PROGNOSIS GOOD FOR MEDICAL MEETINGS

Convention and visitors bureaus across the country are reporting that medical meetings and convention business is for the most part holding strong for 2002. “We have 27 citywides booked for next year, and about half of those are medical or medical-related. We're excited about that, because we're confident that their attendance is going to hold steady in 2002,” says Jim Herrmann, vice president of convention sales with the Philadelphia CVB. “If there's one type of attendee that comes to a