Most good meeting professionals know how much their meetings cost. But do they know how much their meeting contracts cost? Do they know that there are many hidden expenses buried in "standard clauses" just waiting to break the budget? While...

ACCME guidelines for accreditation of CME providers have recently undergone significant revision. However, the ACCME's position regarding eligibility for accreditation has remained unchanged...

The International Association of Convention & Visitor Bureaus must embrace "stability, a simple concept with which the association has experienced great difficulty," said Edward Nielsen, president and CEO, in his president's report at the...

Meeting Professionals International is committed to strengthening its educational offerings. That was the message conveyed by MPI's new president, Bob Moore (vice president of sales at the Los Angeles Convention & Visitors Bureau) during his...

The debate has been simmering for years: Should for-profit medical education organizations be eligible for accreditation as long as they comply with the ACCME Essentials & Standards? That's been the rule, but now, academic CME directors have...

CME NOTES What's on the minds of young physicians? Younger docs in California are disappointed with their relationships with managed care organizations (MCOs) and their paychecks, according to a study of 884 physicians aged 35 to 40 appearing in...

"Ernest Hemingway called 'retirement' the ugliest word in the English language, and I agree with him," declared R. William Taylor, CAE, during the opening general session of ASAE Nashville 1998, held August 15 to 18 at the Opryland Hotel. Taylor...

In recent years, Denver seems to have gone from sleepy western town to boomtown, and as the millennium approaches, it continues in its boomtown mode. In November it broke ground on the $160 million Pepsi Center, a basketball and hockey arena that...

Securing Trademark Protection In the U.S., trademark rights arise when someone adopts and begins using a mark in commerce in connection with particular goods or services. Simply by being the first to use a particular trademark or service mark, one...

Brand New * The 2,914-room Paris-Las Vegas Casino Resort, Hilton's largest construction project ever, opens next to Bally's on the Las Vegas strip in late 1999. The Paris-themed property will include a 50-story replica of the Eiffel Tower. Meeting...