The world’s four regions of the hotel world—the Americas, Asia/Pacific, Europe, and Middle East/Africa, as analyzed by STR Global, reported mixed year-end results for 2008, although no city reported an increase in occupancy...
When it comes to meetings with multinational attendees — whether held in the United States or elsewhere — logistics are everything. Foreign currencies, visas, contract clauses: There's a lot of ground to cover...
Meeting Professionals International has recruited 18 high-level meeting professionals — most from large global corporations and five who are not MPI members — for a new Executive Advisory Council...
On the international front, budget cuts and stricter marketing guidelines are forcing pharma companies to curtail funding of medical congresses .
While today’s economic climate has created some major challenges, international events are still on the agenda for many organizations.
“We are feeling increasing political pressure in Europe [regarding] the sponsorship of delegates at medical meetings and we are expecting that the system will change dramatically in the future. So we all have to be prepared for the worst.” ...
With support from the king of Jordan, the American Association for Cancer research holds the first cancer research meeting in the Arab Middle East
