What medical and pharmaceutical/bioscience/medical device meeting planners and continuing medical education professionals need to know to plan meetings and CME activities for healthcare professionals.
The medical sector of the exhibition industry had its slowest growth in at least seven years in 2007 with revenues actually declining, according to the latest CEIR Index, published by the Center for Exhibition Industry Research, Dallas...
Green was on the agenda at this year’s NEMICE, the annual meeting of the New England Chapter of Meeting Professionals International. In a roundtable discussion moderated by Corporate Meetings & Incentives’ Editor Barbara Scofidio, attendees broke...
JetBlue Airways, which launched a corporate meetings program in May 2007 called CompanyBlue, last week announced that it’s expanding the program, with significant changes that will be especially appealing to the convention and association market...
The Green Meeting Industry Council and the International Association of Professional Conference Organizers have joined the Convention Industry Council...
A new bill introduced in Congress would require pharmaceutical companies and medical device companies to disclose any payments or gifts made to physicians...
According to recent news reports (chron.com and reviewjournal.com), the Westin Casuarina Las Vegas Hotel, Casino & Spa is holding attendees responsible for paying the bills still owed by the organizers of a meeting they attended in October...
If you’ve ever looked for an excuse to try out the 3-D online environment called Second Life, here’s a good one: The grand opening of Virtualis, an eye-popping event island complete with convention center, exhibition spaces, and The Joan Eisensto...
The Department of Homeland Security has issued a final rule ordering that the land and sea requirements of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative go into effect June 1, 2009...
