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No, it's actually a satellite--at least in some cases. Check out terraserver. Just type in your hq hotel's address and up pops satellite images you can zoom in on. I guess it could be useful to see what's around your meeting facility, but...

Authorities at Heathrow must not be too happy now that the news is out about an undercover reporter being able to sneak past security and all the way to an airplane's door. Then airing the film on the nightly news. Ouch. ...

Things weren't looking so hot for the Denver CVB not too long ago, when reports of bureau-sponsored parties at strip clubs were making the news. But according to the Denver Post, now they have a reason to celebrate for real: ...

If you get our e-newsletter, MeetingsNet Extra, you might have already seen this editorial by our editorial director, Betsy Bair, on the TSA party that got excoriated in the papers. But if you didn't, check it out--she actually talked to the...

A couple of interesting news items from this week's e-newsletter from Meetings and Incentive Travel, a Canadian meeting magazine. It seems that Canada is taking a serious interest in increasing travel across the U.S.-Canada border. ...

This site is a pretty handy way to calculate what you'll need for beverages for an event. I plugged in a 100-person meeting, 43 guys and 57 women for two hours with light snacks, and got back a detailed list of exactly what I'd need to keep...

If you are planning a meeting in the Baja Norte region of Mexico/San Diego area, check out VolunTours' program for groups. From the Web site: ...

It has to be something in the water in New York! I thought Le Meridian's $1,000 fritatta was a bit much. But now I hear that the city's famed Algonquin Hotel is offering a $10,000 martini that comes complete with a diamond. I don't know of anyone...

I just read in this week's USAE-mail that the International Association of Convention and Visitor Bureaus' Board of Directors "has recommended the association change its name to 'Destination Marketing Association - Representing Destination...

From Direct magazine: ...