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.
I received the following this morning, and thought I’d pass along the info on how things are progressing in the Caribbean after the recent rash of hurricanes. It came from the Caribbean Hotel Association, the Caribbean Tourism Organization, the...
According to an article in Promo magazine on Yahoo, Inc.'s Internet Deprivation Study released this week, most of us Web-heads can't go more than five days without Internet access before going nuts. ...
"Motivational speaker Michael Levy believes folks can enjoy even the stormiest hurricane by simply changing their mental state of mind," according to this article, entitled "Motivational Speaker Turning 'Hurri-can'ts' Into 'Hurri-cans.'" ...
First Nashville, Orlando, and Dallas-Fort Worth--now Washington, D.C., will soon sport the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center on the Potomac. Slated to open in March 2008, the 1,500-room property is planned to include 400,000 square...
The Unite Here union initiated a strike on four hotels in San Francisco this morning: the Argent Hotel, Hilton San Francisco, Crowne Plaza Union Square, and Mark Hopkins Inter-Continental. The strike ends on Oct. 13. For more, click here. ...
On hearing that Starwood, which includes the Sheraton, Westin and W Hotels brands, has hired former Coca-Cola exec Steven Heyer to take over the top spot from company founder Barry S. Sternlicht, an old refrain started running through my head and...
I thought I had to be misreading this Yahoo News-Lines article, but it's true. Those long security lines that result from inspectors trying to keep us safe actually are a "tempting target for terrorists," especially at LAX, which terrorists...