With the hotel working strike going on now in several San Francisco hotels, and strike watches at several more in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., unions and contract renewals are (I would hope) in the forefront of planners' minds. One other...
On one hand, corporate meeting planners can expect tougher negotiations in 2005 due to increasing transient demand. On the other hand, hotels aren't asking for much more from corporate meetings than before. Is it just me, or is this really what...
This post courtesy of regular magazine contributor and occasional guest blogger Kay Carstens--I wasn't sure which category to file it under, Strange but true or Destinations! ...
I know things can get a little heated at meetings, but this is ridiculous. Seems that a local Indiana parks board meeting came to blows after "the city's public safety director shut down the session and then had a heated dispute with a City...
This poll from Buzzwhack.com may not give you insights on why attendees wait until the last minute to sign up for programs or book hotel rooms. Then again, it may. Either way, it's pretty funny: ...
This report on foxnews.com does not reflect well on the Transportation Security Administration. ...
According to this article in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, all the city’s hard work to clean up and get safer isn’t resonating with meeting planners: ...
First it was the famous Westin Heavenly Bed, then Sheraton's Sweet Sleeper Bed, and now Starwood wants its more cost-conscious guests to also have a sweet night’s sleep. It just introduced a new Four Comfort Bed for its Four Points by Sheraton...
I don't know what on earth you could use it for in your work, but I found this site that shows the current wait times for various U.S. border crossing sites fascinating for some reason. I mean, someone tracks this regularly. How cool is that? ...