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 unprecedented paralysis of European airspace as a result of atmospheric ash from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano has had widespread consequences for meetings and events throughout Europe. It’s also disrupted meetings in the U.S. and...
Pfizer may be the most recent, but it's in good company as more pharma companies --GSK, Lilly, Merck -- begin to post on the Web what they have paid to physician consultants and speakers. While some are being forced to do it as part of their...
The Professional Convention Management Association had an interesting writeup of a survey it did in 2009 on how the PhRMA and AdvaMed codes may be changing the way healthcare meetings are planned. While the sample size was really small (if I...
Meeting Professionals International has cut its registration fees dramatically for its July World Education Conference, with a limited two-week registration promotion that offers rates more than a third off the early-bird member price and more...
The Convention Industry Council has launched what could be the most ambitious study ever on the economic impact of the meetings industry, sending out surveys on April 1 to meeting planners at its 32 member organizations...
City officials in San Diego authorized the acquisition of six acres of land near the San Diego Convention Center, clearing the way for a major expansion of the center. The expansion is aimed at keeping large events, such as Comic-Con International...
