The Netherlands Antilles--which includes the islands of Curacao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Saba, and Sint Eustatius--has joined the list of destinations that, for tax purposes, is considered part of the “North American area.” As a result of a new Tax...

Dear Editor: In response to your call for ideas in the February issue on what we must change about association meetings, here are some of mine...

When did you first hear of the city of Louisville? Perhaps it was as a young baseball fan or player, repeatedly seeing the iconic name “Louisville Slugger” burned into a bat. Perhaps you first heard of Louisville as the home of the Kentucky Derby...

RCMA gratefully thanks the sponsors who helped to make the 2007 World Conference and Exposition possible...

The American Academy of Family Physicians last year started developing its own crisis plan to deal with a possible avian flu pandemic. AAFP felt it was important to have a pandemic crisis plan so that the association would have the resources to...

The Medical Meetings industry, buffeted by terrorist attacks, strict new corporate accounting standards and pharmaceutical regulations, and a recession, has rebounded, according to the Healthcare Convention Exhibitors Association's new study, a 10...

The Four Points by Sheraton hotel chain has just concluded its search for what may be the world's only chief beer officer. Since announcing the search last November, the chain has received some 7,500 applications for the position — the most it's...

Many of your attendees may have grown up thinking education was all about sitting in a room while the instructor imparted nuggets of wisdom, which they were to memorize and regurgitate on the next test. They bring that baggage into adulthood — and...

A decision by the British government to increase a tax on all flights leaving the United Kingdom has airlines and tourism and travel organizations in that country worried about the effect the increase will have on air travel into the U.K...

Number of U.S air travelers per 1,000 that reported lost, stolen, or damaged baggage in 2006 (up 0.1 from 2005)6.7 ...