CNN’s mics caught a little blue language from Don Mischer, who was the executive producer for the DNC, when a handset he was using to urge his people to hurry up with the balloons and confetti was left open to the network...

As CMI pointed out recently, the trend toward companies using preferred vendors is alive and well. To prove the point, pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly has officially joined the preferred hotels crowd. According to the BTN article: "Major...

From the latest issue of Corporate Meetings & Incentives: "There are rankings for just about everything these days. Not to be outdone, Old Spice, the Procter & Gamble-owned deodorant manufacturer, has a list of its own--the sweatiest...

According to this article from Special Events, a survey of U.S.-based corporate marketing executives conducted by the George P. Johnson Co. and the MPI Foundation found that face-to-face events deliver a greater return on investment than other...

Sorry to have been so quiet lately. I just spent a lovely, if warm, four-day mini-vacation at my in-laws' place in Myrtle Beach, S.C. I have to admit that I was a little nervous flying out of Boston the day after the DNC--both for security reasons...

Usually, the only thing you have to worry about in the beautiful Mexican resort area of Cancun is putting on enough sunscreen and ducking the drunken rowdies. Now, though, due to recent political uprisings, the U.S. State Department has issued a...

A while back, I posted about radio-frequency identification, or RFID, and how these little units could be cropping up on a conference badge near your meeting. At the time, I wrote, "The technology would potentially allow planners to really track...

1. So, a little kid in Oslo, Norway, gets bored at the airport and decides to go for a ride--on a luggage conveyor belt. ...

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about how the Professional Convention Management Association is developing a set of core competencies and a self-assessment tool for its planner members. ...

Well, of course it does. According to an article in the Denver Post, the city expects to reap a $4.5 million-plus benefit from having all of Meeting Professionals International in town. I remember when I was there for ASAE a few years ago, Denver...