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.
According to this article on hotel-online, San Jose is looking at San Francisco's ongoing hotel labor woes with UNITE NOW as a well-stocked stream from which to fish. And what trout there might be in those troubled waters--San Jose just caught...
According to this study by Sirota Consulting, meeting planners with too much on their plates actually are a pretty happy lot. While the most satisfied were people who had just the right amount of work to do, those who had too much to do were right...
I don't even know what to say about this one: Administration Balks At 'Gay' In Gay Suicide Conference. The administration also is asking that organizers include a session on faith-based prevention. ...
This article about how staff at the new Borgata Hotel in Atlantic City have to meet certain appearance criteria--including weight--is certain to get some people's backs up. But, from my understanding, anyway, it's their right to put these...
As someone who wouldn't be caught dead in a gym, I love this idea--Marriott and Hilton are adding in-room fitness equipment you can check out (link to story). That thumping noise on your ceiling could be me working out with a fitness ball. And I...
My co-blogger at Capsules, Anne Taylor-Vaisey, just sent me this very silly retro-looking game you can play to determine what breed your inner dog is. Turns out I'm a Border Collie. Hmm. ...
A new luxury resort in Mexico has come up with yet another way to pamper incentive participants or other lucky guests: personal media devices. Before you even get to the One&Only Palmilla, it lets guests in its one-bedroom suites request the...
Good news for fellow fans of Fawlty Towers, the '70s-era Brittish comedy starring Monty Python man John Cleese--the hotel the "little nest of vipers" ran has just been bought by a couple who are also are fans of the show...