What did participants at this year's Pharma Forum, taking place this week at the Marriott Marquis in New York, see when they entered the general session ballroom that made their eyes widen? Just this:
I don't know if you can see all the wa...
According to our friends at Exhibit Surveys, at least 20 percent of the exhibitors at healthy expositions invest in additional marketing activities (beyond the booth) to help drive attendance and booth traffic. If you're not already tracking...
Most people I’ve talked with about them have a love-hate relationship with icebreakers. When they work well, they really shoot the energy level into the stratosphere and help people make connections. When they go awry, an awful pall can fall over...
You may have heard about the incident at this month’s South by Southwest festival in which a woman was asked to remove her hijab at registration in order to get her photo ID taken.
This happened to Ibtihaj Muhammad, a U.S. Olympic fencer, the ...
Last month I started a series on what pharmaceutical companies and hoteliers need from each other with respect to meetings and conventions. My first article addressed meals caps and how they have not been raised by most pharmaceutical companies i...
Grass Shack Events and Media's Mike McAllen talks with Jaime Smith. Jaime joined audiovisual company Bartha's development team in July 2012, where she serves as the director of national business development. She focuses on developing new busi...
The view from the new Conrad ChicagoConrad Hotels & Resorts, a Hilton Worldwide luxury brand, dropped out of the Chicago hotel market last spring when the Conrad Chicago on North Rush St. was taken under the wing of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worl...
For years now, planners and hoteliers have been working out how to provide and pay for the ever-increasing bandwidth consumed by meeting attendees. With experience and knowledge building on both sides, things are getting a little easier. Here is...
The U.S. Travel Association has organized a leglislative “fly-in,” bringing hundreds of travel industry representatives to Washington, D.C., to talk about the power of meetings and travel to create jobs and fuel the U.S. economy...
Mary Ann Kenmotsu, CMP, CPCEI recently had a chance to e-chat about conference centers with Mary Ann Kenmotsu, CMP, CPCE, the director of catering and conference services at the Hilton Chicago/Oak Brook Hills Resort and Conference Center. Here’s ...
