John Mack has a fairly brilliant post on his Pharma Marketing blog comparing big pharma and big oil -- specifically, J&J and BP -- that you have to check out for the photos of a pharma exec testifying and a deer with an alarmingly similar...

It sounds like the show floor at the recent annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association in New Orleans was a little sparse. On the scene, Dr. Carlat poked around and heard that "ever since the drug companies had stopped giving out free...

There's no free lunch, and there's no free CME--everything has a cost associated with it, whether or not you have to shell out any actual dough. Check out this post from Floyd Pennington on why he thinks physicians should have to pay for every...

Among the new elements of Meeting Professionals International's upcoming World Education Conference is a four-hour breakout session...

New connection with Maritz announced at IMEX Frankfurt press conference.

For its upcoming Affordable Meetings West conference in Long Beach, Calif., the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International is adding a new twist—pre-arranged, one-on-one meetings between attendees and exhibitors on the show floor...

IMEX 2010, the Worldwide Exhibition for Incentive Travel, Meetings & Events, opened in Frankfurt, Germany, May 25, with an optimistic tone, based on an outlook for a slowly improving economy. Ray Bloom, chairman, IMEX Group, announced at the...

The massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is starting to have a significant impact on meetings in the area, according a new report by The Knowland Group, a McLean, Va.–based meetings and hospitality industry research company. A May 18 survey of...