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.
Michael Dominguez gives a keynote presentation at the 2015 FICP Annual ConferenceThe ever-quotable Michael Dominguez, senior vice president and chief sales officer, MGM International, launched a recent keynote presentation with a favorite quotati...
Old Man Winter doesn't care that you’ve chosen the perfect keynote speaker and confirmed every conference detail a year in advance. Think of the two recent winter storms that paralyzed much of the country, one ruining many a Thanksgiving dinner a...
There are a lot of lifestyle brands out there (try our matching game)—so many, in fact, that it’s not easy for consumers to distinguish between them. Which one is all about local flavor? Which is the one for cost-conscious (and design-conscious) ...
Convention Industry Council delegates discussed innovation, dealing with crises, generational shifts, and other trends at their recent meeting in Baltimore. Big takeaway for meetings: The time to reinvent is now.
After testing it for a year internally, MCI recently launched an app that is designed to provide its 350,000-plus annual congress delegates with travel disruption and risk alerts when they travel internationally. The Safeture App, which will be a...
Mobile-friendly and designed to provide comprehensive information while also being visually compelling, the new meetLA.com Web site officially launched November 19.
A sample of the Meet L.A. Web site's clean designJournalists got a preview of ...
According to a recent survey of 804 travelers, meeting planners aren’t the only ones with a bone to pick about Wi-Fi fees—nearly three-quarters of travelers who got dinged for airport or hotel Wi-Fi fees were not happy about it. The survey, condu...
Marriott has added billing functionality to its meeting services app.Marriott International’s meeting services app just got a lot more useful. The app now allows planners to review and dispute charges from their mobile devices.
Originally desi...
Ibtm world, formerly known as EIBTM, opened its 2015 conference at the Fira de Barcelona November 17 with an announcement that the conference has signed an extension to its partnership with Barcelona and the convention center for the foreseeable ...