Did you know that the term "audiovisual" (AV) is now passe for use in referring to all the gadgets and gizmos that you use in meetings? I've been told that the new term is "presentation technology" (PT), because AV is "so 20th century." ...

Brandweek brings us this nugget of welcome news: Lift Off and Log On: JetBlue To Offer Net Access. And it'll be free, too. They're still holding the line on cellphone use in the air, thankfully. Via InFlightHQ.

If your laptop runs out of juice mid-flight, there's an answer: Inflight power recharger cables. Just plug it into the plane seat's audiojack and charge away. What will they think of next?

I think the scariest airplane story du jour has to be this one: Man Sucked Out of Plane at 20,000 Feet. Yikes! That does not do much to alleviate my fear of flying.

Here's an interesting publicity ploy: A Spanish hotel lets selected guest demolish it. I don't know why this idea appeals to me so much, but it does. From the article...

Hilton is going to become part of Blackstone's hotel portfolio, according to this New York Times article. Not sure what, if anything, it'll mean for the chain, but the article does say that Blackstone is looking to "invest" in Hilton, "integrating...

So what if your attendees yawn their way through the keynote. It's not a bad thing, according to this article, Yawning May Boost Brain Power. In fact, it says...

An article we ran online last week, MPI PEC-Europe: Passover Problem in 2008?, caused a lot of chatter on the two meetings industry listservs. Most, if not all, who talked about it were shocked and appalled that MPI would schedule its Europe...

Maybe meeting planners can take a hint from Whole Foods when it comes to reducing the wait times in registration lines (a perennial problem at most meetings I've attended over the years). From the New York Times: A Long Line for a Shorter Wait at...