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.
In a moving article from sfgate.com, Bernard S. Alpert, Ira D. Sharlip, Thomas C. Cromwell Assad A. Hassoun, write of their experience as members of a delegation of 30 American physicians representing all specialties of medicine, who met with 350...
While this report from the Travel Industry Association of America focuses on leisure travelers, it should be a heads-up for planners who have summer meetings and attendees that like to bring the family along and/or tack on a vacation pre- or post...
Do you ever get stuck on something really stupid, like what's the name of Samatha's evil cousin on the old Bewitched TV show? Now we can Google a lot of this stuff, but I find myself stumped on this one, which popped into my head and won't leave...
Cellphones not only now can emit fragrances and give you a good vibration, now they also can videoconference. Are these things taking over the world or what? ...
This just in: A press release announcing an agreement between the World Tourism Organisation (WTO), ICCA, Meeting Professionals International (MPI) and EIBTM to work together to raise the profile of the meetings industry throughout the world. ...
Wherever your next meeting is, I’m sure the Epicurious Essential Restaurant Guide can help you narrow down the right spot for a special dinner. It offers first-hand accounts of restaurants in most U.S. cities, and from the few I looked at in...
It may not be a glamour job, but what would you do without the guys who haul out the trash after a long day of meetings? These and other jobs performed mainly by small companies get some attention in this article in the Sun-Sentinel. It's a nice...
I can't remember if I've blogged about these before, so forgive me if this is familiar. Two very handy sites for air travelers:
Airport status reports
Security checkpoint wait times