THE PRESS RELEASE came across my desk attached to a perky note from a PR person. “Thought this would be of great interest to your readers!” she enthused. The announcement: “VRRROOOM! MEETING PLANNERS GET REVVED UP OVER [X HOTEL'S] JAGUAR GIVEAWAY...
First, a big thank-you to all readers who participated in our 2005 salary survey, conducted earlier this year via an online questionnaire. We know readers are constantly bombarded with requests, and we appreciate the time and attention many of you...
DRIP, DRIP, DRIP. Hear that? That's the sound of your destination management company's profit line draining away. The business of DMCs (providing the local staff and expertise to make your transfers, tours, dine-arounds, and off-site parties a...
CELEBRATING A RECORD ATTENDANCE of more than 2,700 at the Professional Education Conference in San Diego in January, Meeting Professionals International had a lot to crow about, having achieved some major accomplishments over the past 12 months...
MEDICAL MEETING PLANNERS understand the value of education. After all, we spend the majority of our working weeks planning and implementing events that provide educational benefit to healthcare professionals. But how many of us invest time and...
WHEN I INTERVIEWED meeting industry veteran Mickey Schaefer, CAE, American Academy of Family Physicians, for the first installment in our series profiling women leaders in the medical meetings and CME professions, she said that her most important...