According to an article from Pioneer Press, "More companies are paying attention to director attendance at shareholder meetings. But some say the 'mundane' annual affairs don't much matter." ...

The intro to this article on security preparations for the Republican National Convention in New York City says it all: "We are getting a first hand look at how hotels in New York City are transforming themselves. From luxury homes away from home ...

Meeting professionals who are tired of hitting resistance when trying to institute something new—-whether it be a new site selection process, a more interactive meeting format, or even a new perspective on the strategic value of meetings to an...

Check out this idea: An inflatable meeting room. It reminds me a little of Mr. Amato's grammar school gym class, where we'd all take the edge of a parachute, fluff it up, then jump underneath it while holding the edges down. ...

Wouldn't it be nice if the meeting industry associations could do what America Online, Yahoo!, Earthlink, and Microsoft did recently when they put aside their competitive differences and teamed up to combat a common problem, in their case, spam...

According to an article on zdnet.com Comdex, once THE tech show, has been cancelled. ...

Forget the designer shampoo and in-room coffee pots: What today’s business traveler most wants is wireless Internet access, according to this article from hotel-online. ...

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Attention association planners: According to an article in Operations and Fulfillment magazine, you only get two chances to make a good impression—or rather, make two bad ones and your attendees might be out of there. ...

A while back I mentioned seatguru.com, which lets people know where the good (and awful) seats are on different types of planes on U.S. airlines. Now thanks to James Spellos at meetingu.com, I hear there’s a similar site that focuses on...