ALEXANDRIA, Va.
Following a national trend of growth in the healthcare meetings market, Visit Alexandria’s latest initiative aims to expand its “Meetings Made Extraordinary” campaign to the medical industry.
Visit Alexandria’s efforts to become a friendly destination to the medical meetings industry will include offering specialized training to meeting planners and suppliers interested in earning Meeting Professional International’s (MPI’s) Healthcare Meeting Compliance Certificate (HMCC).
The training will be held Thursday, April 7, 2016, at the Hilton Alexandria Old Town and will feature Pat Schaumann, director of professional development for the healthcare sector of MPI Academy, presenting on compliance regulations, reporting requirements and techniques for managing healthcare meetings.
Registration is $399 and includes lunch followed by a tour of Alexandria hotels and a reception and graduation ceremony at Hotel Monaco (13,000 square feet of meeting space).
“Alexandria is the perfect destination for those small to midsize healthcare meetings looking for a new destination,” said Jacqueline Beaulieu, HMCC, executive director of Healthcare Education & Events at BlueHive in Worcester, Mass. “The history of Alexandria alone is fascinating and lends itself to having a memorable meeting, but the location—smack dab in the middle of pharma alley on the East Coast and home to the highest number of healthcare associations in the surrounding area—[is especially ideal].”
With its rich history of medicine, its overall meeting destination appeal and its knowledge of healthcare regulations, Alexandria, Va., is excited to welcome medical meetings and is proud to be among the first small cities in the country providing HMCC training opportunities for local event planners and suppliers.
Alexandria boasts the award-winning Inova Alexandria Hospital, more than 50 healthcare associations and, in 2017, will become home to the National Science Foundation’s headquarters.
More medical-related experiences and event spaces include:
- Tours inspired by Mercy Street, PBS’ national medical drama set in Civil War times.
- Historic Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum displays medical products as they were from 1805 until 1933, perfect for tours and small receptions.
- The Lyceum, a former Civil War hospital, now Alexandria’s history museum.
- A visit to the National Inventors Hall of Fame, located in the U.S. Patent and Trade Office’s headquarters and featuring stories of the world's greatest patented innovations.
- United Way Worldwide headquarters, with health as one of its key pillars, offers meeting space and an outdoor patio with Potomac River views.
To learn more about Visit Alexandria’s program on April 7 and to register to attend, visit: http://www.visitalexandriava.com/meeting/alexandria-medu-con/.
