The face2face MeetingsNet blog is an eclectic mix of news about meetings and events, hospitality, and business travel, along with helpful hints and the occasional rant.
Frankly, Blunch doesn't come close to it for me (that would be Barf Bed and Breakfast, though maybe a B&B doesn't count as a restaurant?), but check out this post about bad restaurant names on Serious Eats. There are some doozies in the...
Thanks to Lara for the pointer to this site: 3floz.com, which offers TSA-sized health and beauty products "for those who travel, those who are curious, and those who can’t commit." ...
I'm sure you heard about how hot dogs can be a serious choking hazard for kids (how did we all survive our childhoods, anyway??). Well, thanks to the good folks at Fast Company, the hot dog has been redesigned for safety, if not visual...
People think they're being polite and attentive by turning their cellphones to "vibrate" mode during conference sessions, but that isn't enough to keep their attention. According to Fast Company, the sound a vibrating phone makes is the third most...
Jeff at Midcourse Corrections thinks big-name speakers who are hired just for their big names actually are beyond the "becoming" phase when it comes to irrelevance, and that they may just make your meeting -- and your organization -- irrelevant...
This is so despicable: Fake Boston bridal show signs up thousands. What makes it even more despicable than just scamming brides-to-be and vendors out of an estimated $50k for a show that was never intended to actually happen is that the organizer...
While the rise of social media also gave rise to the level of trust we put in the great unwashed (aka, friends, peers, and other people just like us), that now seems to be leveling off, according to this LA Times article. It looks at the Edelman...