The Convention Industry Council has approved its fourth series of practices, this time from the APEX (Accepted Practices Exchange) Housing & Registration Panel. Previously approved practices have also been approved in the areas of terminology...

Between Kevin Holland's XtremeASAE post and Rich Westerfield's on the TSMI blog, there's a whole lotta thinking going on about for-profit and not-for-profit trade shows. For what it's worth, here's my take...

Do we really make decisions based on reason and analysis, or do we act more like errant atoms, which even without a force acting on them (like a magnet) tend to line up in the same direction as the majority? That's the question posed in this...

Nothing makes you appreciate your job more than thinking about what you could be doing instead. I was listening to a radio talk show the other day about the worst jobs you can have. One caller talked about scraping and painting a leaky above...

I recently discovered Something Extra, a blog from SNC Destinations, that offers some good tips. Like this post on kissing customs between business partners around the world (you know, which cheek to start with, do you drop two cheek-pecks or...

A followup to this post, where I muse about the results of a Fast Company poll about what's more important in the workplace, likeability or competence: It pays to be popular at work (from CNN—thanks to Beth for the pointer!)...

I spoke this morning with someone from a large medical conference who wanted to know if blogs might be a good addition to their meeting marketing mix (here's what a blog is). I've written a few articles about meeting blogs (here, here, and here)...

I have to admit this is a new one to me: The state administration backs off mandating that state agencies meet at parks. From the Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette...

I just ran across this new service and thought it was worth a mention: Special E. If you book with its network of facilities, caterers, or services (the lists are pretty extensive), they'll pick up leftover food and deliver it to homeless shelters...

Here's today's helping of Southern hospitality: The Raleigh Convention Center opened its doors to those who weren't wounded in a train derailment caused by a collision with a truck (the wounded went to the hospital, of course). They provided phone...