"When the economy is down, the first thing to go is trade shows," says Richard Doherty, an independent analyst for the Envisioneering Group (Electronics trade shows change with the times, NYT). ...

That appears to be the rallying cry for meeting planners these days. No big surprise there, with the rapid growth in both attendee and organizational downloads, uploads, and all-around Internet overloads. Here's an interesting look from the New...

If you ever get stumped for the meaning of some obscure travel industry jargon, check out TravelJargon.org, a neat little tool I ran across on Christian Frei's blog. ...

I heard a lot of talk at IAEE's Expo! Expo! about how trade shows are still a vital part of the marketing mix for most companies, how nothing has really changed—and how it really won't change—when it comes to the necessity for trade shows. But is...

As the flakes pour down on this New England town, we grown-up human types are huddling by the fire. But not everyone wants to stay warm inside. Happy winter!

These just struck my funnybone, and if you're like me, we could all use a laugh. So... ...

According to our counts, these were the top posts on face2face in 2008: ...

Another interesting session I went to last week at IAEE's Expo! Expo! was on social networking. Now, I've been going to these sessions for a few years at this point, and how much more is there to say? But it was packed, as were other related...

A long delay, late night flight home, then a wicked ice storm that knocked out our Internet until yesterday are my excuses for not getting around to posting more about the IAEE show in Miami last week. But now I've slept and the Interweb tubes...

Saw this on the MiForum listserv this morning and got a good howl out of it: The fun, weird, funny things asked for in the Foo Fighters rider, brought to you by the Smoking Gun. Some rough language, but man is it funny! ...