According to this article on hotel-online, San Jose is looking at San Francisco's ongoing hotel labor woes with UNITE NOW as a well-stocked stream from which to fish. And what trout there might be in those troubled waters--San Jose just caught...

You may have caught this in this week's edition of MeetingsNet Extra e-newsletter, but I'll post it here, too. I feel strongly about this. ...

According to this study by Sirota Consulting, meeting planners with too much on their plates actually are a pretty happy lot. While the most satisfied were people who had just the right amount of work to do, those who had too much to do were right...

I don't even know what to say about this one: Administration Balks At 'Gay' In Gay Suicide Conference. The administration also is asking that organizers include a session on faith-based prevention. ...

This article about how staff at the new Borgata Hotel in Atlantic City have to meet certain appearance criteria--including weight--is certain to get some people's backs up. But, from my understanding, anyway, it's their right to put these...

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As someone who wouldn't be caught dead in a gym, I love this idea--Marriott and Hilton are adding in-room fitness equipment you can check out (link to story). That thumping noise on your ceiling could be me working out with a fitness ball. And I...

My co-blogger at Capsules, Anne Taylor-Vaisey, just sent me this very silly retro-looking game you can play to determine what breed your inner dog is. Turns out I'm a Border Collie. Hmm. ...

A new luxury resort in Mexico has come up with yet another way to pamper incentive participants or other lucky guests: personal media devices. Before you even get to the One&Only Palmilla, it lets guests in its one-bedroom suites request the...

Good news for fellow fans of Fawlty Towers, the '70s-era Brittish comedy starring Monty Python man John Cleese--the hotel the "little nest of vipers" ran has just been bought by a couple who are also are fans of the show...