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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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Hot beef sundaes may be all the rage in the Midwest but would you put it on your meeting39s menuImage tomcensani Flickr

Add Some Local Flavor to Your Next Event—If You Dare

Mar 11, 2015

Image: tomcensani, FlickrLocally sourced food and beverage at events is all the rage, but that's usually referring to ingredients, not t...

New Tool to Help You Find the Fastest Flight

Mar 11, 2015

Screen shot of the fastest flights interactive Web site home pageI went to a session on data journalism led by ...

The Weird and Wonderful World of Airline Loyalty Rewards Programs

Mar 10, 2015

It'll only set you back 536,500 points per person to come visit the koalas at the Great Otway National Park.I’l...

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This Service Could Work Like Magic for Hard-to-Find Meeting Requests

Mar 06, 2015

Image courtesy of Iakov Filimonov via Thinkstock/Getty ImagesNeed a camel for your CEO's big keynote entrance? A kosher meal from a kitchen across town that doesn't deliver? There may just be a service that can help. I was reading this Wired rev...

Hospitality Training Institute for People with Developmental Disabilities to Open in Indiana

Mar 04, 2015

Rendering of the Courtyard by Marriott Teaching Hotel at the Horizon CenterI just came across an article on the Religious Conference Management Association’s Web site that made my day: It announces that The Arc of Indiana, a statewide advocacy or...

New this Week on the IdeaXchange

Feb 27, 2015

The MeetingsNet IdeaXchange has been hopping this week. Here are a few of my favorite posts—feel free to click through and add to the discussion! Steve Bova, CAE• You have to love a post with "Kids these Days" in the headline, right? Steve Bova...

At Gamer Conventions, Is It Safe to Be Female?

Feb 25, 2015

Screen shot from the "Intimidation game," a recent episode on NCB's "Law and Order: SVU" There has been a lot of talk lately about sexual harassment at video game-related conferences. (Google Gamergate for more than you'd ever want to know on th...

The Water Coolers take on autocorrect misdirectedtexts and all those other esituations where you just wish you could recall something

Just for Fun: Video for Anyone Who's Ever Mistakenly Hit "Reply all"

Feb 24, 2015

This one's for anyone who has ever inadvertently hit "reply all," by the wonderful Water Coolers: Suggested Cate...

The Next New Thing: A Kosher Kitchen Craze?

Feb 19, 2015

I had no sooner written up this recap of a discussion on the Meetings Community (MeCo) listserv about how planners deal with s...

Going to Bot: Robot-staffed Hotel to Open in Japan this Summer

Feb 18, 2015

One of the Actroids—just lifelike enough to be a bit eerie, don't you think?Can you imagine handing your suitcase over to Opti...

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