Fees are in the air
May 05, 2007
It must be spring—CNN already is predicting a bumper crop of airline fees this summer. And flights will be packed, just to make it even more fun. Among the fees you can expect...
Remember the overhead days?
May 04, 2007
It's easy to forget how good we have it now, it between messing with cables and wireless mics. But if you need a refresher, check out this post on A Wider Net, which includes a download of a vintage brochure that will remind you just how not-so...
Security through sponsorship
May 02, 2007
I had a hard time believing this when I read it, but it appears that security for the 2012 Olympics can only go to a sponsor. From the ITPRO blog...
Non-US tourists not wild about coming to US
May 01, 2007
According to the New Zealand Herald, the U.S. is losing market share as an international tourist destination (and, one could extrapolate, internationals meetings destination as well). From the article...
Best WiFi hotels
May 01, 2007
According to Hotel Chatter, hotels with the best WiFi service are (drumroll, please)...
Chocolate or choco-not?
Apr 29, 2007
This is so not good: From the Washington Post ...
Why punctuation matters
Why punctuation matters
Apr 29, 2007
The Boston Marriott provides us with a wonderful example of why punctuation matters in this sign. Why does the lack of an apostrophe matter? Well, not only does it make the hotel look, well, dumb to guests, in this day and age, it also makes it...
Timing is everything
Apr 29, 2007
It happens all the time: A speaker gets on a roll and goes over his time limit, then a sort of domino effect happens, with each subsequent speaker falling further behind until your whole schedule ends up dragging and you either cut a session or...
"Hope is not a strategy"
Apr 28, 2007
This was one of my favorite quotes during the MeCo chat by Julia Rutherford Silvers, CSEP, on risk management this past Wednesday. (MeCo is short for Meetings Community, which is a listserv, Web site, Second Life mansion, job board...they keep on...
Off-topic: Fun with words
Apr 28, 2007
We've all misunderstood words and phrases, like "'Scuse me, while I kiss this guy" for "'Scuse me while I kiss the sky" in the fabulous Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix. But Mental Floss and its commenters have me laughing out loud with some of the...
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