FICP's vision is to amplify the positive impact and value of financial services and insurance industry meetings and events professionals. One way we do that is by conducting and participating in industry research that arms you with data to show the value of the work you do to your organization as well as the entire industry.
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FICP Research Studies
Featuring data on trends impacting both meetings professionals and hospitality partners within the FICP community, FICP’s research and pulse surveys are intended to provide timely and relevant information to those across the meetings and events industry.
Forecasted Business Expectations for 2025
The results from the summer 2024 edition of the FICP Pulse Survey share forecasted business expectations through December 2025 from nearly 150 meetings professionals and hospitality partners focused on the financial and insurance industry. Explore those predictions as well as insights into budgeting approaches, timelines and allocations in the key takeaways report.
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FICP Chats — Budgeting Best Practices and 2025 Projections for Meetings and Events
Hear from FICP meetings professionals and hospitality partners as they discussed budgeting best practices and 2025 expectations in September’s FICP Chats. Whether you're aiming to optimize event spend or benchmark against industry standards, this recording provides actionable insights to shape the success of your future programs.
As part of the program, participants also delved into the latest data from the summer 2024 edition of the FICP Pulse Survey.
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Learn the Latest on DEI, Sustainability and Staffing Changes in F&I Meetings and Events
The 2023 Winter Edition of the FICP Pulse Survey explored how DEI and sustainability are being integrated at an organizational and meeting/event-level — and in comparison to results from the 2022 FICP Pulse Survey — as well as staffing expectations within F&I meetings and events teams and at hospitality partner organization.
More than 100 meetings professionals and hospitality partners focused on the financial and insurance industry participated in this survey.
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Read coverage about the key takeaways from this FICP Pulse Survey and how DEI, sustainability and changing staffing models are taken into account within FICP and for FICP events in the February 2024 issue of Insurance and Financial Meetings Magazine.
2023 FICP Industry and Perception Study Results
The results from the 2023 FICP Industry and Perception Study share forecasted business expectations through December 2024 from meetings professionals and hospitality partners focused on the financial and insurance industry.
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Listen In for Insights From the 2023 FICP Industry and Perception Study
Three industry veterans — Cathy Diem (Hilton Worldwide), Katrina Kent, CMP, CMM (Liberty Mutual) and Jennifer Squeglia, CMP (RLC Events) — share their take on the 2023 FICP Industry and Perception Study key takeaways and strategies for delivering results and managing change in this webinar recording. Recorded on October 24, 2023 in collaboration with Smart Meetings
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Past Pulse Survey Reports
2022
Published November 2022
Focus Areas: diversity, equity and inclusion, sustainability, and future trends and technologies
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Winter 2021
published February 2022
Generously sponsored by Destination Canada
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Fall 2020
published December 2020
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Spring 2020 (COVID-19 Special Focus)
published May 2020
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Fall 2019
published December 2019
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Spring 2019
published September 2019
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Q4 2018
published March 2019
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Q2 2018
published July 2018
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Q1 2018
published February 2018
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Q3 2017
published October 2017
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Q2 2017
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Key Findings From the 2023 Incentive Travel Index
The Incentive Travel Index (ITI) study is the business events industry’s most authoritative study of the global incentive travel market and its impact on corporations, agencies and the supply chain in destinations.
Past Incentive Travel Index Reports
FICP partnered with Incentive Research Foundation (IRF) and Society for Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE), along with research partner Oxford Economics, on the 2019-2022 editions of ITI.
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Events Industry Council Research
FICP is a proud member of the Events Industry Council (EIC) and serves on the Research Committee that produces these studies.
2018 Global Economic Significance of Business Events
In November 2018, EIC released the final results of the first-ever worldwide study on the economic significance of face-to-face business events. Read FICP's blog post for a high-level overview of the findings.
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2018 Economic Significance of Meetings to the U.S. Economy
The 2018 Economic Significance Study showed that events supported a total economic impact of:
- $845 billion of output (business sales)
- 5.9 million jobs with $249 billion of labor income
- $446 billion of GDP (representing contribution to U.S. gross domestic product)
- $104 billion of federal, state and local taxes
The meetings sector supported more direct jobs than many large manufacturing sectors, including machinery, food, auto and chemicals. It sustained more jobs than the telecommunications and oil and gas extraction industries as well.
Meetings also generated $325 billion of direct spending, including:
$167 billion to plan and produce meetings;
$120 billion for meetings travel; and,
$38 billion of other direct spending, such as spending by exhibitors.
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