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Flight Cancellations by the Thousands—Does Your Travel Insurance Cover the Cost?

Smart Meetings

Read More : How to Prepare for the Next Crisis: Event Insurance Tips. Travel insurance may be the answer. Some unexpected expenses may be covered by your travel delay benefits. Some unexpected expenses may be covered by your travel delay benefits. Read More : 4 Trends Rocking Financial and Insurance Incentives.

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Labor Day Spotlight: The Growing Demand for Specialized Freelance Meeting Planners

Smart Meetings

How the gig economy is impacting the events industry In honor of Labor Day, Smart Meetings chatted with Tracy Judge, founder and CEO of Soundings , to get the latest scoop on the trends currently emerging within the freelance meeting planner gig economy. SM What types of freelance meeting planner roles are most in demand?

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Insurance Data Reveals Changing Travel Patterns

Business Traveler USA

And those changes have been marked by significant shifts in travel insurance purchases between 2019 and today. An analysis of travel insurance purchases conducted by Seven Corners, a travel insurance and specialty benefits company, reveals a 90 percent increase in domestic travel in 2021 compared to 2019.

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Incentive Lessons from SITE

Smart Meetings

SITE CEO Annette Gregg analyzes incentive travel for 2023 and predicts trends for 2024 Annette Gregg, CEO of Society of Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE) , was the speaker at this December’s Smart Meetings’ Smart Chat Live! The Incentive Travel Index supported Gregg’s analysis.

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Incentive Lessons from SITE

Smart Meetings

SITE CEO Annette Gregg analyzes incentive travel for 2023 and predicts trends for 2024 Annette Gregg, CEO of Society of Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE) , was the speaker at this December’s Smart Meetings’ Smart Chat Live! The Incentive Travel Index supported Gregg’s analysis.

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Benefits of Hiring a Professional Event Planner

Blue Spark Event Design

When hiring professional planners, you need to consider a few important things : First, you have to make sure that the company is legitimate and insured. It is very easy to setup an online company that does not have a business license to operate or the insurance to cover your guests and the event. Ready to get started?

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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. That’s a direct impact on 6,000 people around the world for the next decade.