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.
The 2022 Edition of ITI
Financial and Insurance Conference Professionals (FICP), Incentive Research Foundation (IRF) and Society for Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE), along with research partner Oxford Economics, are proud to partner on the 2022 edition of their joint survey of the global incentive travel market: the Incentive Travel Index (ITI). Formerly the Incentive Travel Industry Index, the 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.
The fielding of the 2022 ITI Survey closed on July 25, 2022. Results will be shared this fall, including at the 2022 FICP Annual Conference.
This important research project would not have been possible without the support of the following sponsors:
Champion Level
Prime Level
Principal Level
Past Incentive Travel Index Reports
Featuring data on trends impacting both meetings professionals and hospitality partners within the FICP community, FICP’s Pulse Survey is intended to provide timely and relevant information to those across the meetings and events industry. Meetings professionals and hospitality partners are invited to take the quarterly survey to share their experiences on trends and conditions impacting their work.
Winter 2021
published February 2022
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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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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.
2016 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 US Economy
The 2016 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 US 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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