IF YOU'VE BEEN planning CME activities for any time at all, you have no doubt heard of linkage — linking needs to results, linking needs and results to learning objectives, and linking needs, results, and objectives to outcomes. It's at the core...
“SHOW ORGANIZERS CALL us pirates and bandits. That's OK,” says Bruce Peterson, president of Las Vegas-based Events Plus Travel. His destination management company has come under fire recently for allegedly “poaching” attendees and exhibitors away...
The International Association of Conference Centers is launching a third-party facility-inspection program, IACC president Geoff Lawson announced last week at the organization's "State of the Industry" presentation in New York City. Ever since...
Gary Pugatch, director of resort marketing for the Sea Pines Co. on Hilton Head Island, died of a heart attack on Friday, November 7. He was 48. Prior to joining Sea Pines Company, Pugatch was vice president, meetings & conventions for the...
The more than 500 physicians who attended the Vascular Interventional Advances Conference in October at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas got some very interactive learning experiences, thanks to computers in the lecture hall. Among...
Since 9/11, planners have increasingly become aware of the potential for disaster during meetings, and the potentially disastrous legal issues that could result from their liability for injuries or deaths that happen at their meetings. But they...
The Convention Industry Council announced that it has unanimously approved accepted practices for the first two of the Accepted Practices Exchange initiatives: Terminology and History/Post Event Reports...
When you first meet a reporter, find out as much as you can about what his/her needs are. Some like news releases, some don't. Many reporters don't mind your buying them coffee, others do...