NEWS AND NOTES FOR THE MEETINGS AND CONVENTIONS INDUSTRY

Old Town Tampa’s Ybor City is a National Historic Landmark District. For more, see p. 26.

CIC Prescribes a New Medical Meetings Certification

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ecently the Convention Industry Council (CIC) announced plans for a health-care meetings certification that would exist under the umbrella of CIC’s Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) program.

Convene caught up with CIC CEO Karen Kotowski, CAE, CMP, at IMEX America in Las Vegas for a quick chat about the new credential, which CIC hopes to begin awarding by the end of 2013.

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about plans for CIC’s medical meetings certification, visit convn.org/ medical-cmp.