If you're working at a meeting or event in connection with Comdex next year, consider taking a break from your labors for an on-site seminar on marketing high-tech products in Latin America. Or schmooze with representatives of a destination you're...
Harry Tsao came out swinging: "Trade shows are great, but is it really worth investing a million dollars--once you factor in all costs--to come to Comdex?" Tsao, vice president of marketing for ShowExpo.com, a Pasadena, Calif., company that offers...
A long time ago, in the machine shop where I went to college, I asked a veteran machinist if I could borrow a tap, the tool used for cutting screw threads into metal. He said, "sure." But as he began to hand me the tap, he froze in his reach and...
Hello Anywhere Sure, there are cheaper ways to make international calls than to plop down $3,000 for an Iridium phone. On the other hand, even with satellite problems, it looks as though Iridium World Communications Ltd. will indeed offer the...
When we do an event in the States, we put everything into a big box on wheels, put in the keyboards and mice, lock it up, and the truck picks it up," says Rick Jorgensen, with perhaps a hint of hyperbole. But Jorgensen, acting group manager for...
The value-added taxes (VAT) you pay when running conferences abroad is often recoverable, yet many companies don't bother--rules vary from country to country and the paperwork can be numbing. But here's something new: Corporate VAT Management, a...
The Internet is the future. The Internet will change your business. Get on board or get left behind. Yada, yada, yada. Yes, the Internet is full of promise. But how can you benefit from it now? Better incentive programs, for one thing. Each of the...
Located near Sophia Antipolis, a sort of French Silicon Valley, the Acropolis in Nice has for three years been the site of Microsoft's Tech-Ed Europe conferences, organized by Mike Jackson, project manager with Ultimate Events in London. Jackson...
Mark Twain once said that the key to success in life is proper selection of your parents. Opryland USA has its own corollary: the key to success in hotel connectivity is to be owned by a company that owns television stations. In fact, just about...
I do a lot of public speaking about how technology, specifically the Internet, is changing our business practices. I like to ask my listeners a question originally posed to me by a colleague in San Diego. " What product does the television...
