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Hoteliers are looking to find common ground among the boomers and Gen Xers who spend most lavishly while on the road—and they're finding that it's not easy. Boomers (of which I'm one, barely, though I share a lot with Xers) tend to like ...

I missed the latest "Apprentice" episode, but from this post on E-Venting, it sounds like once again The Donald used event management as the task to set all those wannabes at each other's throats. It also sounds like one of the groups ran into a...

Here's a good one from my co-blogger over at Capsules, Anne Taylor-Vaisey...

Here's what Marriott chefs are predicting will be the hot food and beverage trends for the coming year. I'm all for going more comfortable-yet-still-elegant settings and healthy-but-not-diet food, but please, don't sic "Highly flavored gel squares...

This article from hotel-online shows just how anxious hoteliers are about having complaints go online freely, without their being able to do anything about what is said about them. The author preferred the days when it was just between a...

I just read an interesting post on BusinessWeek's Blogspotting, where journalist Stephen Baker offers to let readers add what they think is missing from an article (and there's always something, it seems to me) and—here's the sticky part—delete an...

Should speakers get an honorarium? Comped conference fees? Airfare and hotel? Nada? The whole topic of how and if speakers get paid is a recurring theme among some folks who speak at industry events and meeting planners. Jeff Jarvis at BuzzMachine...

Tis the season for many to go through the agony and the ecstacy of the annual performance review. So few of these are done in a really productive way, and, it seems, a lot are downright awful. If you want to vent about a review, or just revel in...

If your event has a decade theme—the sixties, the roaring 20s, etc.—crazyfads.com can help connect you to what was hot at that point in time. It's scary how well I remember some of the fads from early on in my life, especially my teenage years...