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.
Meeting, convention, and event planners, you may not know just how great your job is, but according to U.S. News & World Report it's the 14th best business job and and the 66th on the overall top 100 list for 2013. What makes it so great? Well...
Recognizing the importance of a good theme to generate interest in a corporate gala, Andy McNeill, CEO of American Meetings, Inc., offers five themes that will make your event memorable.
1. Speakeasy/Roaring '20s
Create a “secret entrance” ...
The NAACP has released its 2012 Opportunity and Diversity Report Card: Hotel and Resort Industry, and the results show we still have a way to go before we have a hospitality workforce that reflects the demographics of the U.S., at least when i...
DietDetective.com and health advocate Dr. Charles Platkin from the CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College surveyed 12 airlines’ snacks and meals to scope out calorie counts and all-around healthiness. If you are like me and actually st...
Idea architect Jeffrey Cufaude got me thinking with this post on balancing creativity and personalization with standardization and compliance. He talks about companies like Disney and Southwest airlines that give a general directive, like "mak...