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.
That's what this article, Consumer Generated Media (Blogs, Discussion Boards, Review Sites), a Threat or an Opportunity?, asks. The answer, to my mind, is a great big "opportunity." I was heartened to hear that 81 percent of hoteliers surveyed...
After reading about tourists taking photos in Times Square are spreading the advertising messages there far beyond New York, I couldn't help but wonder if meeting sponsors also realize that all those photos attendees take could do likewise for...
After looking through the list of what makes a job "extreme" (according to a talk given by the author of Extreme Jobs: The Dangerous Allure of the 70-Hour Workweek, a study by the Center for Work-Life Policy reported on Fast Company Now), I think...
Just read about this one at Minimus: Avid Traveler Essentials Gift Set. It includes everything from hand sanitizer to a flashlight. Hey, I could use one of these!
I was talking with some folks yesterday about the Center for Exhibition Industry Research's $1 million windfall, and they were wondering what was behind the largess. Thanks to my colleague Dave Kovaleski, here's what was behind the World Shoe...
Someone sent me this image, and I had to share it—once you see the baby in the tree, you can't see anything but the baby. It makes me wonder what else I don't see just because my brain is trained to look at things a certain way. Anyway, enjoy!
That's the advice Kare Anderson sent me in an e-mail, and I think she's right. With so many for-profits and third parties getting into the social networking space, associations who lag behind in building a place for their members to interact...
Rumor has it that some airlines may be asking passengers to use the facilities in the airport, rather than on the plane, in the near future, according to Today In the Sky. From the post...