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.
If the green quotient is important to your attendees, you may want to check out this map from the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy to see how energy-efficient your meeting destination (or your home town) is. A big shout-out to bea...
The International Association of Conference Centers reached out to its 355 members to see what they’re seeing as top influencers when it comes to technology used by meeting planners and venue operators. Here are their top 10 trends. Some are pret...
Maybe not as bad as you might think—or maybe worse? Check out this infographic created by the Event Manager Blog and MeetGreen for ways you can benchmark your meeting's environmental impact against the typical event.
The Environmental Foo...
Today's guest post is by Joanna Siddiqui, MeetingsNet's marketing manager. It was originally posted on the Penton Marketing Blog and was so good that I asked permission to repost it here.
In today’s social media world, we feel the pressure to ...
I'm not sure if I love this video, find it annoying, or what, but of all of the airlines in the world, I never would have expected Delta to be the one to come up with a safety video featuring pop-culture memes from the double-rainbow guy to the a...
The Hargrove Design Experience exhibit at ASAE's Springtime Expo 2015, which was held April 9 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.Today's guest post is by Vanessa Schley, director, exhibitor services with Hargrove, a Washington, D.C.–ba...
Kids cartoons are silly and fun and perhaps a bit moralistic, but would you take advice from Rapunzel or the Lion King's Rafiki? I think I will. Check out this infographic of advice from our cartoon friends, as gathered by playground equipment co...
Image from Congrats! You Have an All-male PanelThe list of all-male panels on the Congrats! You Have an All-male Panel Tumblr is dishearteningly long, and the humiliation of being featured on it is only compounded by each being stamped with a thu...
When you plan meetings internationally, you also are working with a world of difference when it comes to customs and etiquette. This infographic from CT Business Travel offers practical tips on how to approach business meetings globally, from han...
My flight from Houston to Boston on my way back from the beautiful country of Costa Rica (post on that trip is imminent!) was very bumpy due to some dangerous weather in the U.S. heartland, and my seatmate was white-knuckling it pretty badly when...