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The face2face MeetingsNet blog is an eclectic mix of news about meetings and events, hospitality, and business travel, along with helpful hints and the occasional rant.

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Have to love New Orleans
Jan 28, 2010
I'm in town for the Alliance for Continuing Medical Education annual conference, and this place is rocking. Well, it's always rocking...
Cruiser's dilemma in Haiti
Jan 27, 2010
Royal Caribbean is taking a lot of heat over its decision to continue to bring passengers to its private beach...
Attendance at virtual events
Jan 26, 2010
We all want people to be fully engaged in every moment of a live meeting or conference, but what can we...
How to kill outrageous hotel fees
Jan 21, 2010
Gotta love Chris Elliott for this one: Hotel fees that must die — and how to kill them. (I'm particularly fond of the "furniture fee." Hadn't thought of it in quite those terms before.) Read to the end for the most outrageous fee. I'm just waiting...
Myth-busting, conference style
Jan 21, 2010
Jeff's at it again over at Midcourse corrections, putting out yet another great post. This one is his top 10 myths about adult learning at conferences. Commenters have added a few more; it's starting to remind me of something I wrote ages ago: My...
Cost-cutting tips
Jan 20, 2010
We all want 'em, we all need 'em: Here's one planner's top 10 cost-cutting tips. For a boatload more, check out our budget-buster special section. I also went to a good session on cost-cutting (one of those roundtable/brainstorming ones) that I...
Starwood/Hilton corporate espionage
Jan 19, 2010
Remember last spring when Starwood Hotels accused Hilton of corporate espionage when two ex-Starwood executives Hilton hired allegedly used confidential Starwood information on Hilton's behalf? The plot just thickened: Starwood: Hilton CEO...
Associations of the future?
Jan 17, 2010
When I read this article in today's Boston Globe, I couldn't help but wonder if this may in fact be where associations are -...
#PCMA theme song
Jan 15, 2010
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuvlff9AhHI[/youtube] ...
Much as I love f2f meetings...
Jan 15, 2010
and I do love face-to-face meetings, one thing I'm not wild about is the opportunity to pick up germs from around the country...
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