Healthcare Reform Passes House, Has Implications for Pharma, CME
The healthcare reform bill that passed the House on March 21 with a 219-212 majority aims to change not only healthcare delivery in the United States...
Commentary: Are Regional Meetings in Your Association's Future?
One of the more interesting options for creating more affordable, sustainable conferences is to alternate a single, big, annual gathering with regional meetings in the off years. As with many of the industry's emerging solutions, there are potential land mines that come with the benefits...
Convention 2020: The Future of Meetings
What will meetings look like in 2020? That's the big question on the minds of analysts at Fast Future Research, a London-based global research and consulting firm, who are in the midst of a multiphase study called Convention 2020...
Healthcare Reform, Public Perception Mean Greater Scrutiny of Pharma Meetings
The uncertain future of the country's healthcare system has direct implications for biopharmaceutical and medical device companies, and in turn will affect the way these companies approach medical meetings and education, said Kim Slocum during a keynote address at the Sixth Annual Pharmaceutical Meeting Management Forum ...
Medical Association Sees Nearly 50 Percent Spike in Attendance
At a time when many associations are seeing participation levels plummet, ADAA’s attendance jumped 43 percent to 933 at the association’s 2010 conference in Baltimore....
On the Map: STR Global Tracking 12 New Destinations
Here’s one way to know you’ve really arrived as a destination: STR Global starts reporting on you. The global research organization, based in London, just announced that it has begun reporting on 12 new destinations. ...
Duffy to Pharma Planners: Reposition the Meetings Industry
Keynoter urges attendees to fight for their industry's reputation....
10 International Destinations to Watch for Meetings and Conventions
Keep your eyes on developments in these destinations, coming to prominence for international meetings and events....
IACC to Stream Thought Leader Summit
The International Association of Conference Centers’ Thought Leader Summit on Conference Technology convenes in downtown Chicago on March 24, and meeting professionals are invited to watch a live stream of the event, free of charge. ...
AIME Highlights Australia’s Good Fortune, Honors PCMA’s Sexton
Held in early March in Melbourne, Australia, the 18th Asia-Pacific Incentives & Meetings Expo broke attendance records and showcased one international destination—Australia—that is thriving despite the global downturn....
Connecticut Considers Pharma Bill SB 270
Connecticut is considering SB 270, a bill that seeks to limit physician-pharmaceutical industry interaction. ...
New Entries to SMM Software Market Emphasize Service
Each in its own way, two companies with new software offerings—SignUp4 and Meeting Consultants—represent the evolution of strategic meetings management technology as SMM concepts continue to blaze a trail through corporate America. ...
Tool Time: Here Comes Visual Search, and More
Hard to believe that 2010 is in full swing. (Wasn't it just the holidays?) Lots on the plate for this column: cool search ideas, a few industry tech tidbits (would those be techbits?), and a bit of social media, too...
The Motivation Show Wants You Back
Lots of changes are in store for this year's Motivation Show. Check out details on the revamped hosted-buyer program to see if you might qualify for free travel and lodging....
Commentary: When Conventional Wisdom Is Wrong
Being a lightning rod gives one a heady, slightly edgy sensation. After last week's column, I had an almost physical sense of the energy flowing through the MeetingsNet Web site, as colleagues debated the merits of a conference keynote who was long on substance but short on presentation skills....
Travel Stimulus Bill Awaits Obama’s Signature
President Obama is expected to sign in to law within the next week or so the Travel Promotion Act, landmark legislation designed to create 40,000 new travel-industry jobs and attract 1.6 million more international visitors to the United States....
Commentary: Don't Let a Speaker's Style Defeat Substance
A keynote speaker at Meeting Professionals International's MeetDifferent 2010 has been generating sparks from bloggers who followed the conference, not because of his message, but for the way he delivered it...
Public TelePresence Suites Added by Starwood, Marriott
Last June, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide and Marriott International each announced plans to add public Telepresence suites to a number of business hotels in major cities around the world. Now, within weeks of each other, the two chains have reported their first openings....
PSS World Medical Forges Ahead With Half the Budget
Faced with big budget cuts for its annual meeting, PSS World Medical’s planners got creative, had some fun—and saved 300 jobs in the process....
American Express Incentive Services Now Wholly Owned by Maritz
Formed 13 years ago as a joint venture between Maritz Inc. and American Express, American Express Incentive Services is now entirely owned by Maritz Holdings Inc. Here's how AEIS sees the future of prepaid cards in the meetings and incentives world....
Commentary: Twitter On-site—the Good, the Bad, and the Limited
There was a whole lot of tweetin' goin' on this week at MPI's MeetDifferent 2010, with the association's Virtual Access Pass streaming content to a wider audience and bringing in ideas, input, and questions from off site...
MeetDifferent, Cancun, May Be MPI's Last
Close to 1,100 people were learning and networking at Meeting Professionals International's MeetDifferent conference in Cancun, according to Bruce MacMillan, MPI's CEO, at a press conference on February 22. While acknowledging that number was just slightly below expectations for the February 20–23 meeting, he also hinted that this would be MPI's last MeetDifferent...
MPI’s First Hosted-Buyer Program Generates 1,500 Appointments
More than 1,500 pre-scheduled appointments between 110 meeting managers and 90 suppliers took place February 20-23 at Meeting Professionals International’s MeetDifferent 2010 conference in Cancun, Mexico. This marks MPI's first foray into a hosted-buyer program, which offered complimentary hotel stays and airfare or registration for qualified meeting planners who committed to meet with 15 suppliers. While the program got more participants than expected, it took time for some of the buyers—and suppliers—to get used to the system. ...
San Jose’s Revised Labor Contract Earns Support of Contractors, Industry
Team San Jose, the group that oversees operations at the McEnery Convention Center, has adopted a new labor policy, revamping controversial rules introduced last August, which generated strong opposition from contractors....
ASAE’s Canceled Tech Show Triggers Second E-Event
A March webinar series, called SnowTech 2010, will present at least six of the sessions that were canceled when a blizzard forced the American Society of Association Executives and the Center for Association Leadership to call off its 2010 Technology Conference and Expo, originally planned for February 10-12....
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