Rumors have been flying lately about a merger between event planning giant PGI and Carlson Marketing Group, but the word is now official: It didn't happen. At a press teleconference this week, PGI announced that merger talks with a still...

According to a Meetings Monitor survey published on BTNonline, outsourcing is in. ...

Only Rich Westerfield could see a meeting marketing opportunity in this silly-but-addictive game on boston.com, where you score points by driving a snowplow around Boston's famously tricky streets. It's harder than it looks! And if you manage live...

Just kidding--they only purchased the 143-property AmeriSuites. Or wait, maybe they are making a global takeover bid: ...

I'm not sure if this would help or just cause cellphone rage (is there such a thing?), but I like the idea of little cards you can hand out to annoyingly loud cellphone users, provided in a convenient PDF by designers who just got fed up with all...

If you're as weird as I am, you'll get a kick out of the top 10 quirkiest stories of the year, according to the editors of National Geographic News. From bloodthirsty bedbugs to flatulent fish, they got it all! Uh oh, I'm getting goofy and it's...

More than a dozen new hotels are being considered for Seattle, which is on the rebound from the post-9/11 slump in a big way. But this big? ...

You know how it is when sometimes, when you're really nervous or keyed up about something, it gets kind of hard to catch your breath? Well, here's a solution that'll get you back on track--lung vacuuming. I tried it, and even though I'm not...

There has to be something meeting planners can take from Tate Britain's Christmas tree. Not the tree, but this idea:"Visitors are invited to interact with the tree by leaving digital presents (photos, movies, texts etc) via the Christmas tree’s...

This is a little off-topic, but interesting: Research from the University of Bristol, U.K., finds a correlation between weight gain and sleep loss. ...