It was launched at a face-to-face meeting, but built its momentum through a two-day online rally that attracted a small wave of attention from across North America and beyond...
Pfizer completed its $67 billion acquisition of one-time-competitor Wyeth Pharmaceuticals on October 15, just one in a string of recent mergers and acquisitions in the pharmaceutical industry. (Think Merck’s November 3 merger with Schering-Plough...
The Financial & Insurance Conference Planners Annual Conference opened this week at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel with a general session that looked at the effects of the long recession on both sides of the meetings business.
The big applaus...
Meeting planners should get to know the U.S. Electronic System for Travel Authorization program, says Helen Marano, director, tourism industries at the U.S. Office of Travel and Tourism in Washington. ESTA requires that all international travelers...
Cisco Systems had a problem: Its sales force was unenthusiastic about the company’s fall 2008 decision to upset its 20-year tradition of face-to-face sales conferences and instead hold a large-scale virtual event in 2009...
