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The International Association for Exhibition Management has signed a deal with FuelDog to work on putting together a blog for its Expo Expo show in November. Cool--can't wait to read it when it starts up in September!
According to hotel_online, the World Travel & Tourism Council Crisis Committee has looked into what impact last Thursday's terrorist action in London would have on travel and tourism, and it looks to be fairly minimal. For this, we are all...
According to this article on msnbc, Baltimore is looking at a somewhat bleak '06 when it comes to citywide conventions. As the headline--Hotels slashing prices to make up for lost '06 conventions-- suggests, there may be deals to be had...
If you're looking to goof off for a minute or two, try playing cursor-keep-away with this crazy rabbit. I don't know why I found this site so amusing, but I did.
Thanks to Jim Spellos of Meeting U for the pointer!
You can always tell when I'm on a screaming deadline--things get a little quiet on face2face. Hopefully, tomorrow I'll have time to post some of the fascinating little items I've been storing up. (Well, I think they're fascinating, anyway.) ...
So the International Association of Convention & Visitor Bureaus will become the Destination Marketing Association International in early August. Will the change from IACVB to DMAI really make a difference in people's understanding of what...
According to hotelbusiness.com, the Half Moon Resort in Rose Hall, Jamaica, has already begun prepping for the arrival of Dennis, which has been upgraded to hurricane status and is bearing down on Jamaica and Cuba...
My friend's oldest daughter, a very thoughtful and generous soul, was talking with a six-year-old today about the terrorist attacks on London. In an e-mail to her mom, she said, "She asked me what a terrorist attack was. I told her a random act of...