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Serious About Business Innovation? So Is Orlando.

PCMA Convene

In fact, the top-rated Florida Hospital Global Robotics Institute provides cutting-edge health-care simulation training for more than 50,000 surgeons around the world. This “living lab” is a major reason why Orlando now hosts 40 percent of HCEA’s top 50 largest medical meetings. UCF Medical Facility at Lake Nona.

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Best Big Cities Also Among Best Meeting Cities

SmartMeetings

Chicago will be featured in the December issue of Smart Meetings magazine. Here’s an excerpt: When it comes to the hospitality and meetings industries, Chicago isn’t exactly starting from scratch. In 2015, the city welcomed more than 52 million visitors, who generated $2.2 In 2015, 5.8 Naples, Florida.

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Convene Celebrates Our 30th Anniversary

PCMA Convene

For decades, membership in PCMA had been a closed circle, limited to medical-meeting professionals. We wanted PCMA to expand and to be more proactive in the convention industry,” said Nichols, speaking from her home in Florida, where she is retired. PCMA staffer John Oliver was the first editor.) Globalizing Knowledge.

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