Financial Meetings Counting Change Barbara Blumhof, manager of trade shows and events at Citi Commercial Business Group, has seen an increased scrutiny of meetings spending PHOTO: MIKE KENTZ Financial services companies hold steady on events, but are keeping a closer watch in the economic crisis By Corrie Dosh It should have been an ordinary annual summit: 30 bankers for three nights at the Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch in Avon, CO. It was a high-end event. Rack rates start at $750, and bankers can drink and eat plenty of gourmet meals in three days, but Countrywide Financial Corp. has held such an event at least once a year since the late MAY 2008 SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS 40 mimegasite.com
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