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.
I doubt it! But someone actually spent the time and effort to rate the healthiness of food offered by various airlines. Here's the breakdown. Frankly, I'm one of those "if you eat it while traveling, it doesn't count" people, but if you want to...
I felt a bit ill just reading about the top food trends this article says are coming in 2008. A few things mentioned: mozzarella bars; “testicle festivals”; mackerel with avocado, watermelon, black olives; Cantaloupe sorbet with lavender-cured...
for the annual holiday party report. Here's one from the Boston Globe that has some interesting nuggets, such as some companies are foregoing the gala in favor of an extra day off, or holding it in January. From the article: ...
Believe it or not, there's now a product called Meeting Miser that can calculate the salary of each attendee and tell you how much their time is worth in dollars and cents. Check out this post on Meet Pete for more.
If you want some truly different for your event's decor, check out the work of
Jason Hackenwerth, who creates amazing sculptures out of balloons.
Here are a few examples of what he did for a wedding. These just blow me away.
This time, the example under the microscope is Starbucks new holiday ads, but this dissection on Brand Autopsy holds a few lessons for meetings marketers as well. Key quote: ...