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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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Best Big Cities Also Among Best Meeting Cities

SmartMeetings

In October, Mayor Emanuel and Whitaker announced record tourism figures for the first three quarters of 2016, for both leisure and group segments. The technology sector and medical meetings are booming in Boston now, according to Moscaritolo. Oregon Convention Center is a role model for sustainability. San Francisco.

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PCMA’s 20 in Their Twenties Class of 2017

PCMA Convene

My favorite part of my job is being on site at our Annual Meeting. Being in medical-meeting planning yields a high level of satisfaction, because I know that our conference provides our membership with education that is critical to improving orthopedic patient care. . What’s the best day you’ve had in the industry so far?

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Design Thinking: An Event Strategists’ Toolkit

PCMA Convene

Moreover — considering ITA’s lofty goal of making sustainable travel a vehicle for combating global poverty and inequality — Louise wanted to make the 2017 Travel + SocialGood Summit held in New York City last November into a catalyst for change. We’re not just talking about sustainable tourism, we’re generating action-oriented results.”

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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. Outside of medical meetings, “those [organizations] that were going to have a meeting, instead of Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland [putting on a show], it was the new secretary in the department. The Ethics of Fams.

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