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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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More filthy hotel secrets
Dec 22, 2009
We know by now to thoroughly wash out hotel in-room coffee pots and to hit the TV remote with sanitizer before picking it up, but it...
Don't loosen that belt yet
Dec 22, 2009
According to this survey by Special Events, events budgets are going to stay skintight in the coming year. Oh...
Get dynamic on your conference pricing
Dec 11, 2009
Everyone does the early-bird special pricing for those who sign up for next year's conference by a deadline, but surely there are more creative ways to get people to commit to coming by putting their bucks down now. In reading Seth Godin's post...
E-mail marketing
Dec 11, 2009
Ever wonder why you're getting ever-decreasing returns on your e-mail marketing efforts? Check out this post by Kevin Holland: Our Emails Are So Pretty, Our Messaging So Consistent … I Wonder Why Everybody Ignores Them? Like Kevin, there are some...
Picking an e-community tool
Dec 10, 2009
Picking an e-community tool to use in conjunction with an event can be tough, and it's getting tougher all the time as new things come onto the market all the time. Thanks to Jeff Hurt, who goes through 14 online e-community options for events. ...
Qualities good meeting planners possess
Dec 10, 2009
Mike McAllen posted the top 5 qualities he thinks awesome meeting planners possess. I agree with every one of them! The only thing I can think of to add -- and it's sort of implied in a couple of his qualities -- is grace under pressure. And the...
Neologisms of 2009
Dec 08, 2009
The Washington Post has published its latest list of neologisms (new uses for old words), and there are some doozies (full list...
Keeping out the crashers
Dec 03, 2009
By now everyone's heard about, talked about, and probably are sick of, the party crashers at the recent White House state...
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