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This weekend I flew from Boston to Austin, via Chicago, to get to the Healthcare Convention & Exhibitors Association annual convention. For the first time in what seems like forever, security lines were short, TSA employees were attentive, and...
I came to the HCEA show two years ago, when it was held in Toronto, and found that while the education was great, the social scene was pretty hard to break into for a newbie. But the feel is different this year. While I got in too late to attend...
Always on the lookout for new and interesting ways to get people from the general session room to the exhibit hall, I think HCEA came up with a really good one. After the final housekeeping messages, a bunch of folks that looked like they were...
The Sunday night reception at HCEA was amazing, though a tad scarce of chow for us non-meat eaters. Held at Austin’s Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, we were allowed to wander the historical exhibits, though we couldn’t get into the air and...
OK, I’m mainly a vegetarian (a little chicken or fish every now and then, but not often), and being here in Texas, aka beef country, is getting to be a little tough. While everyone raved about the steaks at last night’s reception, I was left with...
I remember a few years ago at the annual Religious Conference Management conference, they had an artist drawing to music as part of the final night’s gala. He was spectacular, and it was amazing to watch the paintings unfold before our eyes. Well...
We’re within a year or two of full recovery for the hospitality industry, according to a survey of executives attending New York University's 26th Annual International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference, held at New York City's Waldorf...
OK all you cellphone fanatics--have you ever worried about getting radiation burns from carrying your cellphone in your pants pocket? For the truly paranoid, check out the cellphone radiation-blocking pants blogged about at egadget.com. Now, I...
