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.
While many airlines have discontinued or reduced their meetings products, JetBlue is expanding its program, CompanyBlue Meetings, launched earlier this year...
The Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is getting closer to securing a headquarters hotel, something the convention center has been missing since 1989. On November 1, a panel of 10, including eight county commissioners...
You’ve heard of the three R’s: reading, writing, and ‘rithmatic. Well, the meetings industry has some fundamentals, too, and you can learn about them at a virtual classroom for the industry’s accepted practices exchange initiative, or APEX. On...
In the face of increasing government, public, and media scrutiny, continuing medical education professionals must demonstrate competence in developing effective and independent programs for physicians. That was one strong theme that emerged from...
November 15, meeting professionals of all political stripes will come together in Denver to discuss the opportunities and challenges of next summer’s Democratic National Convention, which is expected to draw 35,000 delegates, politicians, members...
All key exhibition industry metrics rose in the second quarter, including the biggest gainers, revenue and attendance, according to the Center for Exhibition Industry Research’s CEIR Index...
While wildfires raged around San Diego last week, the San Diego Convention Center remained—and remains—“open for business,” according to Steve Johnson, vice president of public affairs for the San Diego Convention Center Corp...
Business travel costs will continue to rise in 2008, according to the annual American Express Global Business Travel Forecast, which was released last week...
With airport security hassles and overcrowded flights a fact of life for on-the-go meeting professionals and their attendees, we caught up with Peter Greenberg, travel editor for NBC’s “The Today Show,” to get his four best tips for reducing air...
