SmartMeetings

AUGUST 8, 2022

How to creatively overcome post-pandemic staffing and supply shortages at medical meetings. In the hospitality/events industry, a weak supply chain means limited product quantities unless you order significantly in advance (and who can predict volume right now?) Plan & Partner On-Site. Expect the unexpected!

Healthcare 105

Healthcare Hospitality Negotiating Medical Meetings 105

SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Maritz Travel continues to expand its offerings in the med/pharma meetings arena by launching Maritz Travel Healthcare Solutions this week. Schaumann’s impact in the hospitality industry is far-reaching. Earlier this year, Maritz added Pat Schaumann to its staff as senior director of health care compliance.

Healthcare 40

Healthcare Medical Meetings Meetings 2015 40

SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Donna Hunt, CEO and managing director for HMS Meeting Services (left), and Yashema Mack. Rebranding is a natural part of the hospitality industry , so much so that we don’t even blink when properties change names or flags. Hotels do it all the time. I believe it’s time to do the same for third-party planners.

Trade Shows 40

Trade Shows Medical Meetings Contracts Hotels 40

PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

It was this moment where I realized that experiences in meetings can have an impact on attendees, and reshaped how I viewed my career. At some point, I would like to branch out in my career and experience what meeting planning is like in the private sector. What’s the best day you’ve had in the meetings industry so far?

2017 69

2017 Education Hospitality Meetings 69

PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

No meeting, destination, or even project is ever the same. I love how meeting planning involves finance, protocol, HR, international affairs, logistics, and other disciplines. I love pulling a plan together and watching it be executed — coming up with an idea and seeing the completed product. .

Contracts 58

Contracts Travel Medical Meetings Education 58

SmartMeetings

JULY 31, 2020

“There has never been an issue where more people are working on it simultaneously,” he said, referring to the global race to develop a vaccine and the focus in the meetings world on writing protocols. Even though he didn’t have to be hospitalized, Simons described the experience as “sobering” and quarantined himself as a precaution.

Meetings 59

Meetings Venues Hotels Sports 59

PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

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.

2012 56

2012 Food and Beverage 2013 Hotels 56