When we do an event in the States, we put everything into a big box on wheels, put in the keyboards and mice, lock it up, and the truck picks it up," says Rick Jorgensen, with perhaps a hint of hyperbole. But Jorgensen, acting group manager for...
The value-added taxes (VAT) you pay when running conferences abroad is often recoverable, yet many companies don't bother--rules vary from country to country and the paperwork can be numbing. But here's something new: Corporate VAT Management, a...
The Internet is the future. The Internet will change your business. Get on board or get left behind. Yada, yada, yada. Yes, the Internet is full of promise. But how can you benefit from it now? Better incentive programs, for one thing. Each of the...
Located near Sophia Antipolis, a sort of French Silicon Valley, the Acropolis in Nice has for three years been the site of Microsoft's Tech-Ed Europe conferences, organized by Mike Jackson, project manager with Ultimate Events in London. Jackson...
Mark Twain once said that the key to success in life is proper selection of your parents. Opryland USA has its own corollary: the key to success in hotel connectivity is to be owned by a company that owns television stations. In fact, just about...
I do a lot of public speaking about how technology, specifically the Internet, is changing our business practices. I like to ask my listeners a question originally posed to me by a colleague in San Diego. " What product does the television...