Study Says Slow Visa Process Hurts Attendance
Problems related to obtaining visas precluded 116,000 international participants from attending exhibitions in the U.S. this year....
Fenton to Leave Team San Jose; City to Revisit Center Management
Chief executive officer at Team San Jose, Daniel Fenton has resigned. The announcement comes a week after the San Jose (Calif.) city council announced that it would solicit requests for proposal for new convention center management....
Commentary: Is Sustainability a Threat to Meetings?
If you take green initiatives to the extreme, “the only real solution is not to have the meeting at all, which is not exactly a great business development strategy.”...
CME Sessions on Tap at PCMA 2011
Convening Leaders, the Professional Convention Management Association’s annual meeting to be held January 9–12 in Las Vegas, features a number of sessions for medical meeting professionals...
Alliance for CME Offers Satellite Radio Series
The Alliance for CME launches a new “Lifelong Learning” series on XM Satellite Radio....
Get that VAT! Yes, You Should Reclaim Value-Added Tax
Call in the experts to maximize your ability to reclaim taxes paid at meetings outside the United States....
AAFP Receives $1 Million Grant for Performance Improvement Program
The American Academy of Family Physicians has received a $1 million grant to support a new performance improvement continuing medical education program designed to help family physicians enhance the care they provide to patients with cardiovascular disease....
Pri-Med’s New Open Network Aims to Advance Innovation in Physician Education
Pri-Med launches Open Network initiative to find new approaches to CME content and funding....
PCMA Creates Incentive to Book Inside the Block, Access to Virtual Edge
The Professional Convention Management Association is offering lower registration fees for its January annual meeting to attendees who book in the official room block. ...
Tool Time: Get Ready for the Web Browser of the Future
We spend more time using our browser than using any other software, yet for many, Web browsers are an “open whatever you have on your desktop” experience. But that’s changing. Get ready for the browser of the future. ...
Directory of Mobile Meeting Guide Developers
The developers in this guide create mobile applications and mobile-optimized Web sites for events and conferences...
App Map: How to Produce a Mobile Meeting Guide
before your association takes the meeting-in-your-pocket leap, start by answering a key question: Does a mobile tool make sense for the meeting?...
Hotel Construction Pipeline Down 72 Percent From Peak
The recession of the past two years will affect new hotel construction for the next three years, and the projected slowdown in supply is good news for the hotel industry....
Future Brighter for Hotel Industry
The hotel industry will finish the year better than anticipated and is positioned for continued growth—and higher rates—in 2011, according to projections from Smith Travel Research. ...
Harrah’s Becomes Caesars, Hosts Planner Education Event
Citing the strength of the Caesars brand, Harrah's Entertainment has rebranded as Caesars Entertainment Corp. ...
Commentary: Shakedown in the Meetings Economy
Taxi drivers in Montréal are finally speaking up for themselves. Six doormen at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel were recently charged with extortion, intimidation, and conspiracy “for allegedly forcing taxi drivers to give them money in exchange for better-paying fares,” according to the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. ...
Commentary: Meetings Technology as if Participants Mattered
It's easy to forget how one wrong assumption can take us down a series of blind alleys, closing off options that would have brought better results to an organization—or to hundreds or thousands of conference participants....
How to Get a Handle on HCP Spend
With pharmaceutical and other life sciences companies required to track payments to physicians starting January 1, 2012, under the federal Physician Payment Sunshine Provisions, StarCite recently offered some recommendations on how to track spend in a webinar titled “Tracking HCP-Related Meeting Spend Doesn’t Have to Be Difficult.”...
Commentary: Can Participants Speak Privately in an Online Meeting?
An intense debate has broken out within the fabulously innovative online community behind the EventCamp conference series....
After the Flood: Moving a Meeting in Six Weeks
The Healthcare Financial Management Association relocated a 5,000-person meeting across country with great success...
The Future of Healthcare Exhibits: Less Commercial, More Clinical
A poll by healthcare brand communications agency Photosound found that 88 percent of the 43 global healthcare exhibitors surveyed say the trade show floor of the future will be more focused on providing clinical discussion than on promotion and sales. ...
New Event Aims to Drive Collaboration Between Healthcare Specialists, Primary Care Physicians, and Patients
Former M/C Communications founder and CEO John Mooney launches a new national event designed to increase communication and collaboration among the three key stakeholders in patient care....
NAAMECC Changes Its Name ... to NAMEC
The North American Association of Medical Education and Communication Companies has changed its name to the National Association of Medical Education Companies. ...
Anderson Departs as Site Reorganizes
The incentive industry is losing one of its most visible leaders as Site’s CEO Brenda Anderson leaves the association on January 1, 2011. ...
Flyers Must Now Provide Info for Watch-List Screening
The Transportation Security Administration’s Secure Flight program, which was developed on a recommendation by the 9/11 Commission, went into effect November 1. Secure Flight turns over terrorist watch-list screening to the TSA and requires travelers to provide identification information when buying a ticket. ...
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