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New and Renovated: For Meetings in Postcard Cities

Smart Meetings

They look oh-so-much better from a floor-to-ceiling meeting room window. To get yourself and your attendees there, you just have to find your perfect postcard city and then make the booking. These new and renovated properties are the way to make it happen, whether you’re searching for big city energy or a quiet home base.

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Ms. B’s Book Club: Planning for Medical Meetings

SmartMeetings

Smart Meetings has started a book club to circulate literature with ideas that can connect and inspire meeting professionals and others in the industry. This Month’s Reads: Planning for Medical Meetings Every industry has its own cultural norms and professional values that are expected to be reflected at a company’s event.

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ARVO Conference in Seattle Opened Eyes to Lingering International Travel Challenges

Smart Meetings

Long wait times and inflationary pressure linger at in-person-only medical meeting The arrival in Seattle of 11,631 attendees for the 2024 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology ( ARVO ) conference in May was the culmination of a logistical struggle to return to bringing the world of eye doctors together at 2019 levels.

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Medical Meetings Propel Philadelphia Tourism

SmartMeetings

The fifth annual Global Pharmaceutical Medical Meetings Summit will take place at Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown from Jan. A direct beneficiary of this activity has been the medical meetings industry , helping propel hospitality and tourism to Philadelphia’s third largest industry. Click for more details.

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Webinar Provides Tips for Boosting Medical Meetings

SmartMeetings

Important insights into health-care professionals (HCPs) and tips on how to host an event that will attract and retain them were among the highlights of Jocelyn Cote’s recent Smart Meetings webinar. Quality content is the most important aspect of a medical meeting. Related: The Ground Shifts Yet Again for Medical Meetings.

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A Leader in Medical-Meetings Education Turns Her Sights on Newcomers

MeetingsNet

Pat Schaumann, CMP, CSEP, DMCP, HMCC, made a name for herself 10 years ago with the launch of the Healthcare Meeting Compliance Certificate program. Now she has a new program and a book to show beginners the ropes. She also has an accompanying text, How to Plan Medical Meetings and Events, that’s scheduled to be published in July.

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ICC Wales strengthens position as an exciting new destination for UK medical conferences

Prestige Events Magazine

10 medical conferences due to take place at South Wales venue in 2023/2024 ICC Wales , Wales’s first dedicated convention centre, will be hosting a series of medical conferences that will support the post-pandemic recovery of the in-person medical meetings sector and highlight the venue’s pivotal role in the recovery of the UK Meetings Industry.