WITH JUST 16 of its top qualifiers, their spouses, and the company's top brass as incentive attendees — and a budget to match the group size — one would expect that this year's Viasys Chairman's Club would be a rather low-key affair. One would be...

When it comes to the top meeting spot, American corporations say “Viva Las Vegas,” according to a recent survey by Maritz Travel Co., Fenton, Mo...

FIRST THERE WERE the Knights Templar, whose message of “surrender or die” made them one of the best-known — and feared — groups in the medieval world. Then the pirates pirated their crossbones logo and hoisted the Jolly Roger, riding on the...

FOR THOSE OF YOU waiting for a list of do's and don'ts from the Office of Inspector General in order to help you comply with the OIG's new pharmaceutical marketing guidance and avoid violating federal anti-kickback laws, don't hold your breath...

IN BOSTON'S LONGWOOD Medical Area, the Conference Center at Harvard Medical School opened its doors for business on September 24. A part of Harvard Medical School's New Research Building, the state-of-the-art facility has 8,500 square feet of...

WHEN EXHIBITORS COMPLAIN that tradeshows cost too much and the customer service is lousy, what's a show manager to do? The cost of exhibitor services and how they're delivered are in the hands of general contractors, beyond the association's...

Read the Life Support column on page 20 for information you can use to solve this case study. To see how some of today's CME leaders would solve this, to post your own solution, or to read more of this continuing series, go to Medical Meetings'...

THE ALL-EXPENSES PAID trips to resorts in Puerto Rico and Florida for doctors and their spouses, including cruises, spa treatments, cash payments, and other perks — were organized by Parke-Davis under the guise of advisory board, consultant, and...

Getting the ear of physicians has always been a challenge for pharmaceutical firms, but in the last year or so, it's amounted to running the gantlet...