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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.

Dancing with dogs
Jul 20, 2007
If you're looking for some really different entertainment, and if your attendees are animal lovers, check canine freestyle. It's, well, people who dance with their dogs. But I think it's incredible. Check out Carolyn Scott and Rookie boogying to ...
And you thought it was bad when they lose your luggage
Jul 17, 2007
Just imagine if you (or your attendees) were among the British Open golfers whose gear disappeared en route via air to the tournament. This is more than an inconvenience; these guys' professional status is at stake, seeing as they can't practice...
From ants to airlines: Applying swarm intelligence
Jul 16, 2007
This article in National Geographic explains how Southwest Airlines used "swarm behavior" (like how ants, which individually aren't too bright, can as a collective make some intelligent decisions) to figure out the best way to move planes in and...
Improve your team meetings
Jul 13, 2007
Jamie Notter of of GetMeJamieNotter has posted some great advice for improving team meetings. My favorite among his five suggestions is...
Airplane parking lot shortage
Jul 13, 2007
It had never occurred to me before reading this FC Experts post, but the poster may very well be right that "There's no future in flight if planes have no place to park." From the post...
With walls of water...
With walls of water...
Jul 13, 2007
Leave it to the geniuses at MIT to come up with this one: A building made with digital walls of water. From the MIT release: Imagine a building made of water. It features liquid curtains for walls - curtains that not only can be programmed...
How far can you go without being a sellout?
Jul 10, 2007
This article in today's New York Times questions the fairly common practice of selling sponsors an opportunity to pay to get one-on-one time with conference-goers, in this case, people who had no choice but to attend. From the article...
Number 1 hotel trend
Jul 09, 2007
Given the number of press releases I've gotten recently about what hotels are doing to green themselves up, this doesn't surprise me at all: Going Green - the Number 1 Trend in the Hotel Industry. This, I applaud.
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