Global Events Partners' 3rd Annual Executive Retreat, held June 6 to 10 in Beaver Creek and Vail, Colo., combined GEP salespeople with 80 of their meeting planner clients for a mixture of business, networking, and fun...
With physician/pharmaceutical company relations under an unrelenting media spotlight, medical community leaders are increasingly concerned about rooting out ethical violations in CME. For-profit medical education and communication companies are...
A study of the return on investment (ROI) in various pharmaceutical promotional strategies may result in a shift of money away from expensive detailing and direct-to-consumer advertising and toward meetings and journal advertising — if...
Just what every CME program needs: 300 pigs' feet and a wedding ...
Despite the economic uncertainty, the news for CME providers appears consistently positive. The CME industry has hit the $1.2 billion mark in income, according to the Accreditation Council for CME's 2000 annual report. The total number of CME...
As you approach The Diplomat Resort Country Club & Spa, it seems as if you've been transported to coastal Italy. The resort looks more like a posh, Mediterranean villa than a hotel. But this is Hallandale Beach, Fla., not the Italian Riviera...
Two and a half weeks before the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene's fall conference in Puerto Rico, a hurricane hit, doing massive damage to the area and the hotel. Needless to say, the meeting was canceled...
Robert J. (Bob) Donovan is vice president, meetings and travel services, for the American Hospital Association, based in Chicago. He's been with the AHA for 32 years, and has been associated with the meeting and convention division since 1983...