If you haven't checked out the Big Fat Marketing Blog yet and you have some interesting in the topic, I'd say go for it. I particularly liked this post on surviving the DMA fall show, which offers sage advice like, "never, ever eat the dim sum in...

The MeCo listserv is abuzz right now with an interesting discussion of whether or not Ritz-Carlton should waive a cancellation fee for the AIG incentive to its Half-Moon Bay property the embattled financial company recently pulled. ...

Just ran across this video of last night's Saturday Night Live special (I missed it). About 3/4 of the way through (at 2:12), the "Really" segment of this weekend update spoofs the AIG incentive I wrote about yesterday. It's pretty funny, in a ...

I just read this post by Joan Eisenstodt on ethics in challenging times like these...and how some might be taking the downturn in the economy as a license to steal, basically (though she says it much more nicely than that). ...

It's just common sense, but I think it bears repeating: Take some time to scan your meeting space for its effects on all five senses. For some great advice on how to conduct an environmental scan, check out this post from The Forum Effect. I...

Driving home last night, I could not believe the invective I was hearing on a talk radio show about the recently held AIG incentive, which happened at a posh resort shortly after the company received $85 billion in government loans. I could...

Here's one of the best roundups I've seen yet about how the credit crunch will affect the U.S. hospitality industry. Written by hotel legal eagle Jim Butler, it includes thoughts both optimistic and pessimistic. For planners, I thought this was a...

Trip Advisor's top travel trends has some interesting tidbits. I particularly liked that Americans chose other Americans as being both the most friendly and the most annoying of travelers. You can tell their main concern is leisure, not group...