DECEMBER 1-4 Tel Aviv, Israel Annual Mtg. of the Israel Medical Assn. Info: Israel Medical Association, c/o The Stier Group Ltd. 28 Hayetzira St. Ramat Gan, 52521 Israel, Ramat Gan, Israel Middle Eas. (972) 3-7516422/3/5/7 ...
From the Ground Up Construction will begin this summer on The Westin Portland (OR), a 200-room, 20-story hotel in Portland's downtown retail district. When the property opens in the third quarter next year, facilities will include between five and...
Medical Meetings' Annual M&D Awards program honors the 40 hotels, resorts, and conference centers chosen by our readers for merit and distinction in serving the needs of planners of continuing medical education seminars and medical conventions...
Healthcare Organizations Diana J. Durham, PhD, has been named director of education and accreditation for the Audio-Digest Foundation, Glendale, CA, a nonprofit subsidiary of the California Medical Association. She is responsible for directing all...
Guess what? Cancun is clean and safe and offers efficient, friendly service starting with airport personnel and continuing right through cab drivers to the front desk staff at your hotel...
Since 1992, accredited providers of continuing medical education (CME) have complained that the last of the seven Essentials (rules for operating a CME program established by the Accreditation Council for CME (ACCME) was the most burdensome. This...
How long is the "Who Should Attend" list in your meeting's brochure? Long and diffuse lists of who should attend adorn the majority of the 298 continuing professional education brochures that crossed my desk during a recent 31 day period. (I will...
The success of your meeting depends on what your participants are eating. Here's why a meeting travels on its stomach--along with some lessons from the world of food marketing for medical conference organizers...
Meeting executives hire speakers to educate or to entertain; the best speakers do both. It has become common practice for organizations that retain speakers, be they professional or volunteer, to enter into agreements with them outlining the terms...
When Michael H. Paige, director, meeting and convention operations, Parke-Davis, Morris Plains, NJ, decided to outsource meeting services he took an unusual tack. "I wanted them in-house," he says, "so I could have hands-on control." After a six...