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 Certified Medical Meeting Manager project took another step forward this fall in the form of a completed pilot program, according to James Montague, president and CEO of the Professional Meeting Planners Network, Durham, N.C., which created...
Convention center occupancy grew 2 percent from 2005 to 2006, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers' annual survey of North American convention centers. On average, the occupancy rate for the period was 38 percent...
There are two things every person I spoke with for this issue's cover story on the Accreditation Council for CME's new accreditation criteria agreed on: that the direction they will move the CME enterprise is the right one, and that there are a...
For U.S. medical meeting planners with upcoming events in neighboring countries, there are new rules to consider. The U.S. State Department has issued a rule proposing the development of an affordable passport card that can be used in lieu of a...
How do you become that “go-to” person in the continuing education industry? Many of us have great ideas we want to share with our colleagues in CE. For newcomers, it can be a daunting task to present an interesting and relevant workshop at a...
Like any good meeting planner, Loretta Lowe, CMP, can juggle many tasks at one time. But try as she might, she can't be in more than one place at a time. So when the San Francisco — based independent meeting planner was called on to plan 45...
I was surprised to find one of the largest spas in the Northeast at this 110-room hotel/townhouse complex in the popular mountain town of Stowe, Vt. Stoweflake Mountain Resort & Spa, a 40-year-old, family-run enterprise, opened its 50,000...
