Betsy Bair

Content Director
MeetingsNet and Association Meetings

(978) 448-0582

Betsy oversees content and editorial for MeetingsNet, including Association Meetings, Corporate Meetings & Incentives, Medical Meetings, and Religious Conference Manager magazines, meetingsnet.com, MeetingsNet Extra, as well as several other e-newsletters. She also oversees MeetingsNet’s popular educational webinar series and speaks on meeting planning trends and topics at industry events and has been a guest lecturer at Boston University School of Hospitality Administration. She co-organizes two annual forums for pharmaceutical meeting managers with partner CBI. Prior to joining MeetingsNet, she served in staff writing positions for Travel Agent magazine and Travel Management Daily.

Articles by Betsy Bair
Finding an Association Meeting Planning Job Isn’t Easy 2
Job prospects have improved, but event planning jobs require changing skill sets.
Hard-working Editors are Like Hard-working Meeting Pros
I am just coming off a week annual conference of the Religious Conference Management Association, for which we publish its official magazine—Religious Conference Manager
Industry Mourns Orlando’s Gary Sain, Travel and Meetings Luminary 4
Gary Sain, 61, president and CEO of Visit Orlando, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly.
On Location: Not Your Dad’s Daytona 3
The spring breakers, at least the rowdy kind, have been gone from Daytona Beach for some time, and in their place
Green-Minded Meeting Pros Hear Plans for Sustainability
Approximately 200 meeting sustainability gurus gathered in Montreal this week for the 2012 Sustainable Meetings Conference, organized by the Green Meeting Industry Council.
FICP Jumps into 2012 With Successful Northeast Region Meeting
Planners and suppliers connect, learn, and check out some choice Boston venues, including the renovated Marriott Long Wharf.
Making a Difference One Bar of Soap at a Time
Attendees at the eighth annual Pharmaceutical Meeting Management Forum will have a special opportunity to experience a corporate social responsibility activity taking place at the Clean the World Recycling Operations Center.
Learn Your Medical Meetings Business
The 8th Annual Pharmaceutical Meeting Management Forum is March 25–28 in Orlando, Fla., a conference whose ongoing mission is to educate professionals about the regulations that make this meetings market unique.
Boston Marriott Long Wharf Gets Complete Makeover
After four years and a $30 million investment, the 30-year old Boston Marriott Long Wharf is a stunningly beautiful property with modern amenities and a staff whose attentiveness can’t be beat.
“ObamaCare” Takes a Bashing at PCMA
New Hampshire Republicans weren’t the only ones lamenting “ObamaCare” on the eve of the nation’s first primary.
Winding Down 2011 With a Flurry of Newsmakers
The end of 2011 saw a flurry of job-hopping on the supplier side of the meetings marketplace, particularly in destination marketing organizations. The hotel industry saw some big changes, too.
The Aloha Spirit of the Season
While reading Senior Writer Dave Kovaleski's first-hand account of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Honolulu, I was struck by how the U.S. State Department's planning process for the November meeting was so similar to planning any association annual meeting
ADME Goes International 1
The Association of Destination Management Executives has changed its name and broadened its mission.
Mexico Tourism Board Launches Web Site to Allay Planner Concerns
The Mexico Tourism Board has built a new Web site for U.S. meeting planners that addresses safety and security concerns.
Meetings Industry Pro Launches Haitian Charity 2
Tammi Runzler, senior vice president of convention sales and services for Visit Orlando, has launched a charitable organization to help earthquake victims in Haiti.

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