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While outboarding -- renting a hotel suite and wooing customers at a trade show without actually supporting the show itself -- is nothing new, the recent Consumer Electronics Show's problems with it have caught the attention of the New York Times...

Update: I should have known this was too juicy to be true. Here's ...

So sad to hear that the record snowfall in the D.C. area -- with more to come -- has prompted ASAE and The Center to cancel its 2010 Technology Conference, which was to start tomorrow and run through Friday. Check the link of refund information...

If you're wondering who's hiring in special events now, and why, check out this article, which just so happens to be titled Who's Hiring in Special Events Now--And Why. Some good news is that Special Events found 17 percent of the companies...

Just in case your meeting's registration line ever backs up, this article from today's Boston Globe will give you a little perspective: Standing in line: The case for our least-favorite activity. I must say that I never looked at waiting in line...

I love it when people live what they are passionate about. Take my colleague Barbara Scofidio, editor of Corporate Meetings & Incentives,. She has been writing about meetings that give back to their host communities, and meetings-related...

Mike McCallen offers some interesting insights on events he gleaned from the gazillion-ticket-selling movie Avatar. Just what you need to know to make your next meeting a blockbuster (well, this info plus a few hundred million ought to do it).

Just a friendly reminder to get your data in for the 2009 CEIR Index. It should be quick and easy to do, and you'll get a free copy of the results for participating if you get your data input by this Friday.

Some headlines that caught my eye this morning: ...