For years now, conference organizers and meeting planners have been promised the Virtual Reality Big Rock Candy Mountain, a magical place where you just push a button and seamlessly send your in-house meeting registration and requirements to a...
What makes second-tier cities worth a medical conference organizer's while? They may require more hands-on attention, but they give good value, they're friendly, and they can be extraordinarily helpful. Here are three takes on these benefits, plus...
Meeting management software is great stuff, but it will not deliver benefits without careful attention. Read this before you buy anybody's meeting software...
It was a kickoff that favored a show of friendship over high-tech glitz. Standing on a plain stage, R. William Taylor, CAE, American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) president, and Roy B. Evans, JR., CAE, Professional Convention Management...
Up and Coming Chicago's historic Silversmith Building is being transformed into the Crowne Plaza Chicago Silversmith. When the hotel opens in December, the ten-story, 1897 structure will have 143 guest rooms and meeting space for groups of up to...
Of the many reasons Americans take meetings and incentives overseas, one of them is to give attendees the cache of having traveled to distant lands. At the same time, they don't want the destination to be too exotic. Australia is made for them...
Healthcare Organizations The Board of Governors of the American College of Health Care Administrators in Alexandria, VA, has named Karen S. Tucker, CAE, as executive vice president. Tucker had served as first deputy/deputy executive director...