“The key to our future is finding innovative ways to help exhibitors,” observed Sam Lippman, co-organizer of the Exhibition and Convention Executives Forum, held in May in Washington, D.C. That pretty much captured the main theme at the third...
A new certification program focusing on the business of planning meetings was among the new initiatives announced at the American Society of Association Executives’ annual meeting and exposition, August 14-17, at the Minneapolis Convention Center...
One of the bedrock economic indicators for the convention industry over the years has been average delegate/exhibitor expenditures—data compiled by the International Association of Convention & Visitor Bureaus in its Convention Income Survey...
The Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) bill, introduced by Sen. Paul Sarbanes, D-Md., and Rep. Michael Oxley, R-Ohio, was enacted in 2002 to increase corporate responsibility and to curtail accounting scandals. But the impact of the legislation is not limited...
I wouldn t normally think of an the International Atomic Energy Agency meeting as being of interest to medical meeting providers, but in this case, I think it s relevant. ...
Among those who had to cancel or postpone their Florida meetings due to the hurricanes is GlaxoSmithKline. ...
I read recently that the AMA got $1 million grant for online course from The U.S. Department of Homeland Security to put its disaster and terrorist attack preparedness course online. ...