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Did we really ask for this?Travel consumer advocate Chris Elliott is so fed up with the current state of airline cabin comfort (or lack thereof) that he's calling for the government to set limits on how small seats can be. He's not buying the air...

Because it's Monday. Because my colleagues are all at IMEX in Las Vegas and I'm stuck at my desk. Because lemurs licking lollipops!

Ebola. The very word chills me to the bone. Thousands have already been killed by the disease, and it shows no signs of stopping any time soon, despite the best efforts of the Centers for Disease Control, Médecins Sans Frontières, the World Healt...

There's an interesting article in Forbes called, "Leadership Style: If You're Going to be a Jerk, Be One All the Time," that explores how even a predictably bad situation can make people feel more secure and happy than one where people don't know...

I know this industry has its fair share of awards programs, but with all the Nobel Prize excitement happening now, wouldn't it be nice to see your accomplishments get the same level of hoopla? While the meetings industry has not, to my knowledge...

Meeting planners (and the journalists who cover their industry, present company most definitely included) have been on the tech-wagon for a while now, Facebooking and Linking In and blogging to generate excitement about their events. Which is goo...

Local or regional breakfast and lunch meetings are now popular with federal government employees.Do you want to draw federal government employees to your meeting or event? In today's post GSA-scandal federal agency environment, those multiday con...

Last week I had the opportunity to take a short trip into Cambridge, Mass., to check out the Marriott's new Teleporter at the Boston Marriott Cambridge by MIT. It was set up in the lobby just inside the front doors, a phone booth-sized apparatus ...

Way back when I had a favorite bumper sticker that read, "Question Authority." It appealed to my youthful rebelliousness and my growing belief that just because someone had power over me, it didn't mean they necessarily had the answers, at least ...