Diversity a Focus at ASAE Annual Meeting
The importance, and challenges, of fostering diversity in associations will be a keynote topic at the American Society of Association Executives annual meeting, coming up August 16 to 19 at the San Diego Convention Center...
NBTA Convention Tackles Tough Travel Issues
In an industry that's facing the most turbulent times since September 11, 2001, the National Business Travel Association is taking a strong leadership role with this year's annual convention...
Airlines Call For Limits on Oil Speculators
Thanks to pressure from a coalition led by the Air Transport Association, a bill has been introduced in Congress that would limit excessive speculation by investors, which, the coalition says, is responsible for some of the increase in oil costs, driving up prices $20 to $60 per barrel. ...
Webinars, Forum Precede MPI’s World Education Conference
Meeting Professionals International is introducing some changes with this year’s World Education Congress, starting with the way attendees prepare for the event....
IAEE Creates Air Transportation Task Force
Citing an air-travel environment that has reached crisis proportions, the board of directors of the International Association of Exhibitions and Events voted to create the Air Transportation Crisis Task Force, charged with examining and anticipating key air travel issues that will affect meetings and events, and recommending best practices on how members can deal with these challenges. ...
Revised PhRMA Code Limits Gifts
For the first time since 2002, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America updated its voluntary Code on Interactions with Healthcare Professionals...
ACCME Responds to Senate Concerns
The Accreditation Council for CME responded to a letter of inquiry from the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging this week...
International Attendance for Medical Meetings on the Rise
About 27 percent of attendees at U.S.-based medical meetings come from outside North America, according to a recent research report conducted by the Healthcare Convention and Exhibitors Association...
Hotel Development Overseas
There’s no sign of a slow-down in the development of hotels overseas. Here is a sampling...
Registered Traveler Company Courts Meetings Market; Atlanta Picks Clear
On June 12, FLO Corp., a Registered Traveler enrollment provider, announced a new a distribution agreement with Advantage Performance Network, a meetings, incentives, and corporate travel company headquartered in Savage, Minn. Six days later, FLO had more news: another partnership, this time with Universal Meeting Management Inc., a meetings management company located in Raleigh, N.C. ...
IAEE Considers Expulsion of a Member
The International Association of Exhibitions and Events is considering expelling one of its members for allegedly soliciting members to book hotel rooms for IAEE Expo! Expo! without being the official housing bureau. ...
MPI Announces 2008-2009 International Board of Directors
The Meeting Professionals International 2008-2009 Board of Directors assumed their new roles on July 1....
New Green Meeting Association and Certification Launched
The newly formed Association for Green Meetings & Events has developed the first certification for planners and suppliers interested in greening their meetings: The Certification in Green Meetings and Events. The 25-hour certification process will be launched at the association’s first meeting August 24 to 27 in Long Beach, Calif....
Pfizer Cuts Off Funding for Medical Education Companies
In a move certain to spark great controversy in the continuing medical education community, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced on July 2 that it will no longer award grants to medical education companies...
Welsh Named President and CEO of the Indianapolis CVA
The Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Authority has tapped Donald Welsh to become its new president and CEO, effective August 1. Welsh, who most recently served as president and CEO of the Seattle Convention and Visitors Bureau, was selected after a nationwide search of more than 100 applicants. ...
New Electronic Travel Authorization Rule
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has announced its interim final rule on a system that requires travelers from countries participating in the Visa Waiver Program to provide biographical information electronically before boarding a U.S.-bound airplane or cruise ship...
Message for Exhibition and Convention Executives: “Get Deviant”
Greg Reid, chief marketing officer of YRC Worldwide, had an interesting message for the 170 people who gathered last week at the Washington (D.C.) Convention Center for the Exhibition and Convention Executives Forum: Get deviant. ...
Unite Here Workers Strike in Boston
About 350 food service union workers with Unite Here Local 26 went on strike this weekend in Boston, picketing out in front of both the Hynes Convention Center and the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. ...
AMA Tables Proposal by CEJA to Ban Commercial Support
A recommendation by the American Medical Association’s Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs to eliminate industry funding from medical education wasn’t approved by the AMA’s Reference Committee on Amendments to Constitution and Bylaws this week, but it could return in another form next year....
ACCME Proposes Stricter Rules
The Accreditation Council for CME has issued a call for comment on a proposal to further limit interactions between accredited providers and commercial supporters....
Hot Issues for Independents
What are the top challenges facing independent meeting planners in the pharmaceutical industry today?...
Career Clinic
An hour-long webinar, “How to Write a Mission Statement and Stick to It,” held April 16 and sponsored by the Alliance for CME, focused on how to write a mission statement that meets the Accreditation Council for CME's updated accreditation criteria. ...
Finalists for World’s Best Congress Centre
AIPC, the International Association of Congress Centres, has announced 18 finalists in this year’s AIPC Apex Award competition for World’s Best Congress Centre. ...
Meet at Marriott, Save the Rain Forest
In May, Marriott International signed an agreement with the Brazilian State of Amazonas to commit $2 million to an environmental management plan administered by the Amazonas Sustainable Foundation....
Hilton Sets Green Goals, Names Sustainability VP
Hilton Hotels Corp. announced four major sustainability goals for its family of hotels that it hopes to attain by 2014...
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