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.
According to this article, convention planning is a great career choice because you get to enjoy nice long vacations when you go on site for a program. Say what?? The article describes it thusly: ...
I had thought that perhaps towel origami was losing its grip on cruise ships and hotels around the world, but it looks like it's still going strong. Behold the latest concoctions (via BoingBoing):
Awww.
Just ran across this on Mental Floss and thought it was interesting: How old is your brain? The screen flashes some numbers, then blank circles in the same position the numbers were in, and you have to click on the circles that correlate to the...
A couple of items in this morning's Boston Globe caught my eye: First is this article about what happens to the loose change that people don't remember to pick up on the other side of security. It goes to pay for screeners and equipment. From the...
It's interesting to peruse through the responses to Fast Company's Big Idea: "Within five years, technology will obliterate the need for business travel." ...
I guess I'm lucky never to have attended a session like the one Allen Stern talks about, where the presenters were so busy with the backchannels (live webcasting the session, that sort of thing) that those who were attending live felt short...
Looks like a coalition of Christian groups are putting the pressure on Marriott International to keep its hotel TVs porn-free (article here). Since the chain doesn't actually own or operate most of the hotels that fall under its brands, the...