Articles tagged “meetings industry”

Independent planners are looking beyond their industry associations for the resources and connections they need to build their small businesses.

The theme of this week’s FICP Conference in Denver was ’Elevate,’ as the association raised the bar on its annual event.

Long-time partners in business and in life chose IMEX America as the site of their wedding and MPI Rendezvous as their reception. 

Few people wake up one morning and decide they want to be a planner. Most literally fall into the meetings industry, like these 10 planners did.

So few people in the general public understand what meeting planners do. We can’t even decide what to call ourselves. Why does meeting planning have such an identity crisis?

Meetings industry associations are shifting and morphing with more seismic change predicted. What associations will be impacted and when?

The business of meetings and events isn't easy to define, and planners are still struggling to get a seat at the board table. Is that about to change?