As meeting planners, we bring together brilliant minds on a regular basis — to teach, to learn, and to inspire. Some of these meetings attract much attention in the media as well. You may hear of new studies discussed on the morning news, or read...

Virginia Beach's claim to fame has always been its great location along the Atlantic Coast, adjoining Chesapeake Bay. Now, with the construction of the new Virginia Beach Convention Center, as well as new hotels and restaurants, the area is taking...

From the time a member of the Chicago-based American Health Information Management Association pre-registers for the annual meeting to the time the registration database is disposed of seven years later, not even an e-mail address is shared...

In the film The Bridges of Madison County, Clint Eastwood tells Meryl Streep that change is one of the things you can count on and in that way change is comforting. I've watched the movie several times and that line has always struck me — because...

The 18-Hole Prospector Golf Course, designed by Palmer Course Design Co., is part of Suncadia, a new 6,300-acre resort community in Roslyn, Wash., 80 miles from Seattle. The Inn at Suncadia opened last August with 14 guest rooms, four suites, and...

Here are steps you can take now to prepare for a potential avian flu pandemic...

Chris Pentz, CMP, president, Pentz Group Communications, Levittown, Pa., died on May 21 after a battle with cancer. Having worked as a meeting planner for pharmaceutical companies, including SmithKline, Centocor, and Bristol-Myers Squibb, she...

Dear Editor: Your recent article, “CME's Voice in Washington,” [March/April 2006] and the call to form a government advocacy task force is a critical and time-sensitive rescue mission that should be carried out by professionals in the CME industry...

With all the confusion created by Medicare Part D, the new drug prescription plan, which went into effect January 1, 2006, many patients are turning to their physicians for help navigating the system. To prepare doctors to assist patients, CME...