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| March 22, 2005 | Volume 4, Number 12 |
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Table of Contents CMP Milestones Zurich CEO Rallies His Troops ECEF Graduates to Washington Convention Center CEIR Challenges Brookings Institution Report 99 Bottles of... The Yellow Brick Road, Redux ADVERTISEMENT THE NEW ABBEY RESORT On the shores of Lake Geneva, just a short drive from Chicago's O'Hare Airport, The Abbey Resort will complete a $40 million redevelopment in Spring 2005. The new 334 guest rooms feature luxurious amenities: custom furnishings, granite bathrooms, vaulted ceilings, balcony, flat-panel television, high-speed Internet, refrigerator, microwave, in-room safe, CD clock radio, and more. 40,000-square-foot total meeting space includes 10,000-square-foot Ballroom and 32 meeting/conference rooms--all will be refurbished and upgraded. TheAbbeyResort.com MeetingsNet Extra is brought to you each week by the editors of The Meetings Group magazines: Corporate Meetings & Incentives, Association Meetings, Medical Meetings, Insurance Conference Planner, and Religious Conference Manager. We deliver information and insight targeted to your specific needs. Visit us at meetingsnet.com to learn more. First Up CMP Milestones Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, the Certified Meeting Professional program reached another important milestone recently, having certified more than 10,000 meeting professionals. The Convention Industry Council, which administers the program, announced that 443 newly designated CMPs passed the January 22 examination, bringing the total number of CMPs to 10,297 individuals in 26 countries. The next North American CMP examinations are scheduled for July 9, 2005 (the application deadline was March 7), and January 21, 2006, with an application deadline of September 12, 2005. In addition, CIC administers an annual international examination in conjunction with IMEX (April 19 to 21) in Frankfurt, Germany, and also announced last week that InterContinental Hotels Group has agreed to co-sponsor the new CIC International Manual, 1st edition to be published this year. It is expected to mirror the original North American CIC Manual. The list of the new CMPs is available on the CIC Web site as is the CMP Candidate Handbook (for purchase). ADVERTISEMENT 
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Exclusive Zurich CEO Rallies His Troops Baltimore-based CEO of Zurich North America--Small Business Ray Thomas takes a sales-oriented approach to his company's relationship with its independent agents. So every other year he hits the road with his 45-city Rally Tour. The event is so full of hoopla and content that it works to both motivate and educate. In exclusive interviews with Thomas and other Zurich execs and clients, Alison Hall takes readers of Insurance Conference Planner behind the scenes of this hugely successful program. "I would emphasize that these events are uncharacteristic of the property/casualty industry," says Thomas. To find out more, click here. Also in ICP March/April:
ADVERTISEMENT On Our Radar Screen ECEF Graduates to Washington Convention Center The fourth annual Exhibition and Convention Executives Forum will be held on Thursday, May 19, at the Washington Convention Center, a new location for the meeting necessitated by the growth of the event. Mike Hough and Sam Lippman, ECEF's producers, also announced that registration is up to 108. Of the 108, more than half (56) are either CEOs or executive directors of their organizations. Registration is capped at 120. For more information, visit www.eceforum.com. ADVERTISEMENT .jpg) "Pursuing a Passion-Creating a Profession" The George Washington University- Event Management Certificate Program Introduces The Spring 2005 Mini Intensive Session Fast track to completing all core courses in just 8 days: Best Practices Event Coordination Event Marketing Risk Management Classes start March 11 Register Now at (877) 498-4477 or www.gwutourism.org/careereducation Stats CEIR Challenges Brookings Institution Report The Center for Exhibition Industry Research has released a White Paper that responds to criticism of the exhibition industry in the report released by the Brookings Institution in January. The CEIR response, "Space Available... the Rest of the Story," reveals several discrepancies and inaccuracies in the Brookings Institution report and offers data and analysis to support and defend the exhibition industry. CEIR also compiled a brief point/counterpoint document for quick reference. Douglas L. Ducate, president and CEO of CEIR, said that the Brookings study overlooked a key source of information--CEIR's own. "His clarion call for national data from a nonprofit organization has only existed for 28 years," says Ducate. The CEIR response and the point/counterpoint can be found on CEIR's Web site at at www.ceir.org. For the International Association for Exhibition Management's rebuttal, click here, and for more analysis of the brouhaha surrounding the Brookings report, look for the April issue of Association Meetings. ADVERTISEMENT 
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