All posts by Maura Keller

Evolving as a financial and insurance meeting and event planner is crucial for staying relevant, delivering exceptional experiences for attendees, and maintaining a solid focus and competitive edge in an industry that is continually changing.

From the climate to natural beauty, to high-quality venues and facilities, the Caribbean and The Bahamas are the ideal spots for meeting planners looking to host events that attendees won’t forget.

From the climate to natural beauty, to high-quality venues and facilities, the Caribbean & the Bahamas are the ideal spots for association planners looking to host events that attendees won’t forget. Besides that, hosting events at these destinations can boost an association’s profile and raise its visibility on local, regional and international levels.

Selecting a venue for an association meeting or convention has become far more complex than comparing room rates and meeting space.

As companies continue looking for ways to maximize budgets while creating experiences that strengthen engagement and reward performance, planners say cruise-based meetings deserve serious consideration.

Contracts are where the real work of corporate event planning happens, even though they rarely get the attention that floor plans, menus and keynote speakers do.

For corporate meeting planners, that versatility is one of the biggest reasons Texas continues to rise on the meetings map. The state doesn’t just offer convention centers and hotel ballrooms across its diverse cities and towns — it offers experiences.

Florida’s year-round warm weather, strong air connectivity, extensive hotel inventory, sophisticated resorts and wide range of meeting venues allow planners to create programs that serve very different objectives.

For many associations, booking meetings three, four, even five years out is simply the reality of the job. The question isn’t whether to do it — it’s how to do it well.

Ask most association meeting planners what they think of when someone mentions a casino resort and gaming is probably the last thing on their minds. It is certainly something attendees look forward to, but what draws planners to book again and again, conference after conference, is everything else.