Medical & Pharma Meetings

Results of an exclusive survey reveal what what medical meeting planners value in sites, venues, and destinations, what their meetings and trade show budgets look like, the number and size of the meetings they plan, and more.

If there’s a hot topic for hotel and ground transportation companies today, it’s how to embrace—or repel—the “sharing economy,” that is, Airbnb, Uber, Lyft, and others. Business travelers have shown that they are clearly in the “embrace” camp, so...

Today’s guest post is by Matthew Pavli, a digital marketer for Display Wizard. Event marketing is rapidly evolving. To keep up, event organisers need to be innovative in how they reach out to businesses and event attendees—without losing sight...

By Judy M. Sweetnam, MEd, CHCP Over the years, I have watched CME providers struggle over which of their activities should be discussed in their examples for the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education’s Chapter on Educational A...

A C-level panel and lots of accomplished, inspiring, and dedicated women were among the on-stage highlights at the 2nd Annual Women in Travel Summit, attended by some 400 women (and men!) at the Hyatt Regency Orlando July 25, all exemplifying the...

Velvet Chainsaw Consulting’s Jeff Hurt, always a thought-provoking guy, once again really got me thinking, this time about meeting industry certifications, with his post, Dangerous Assumptions About Your Conference Education Part I. Among those a...

Although the heads of corporate travel departments and the heads of meeting departments within companies have many of the same strategic goals and work with many of the same suppliers, they commonly work independently of one another. But this may...