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AMI Wins Coveted CVS Ruby Award as New Supplier of the Year
AMI Wins Coveted CVS Ruby Award as New Supplier of the Year

AMI was excited to be awarded the new supplier of the year for its outstanding work in conference management with CVS Health. AMI worked in partnership with CVS to produce a Meeting & conference for over 500 business professionals. Most consumers are familiar with CVS Health Corp., the largest pharmacy healthcare provider in the United States with more than 7,900 locations throughout the country. Monette Knapik, CVS Health’s senior director of strategic sourcing and supplier management, said all executives at CVS Health—from the C-suite to front-line management—are advocates of the new program. “We want our supplier base to represent our employees and the communities we serve,” she said. “We recognize that this program is just good business practice.” AMI received the Supplier of the Year Ruby Award from CVS Health for its partnership in conference management.

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AMI Awarded into Coveted Capital One Catapult Program
AMI Awarded into Coveted Capital One Catapult Program

Each year 10 suppliers are selected from top applicants across the country to participate in a ten-month intensive educational program to better their organization through a variety of digital strategies. Capital One’s best-in-class program selected AMI for the innovation of their supplier network of tier 2 suppliers supporting their clients’ meetings and event needs.

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Meeting Planners and Suppliers Converge on Indianapolis at MPI WEC 2018
Meeting Planners and Suppliers Converge on Indianapolis at MPI WEC 2018

AMI recently visited Indianapolis for the 2018 MPI WEC (World Education Congress). Over 2,200 meeting planners and suppliers were on hand at the 2018 MPI WEC to learn new ways to impress and amaze their clients, review the meetings industries best practices, experience the latest meeting technologies and discover the best new destinations and venues from around the globe.

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AMI Profiled By Affinity Inc. Magazine
AMI Profiled By Affinity Inc. Magazine

Global business magazine Affinity Inc. has highlighted American Meetings, Inc. in their April 2018 monthly business profile. Affinity Inc is a quarterly print and digital publication focused exclusively on the LGBT business community, as well as America’s top organizations with a commitment to LGBT equality.

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AMI is an Official Sponsor and Exhibitor of the 14th Annual Pharma Forum
AMI is an Official Sponsor and Exhibitor of the 14th Annual Pharma Forum

American Meetings, Inc. (AMI) is excited to be a corporate sponsor of the 14th Annual Pharma Forum being held March 25-28 at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown in Philadelphia, PA. In addition, AMI will have a table in the exhibit hall where clients will visit and network with AMI leadership in order to learn more about our role at the Forum and how we plan to improve and expand our services moving forward.

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AMI is Attending the 2018 WBENC Summit & Salute
AMI is Attending the 2018 WBENC Summit & Salute

American Meetings, Inc. (AMI) is proud to be attending the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) Summit & Salute being held March 20-22, 2018 at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, TX. As a certified diverse supplier, we seek out opportunities to participate in and support diversity events like this conference, and we hope to network with other diverse suppliers across industries in order to perpetuate an environment of tolerance and collaboration that respects and celebrates the unique contributions of professionals from every walk of life.

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AMI Is Attending SAP Ariba Live
AMI Is Attending SAP Ariba Live

American Meetings, Inc. (AMI) is pleased to announce our participation at SAP Ariba Live event in Las Vegas March 5-7, 2018. This event is an opportunity to learn and grow within our industry, developing new skills, resources, and network connections that allow us to provide the best possible services to our procurement partners moving forward.

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Corporate Meetings At Sea
Corporate Meetings At Sea

AMI CEO, Andy McNeill, speaks to Corporate Incentive Travel Magazine about the benefits of holding your corporate meeting at sea on a yacht or cruise ship.  Our corporate meeting planners are...

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AttendeeBuilder.com
AttendeeBuilder.com

AMI is excited to announce the roll-out of our newest attendee marketing solution; AttendeeBuilder.com integrates your direct mail and email campaigns with personalized landing pages, SMS Text,...

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Andy McNeill, AMI CEO, Explains the New Reporting Format for the Physician Payments Sunshine Act

The new changes to the “Sunshine Act” has left people more confused than ever in regard to information needing to be submitted, what payments are supposed to be submitted and the entire reporting format.  Andy McNeill, (AMI, CEO) who has a wealth of experience in the pharmaceutical meeting planning industry, with clients such as Baxter, Pfizer and Roche, elaborates on the changes and how they will affect meeting planners in the future.

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BREAKING NEWS- CRITICAL STATUTORY DEADLINE MISSED FOR THE PHYSICIANS PAYMENT SUNSHINE ACT!

Many AMI Clients will be directly affected by the upcoming implementation of the Sunshine Act by the Federal Government. In an effort to keep our community informed, we wanted to bring to your attention the missing of a critical deadline by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to draft regulations for the Physician Payment Sunshine Act.  In response to this delay, Andy McNeill, CEO of American Meetings, Inc.

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Florida’s No. 1 Destination Is Riding High

Corporate Incentive & Travel Magazine recently did a story on Orlando that shared some pretty amazing statistics. Orlando, Florida is “the first destination in the United States to draw more than 50 million visitors in a year.”

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AMI Expands Corporate Offices to a 5,000+ sq/ft Facility

AMI announces moving to its  new corporate offices. The new 4,000+ sq. ft facility will provide our team an excellent corporate environment to service our customers. In addition to expanded work space, our new corporate site allows AMI to integrate our training, product storage and audio video components at one central location, which will improve our service to our clients. Commenting on the move, Andy McNeill, CEO of AMI shared, “As we move towards our 10th anniversary, AMI is thrilled to be expanding our operations for our clients and our team.

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AMI Launches New Website
AMI Launches New Website

More Ways to Communicate With Us!

AMI Global Meetings is pleased to announce the launch of our newly re-designed website for www.americanmeetingsstaging.com/ami/homepage-redesign/site_current. The new site has a fresh, streamlined look for easier navigation and will be our social networking hub with links to our pages on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. We’ve also included an RSS feed to our blog which will be updated frequently as well as a Live Chat option, giving visitors an immediate way to contact us.

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Free latte for docs? Not without disclosure..Meeting Planners beware!

Meeting Planners and Corporate event planners will find this one of value. If you manage congresses and conventions for clients, read this > Pfizer requires docs to swipe ID for coffee as new gift limits take effect.

By Deena Beasley – updated 3:08 p.m. ET, Mon., June 7, 2010

CHICAGO – New limits on free gifts to doctors have hit the ubiquitous free lattes and coffee seen at major medical meetings like the one here of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

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The Motivation Show announces schedule changes for 2010

The following posting was found on the Motivations Show website. For those that may be new to the meetings industry, The Motivation Show is one of the largest industry events in the country. It features vendors and educational seminars dealing with all aspects of meetings and events.

The Motivation Show announces schedule changes for 2010

CHICAGO (Sept. 29, 2009) – The Motivation Show announced today a change to the exhibit and conference schedule in 2010 designed to reduce exhibiting costs while maintaining a full three-day program of education, exhibits, and networking for attendees. The preliminary schedule will include a dedicated “Education Day” on Tuesday, October 12, from 9 a.m. through 5 p.m., followed by two full days of exhibits on Wednesday, October 13 and Thursday, October 14, also from 9 a.m. through 5 p.m. “Our new three-day Show schedule for 2010 is intended to expand our education and networking offering, while maintaining a full 16-hour exhibit schedule at a reduced cost to our exhibitors,” said Peter Erickson, Managing Director of The Motivation Show.

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Amex Releases 2010 Global Business Travel Forecast

American Express released its 2010 Global Business Travel Forecast on Wednesday, in a presentation that was, for the first time, broadcast via telepresence from studios in New York, Mexico City and London. Use of the technology underscored one of the forecast's central themes: The new mindset in corporate travel is to consider the various options available to connect with business partners globally.

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