THESE DAYS, it seems the guidelines and regulations around meeting planning are changing faster than the price of gas! With so much uncertainty, it's tempting to fall into a reactive state. Commercial supporters are unsure of themselves, and...

I magine this: You have a meeting to book. You call a property. Space is available. Your job is done...

NOW THAT PHARMA companies can no longer entice doctors to attend promotional programs with promises of baseball tickets, golf games, and fancy dinners, they are turning to a different kind of incentive: medically relevant items — and New York...

What motivates your people? Incentive organizers can't know for sure, so they make educated guesses and fill reward catalogs with trips, electronics, appliances, tools, apparel, and luxury goods. There's nothing wrong with the system, but there is...

EVERYTHING'S OVERSIZED in the Lone Star state, including the Healthcare and Exhibitors Association 2004 Annual Meeting, which was held June 12 to 15 in Austin. A record 732 attendees came to Texas to learn, network, and celebrate their star power...

ONE OF THE most important aspects of the new Accreditation Council for CME Standards for Commercial Support is the requirement that “providers must have implemented a mechanism to identify and resolve all conflicts of interest prior to the...

ARE YOU A meeting planner who's been longing for a fresh East Coast destination with world-class everything: oceanfront hotel, golf, spa, beach, water activities, meeting facilities, dining, and sightseeing? Then you should check out The Sanctuary...

Last year at this time, Medical Meetings' sister magazine, Association Meetings, published the results of a groundbreaking salary survey that showed a huge wage gap between American men and women in the meeting planning industry. Well, folks...

A LEADING MEDICAL institution now requires 32 pages of explanatory notes and forms covering 18 distinct categories to validate its grand rounds CME activity. Perhaps this process is atypical, but it's more likely that it is typical of the burden...

Medical education and communication company representatives who attended a Monaco focus group (see main story this page) had other issues on their minds...