While of course no one's talking on record, my colleague Rachel Eccles managed to dig up some information about the potential impact of the Pfizer-Wyeth merger on its meetings and medical meetings department. ...

Pfizer completed its $67 billion acquisition of one-time-competitor Wyeth Pharmaceuticals on October 15, just one in a string of recent mergers and acquisitions in the pharmaceutical industry. (Think Merck’s November 3 merger with Schering-Plough...

Symbolic of its own recent survey results, the International Congress and Convention Association welcomed nearly 1,000 attendees—a record-setting number—to its annual conference in Florence, Italy, which wrapped up last week...

Everyone’s doing something right: Hotel guest satisfaction in Europe has reached a five-year high.

Education, networking, and an evening reception all are targeted to association executives.

Meeting planners should get to know the U.S. Electronic System for Travel Authorization program, says Helen Marano, director, tourism industries at the U.S. Office of Travel and Tourism in Washington. ESTA requires that all international travelers...

How do young professionals view meetings and exhibitions, and what can meeting professionals do to attract them? Those were the central questions explored in a study by the Center for Exhibition Industry Research, called “The Power of Exhibitions...

It’s been a long time since I’ve spared a thought for Fox Mulder, Dana Scully, or the rest of the gang at the 1990s TV show “The X-Files.” ...

It’s that crystal ball time of the year. Even with all the changes seen recently in mobile and social-networking technologies, 2010 may yet be a redefining year for how we communicate with one another. Game-changing hardware, operating systems...

Groupe Aeroplan Inc., an international loyalty-management corporation headquartered in Montréal, has entered into an agreement with Carlson Companies Inc. to purchase its loyalty-marketing division, Carlson Marketing...