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.
We all get it, we all hate it, and guess what? The spam wars have only just begun. Read more about it on ATV's Page. What a depressing way to begin a Friday, eh?
This is a little late for Earth Day, but this Carbon Quiz gives you a quick look at how big a carbon dioxide footprint someone with your lifestyle leads. I miss being deep green (15,000 pounds per year) due to all the flying my job involves. The...
If you've ever wondered what ever happened to good customer service, check out Michael Chaffin's new Manifesto on ChangeThis. It's an excellent read, and if more of us followed his advice, it'd be a better world. If you read his Star in the Margin...
Scientists are looking into something that could someday replace biometric markers like retina scans and fingerprint readers for security clearance: Brain wave signatures. From Wired...
The Meetings Community listserv, also known as MeCo, has added a few new features to its Web site, including a member directory and a job board where members can post jobs for free for 180 days. Nice job! I'm liking this listserv more and more as...
Please, say it ain't so! According to The New York Times, some airplane designers are shopping around the idea of including "standing seats" to cram in more passengers per jet. From the article...
Of course, if you're in Pittsburgh, you'd go to Aldo Coffee (where Rich Westerfield went when he downshifted his tradeshow marketing business). But otherwise, if you find yourself in a strange place and running on empty, java-wise, check out the...
Reforming prostitutes, stabbing people in the shower, tricycling after twin ghosts—ah, hotels in the movies are a wonderful thing. And now, here are the top 10 hotel movies scenes (according to a TravelLodge poll)...