This could turn me, bookaholic that I am, into a less-frequent flier: Ross Mayfield reports that a TSA screener informed him not only about the ban on lighters, but also a ban on books...

While San Jose may have benefitted from San Francisco's labor woes up until now, taking on the meetings that didn't want to deal with the UNITE HERE labor union picketing of SF hotels. Now, according to hotelbusiness_online, labor troubles are...

More from Tim Brown's negotiation session at NEMICE yesterday: ...

I just had an interesting chat with Gregg Talley, chairman of the Professional Convention Management Association, about PCMA's recently released CEO Survey. ...

After years of meeting in Atlanta, the National Association of Home Builders' board of directors has voted to move the 2007 and 2008 International Builders’ Show from Atlanta, citing as a reason that the show has outgrown the locale. While the...

There was more, but I'll make this the last post about Tim Brown's negotiation session at NEMICE yesterday: ...

More from Tim Brown's negotiation session at NEMICE yesterday: ...

Tim Brown, a partner with Meeting Sites Resource, gave a very thorough presentation at NEMICE yesterday. I might have to break up a post about it into several items, since he went through so much material in his hour-and-a-half time slot. ...

I just ran across sleepinginairports.net, thanks to the MIMlist listserv. Calling it the "budget travelers guide to sleeping in airports," the site offers reviews of various airports' sleepability, plus a bunch of other silly stuff. I have to...

I am so proud of my nephew, Matteo Segnalini! His age-16-and-under volleyball team won first place for the Rome province (my sister and her family live in Rome, Italy, and fortunately were able to get around during last week's Papal ceremonies...