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In the only non-spam comment out of dozens I faced this morning was one from Steven Hall, founder of a site that sounds kind of interesting: TravelerVideos. From what he says, it's a new travel video directory and sharing site, where you can...

An online group I'm involved with has been having some fun with regional phrases, or just colorful phrases they know and love. I know I've had projects that could best be described as being "like nailing Jell-O to the wall" (I have to remember...

According to this CNN story, U.S. customs can legitimately and legally confiscate the laptop of anyone entering the country. Without even having to justify why, they can download everything on your hard drive and keep it for basically as long as...

Patti Digh issued a challenge that I just make take on: focus on something for just 37days. Just pick something to do (or to stop doing), and make a commitment to do it (or stop doing it) for a little over a month. From her blog...

According to the results of the latest TripAdvisor annual travel trends survey of 4,000 travelers around the world, your attendees may be into some things you didn’t know about. While 47 percent said they intend to visit a spa this year, thatâ€...

Culture shock is always something to think about when taking a meeting overseas, but this is pretty extreme: Paris Syndrome. According to the article, some Japanese tourists find the reality of Paris so far removed from their expectations that it...

If there are any continuing medical education providers reading this, check out Capsules, our Medical Meetings blog. I've been quiet over here, but typing my little fingers to the bone over on that one about the National Task Force on CME Provider...

I had forgotten about Hyatt's celebrity wake-up call service until Kare Anderson reminded of it in an e-mail. She had what I thought was an interesting idea...

Sorry for the silence here lately—I've been in Baltimore at the American Medical Association's National Task Force on CME Provider/Industry Collaboration conference all week and had some laptop issues. Some quick notes...

According to Yahoo, a survey recently found that business travelers are pretty loyal dogs when it comes to their hotel choices...