Director of Graduate Education in Event Management / Associate Professor, Iowa State University and The Sustainable Events Forum. Joan Su, Ph.D.,

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5 Midsize Cities Using Their Local Knowledge Economies to Bring In Meetings

PCMA Convene

Walkability, value, and friendliness can be strong drivers for why planners choose certain destinations over others for meetings. If a city can hit on all of those cylinders, it can emerge as a meetings-business champion. SPN] was like, ‘What better way to [tell the story] than a conference? They fall across the spectrum.

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Where You’d Least Expect Them

PCMA Convene

These top-tier cities are meetings hotspots, with enough convention space and hotel rooms to accommodate thousands of attendees at any given time, plus the cultural amenities and intangible cachet to keep them around. Convene recently spoke with representatives from three such cities that recently have hosted renowned international meetings.

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