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.
“One of my main fears is that if our CME groups do not understand what this is about, they can essentially put themselves out of business,” said Susan Adamowski, director, new assessment initiatives, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology...
PCMA's annual meeting, held January 6 to 9 at Gaylord Opyrland's Convention Hotel in Nashville, Tenn., drew close to 2,300 registrants. That's about 700 fewer than the year before in Miami; a decrease PCMA attributed to 9/11 and the economy. In...
It's no surprise that the one-two punch of the September 11 terrorist attacks and the stagnant economy has slashed the number of hotel development and renovations projects scheduled for 2002. Industrywide, according to PriceWaterhouseCoopers, 6...
Following a survey of its members' emergency procedures, the International Association of Conference Centers recently issued a 55-page preliminary white paper on this timely subject. The paper is the product of IACC's recently formed Emergency...
Representatives from American, Delta, and United airlines outlined new policies, procedures, and regulations at a session held during the Professional Conference Management Association convention in January. Here's what they had to say...
Walt Disney World kicked off its “100 Years of Magic” celebration in October to honor Walt Disney's birth 100 years ago. A series of special events will take place through the end of 2002 at each of the four theme parks. Here are our top six picks...
Last summer the editor of MM's sister magazine Insurance Conference Planner told us that her husband, Joe, had cancer. In facing this crisis, Joe and Regina redefined the word proactive. Joe built a Web site (http://orbit.unh.edu/cancer) for...
“Yes, this was the most difficult crisis I have faced in 26 years of association and convention management. But, I've been strengthened by the fact that our team did it.” ...
“IF YOU THINK ABOUT A TYPICAL HOSPITAL OR MEDICAL school or medical society that's looking at this panoply of communication companies, they don't really know what they do, they don't really trust them, they think they came right out of the...
