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.
There was something new and exciting going on last month during the trade show at the 2009 World Education Congress in Salt Lake City, organized by Meeting Professionals International. At first glance, a petition wall hosted by The Krisam Group a...
On August 24, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will add 13 airports to its Global Entry pilot program, which streamlines the arrival process for enrolled U.S. travelers returning from international destinations...
The call for entries for the WorldWide Technology Watch 2009 closes on September 4. The competition, hosted by EIBTM, the global meetings and incentives exhibition, convening December 1-3 in Barcelona, Spain, is celebrating its 10th year honoring...
The Association of Corporate Travel Executives has reopened merger talks with the National Business Travel Association, delivering to NBTA last week a broad outline of the proposed merger...
Chicago-based Hyatt Hotels Corp. announced on August 5th that it has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public stock offering. The privately held company is owned by Chicago’s Pritzker...
The investor who purchased Ambassadors International’s travel and events division in April—Lakeview Equity Partners, LLC, a Milwaukee-based private-equity fund—is also the majority stakeholder in Chicago-based event housing and travel services...
Never in a million years did I expect to write a eulogy for Concepts Worldwide, the iconic meeting management firm that Terri Breining launched in San Diego County more than 21 years ago...
On July 29, Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev.. introduced a bill into Congress, The Protecting Resort Cities from Discrimination Act of 2009 (S. 1530), which will, if passed, “prohibit an agency or department of the United States from establishing or...
