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Where the jobs are ....

Posted by: JoanEisenstodt in Sales Marketing, Meeting Planning, Marketing, Hotel, Employment, Convention Industry Council, APEX on May 30, 2008

When I saw the headline, I began singing it to the tune of "Where the boys are ..." .. an old Connie Frances tune about going to FL for Spring break.

Watching the migration of jobs fascinates me.  This article in today's New York Time made me wonder where jobs for our industry will be.

In the last weeks, as airlines cut service dramatically to many markets and fares went up and up and up (I paid

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"Staycations": sign me up!

Posted by: JoanEisenstodt in Travel costs, Staycation on May 25, 2008

I've long advocated that industry associations (MPI, PCMA, ASAE, etc.) that sponsor auctions to raise money for their foundations should offer, in addition to the wonderful stays at hotels and resorts, a package of staying home.

These packages would include housecleaning services, other personal services like manicure and pedicure and massage - all in the comfort of your home if you so desired,

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How do I get there from here?

Posted by: JoanEisenstodt in Travel costs, Meetings, Conventions, Convention Center, Conferences, Airlines on May 21, 2008

American Airlines announced the new first checked bag charges - for all but a few classes of passengers.  It raised a ruckus - esp. on the MiForum listserv where many discussed a boycott of AA.

What concerns me more - much more - is the number of flights being cut and the cities that will have no air service - by AA or DL or UA or other airlines that are cutting the less prosperous routes.

Of

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"It's an emergency. We're not prepared."

Posted by: JoanEisenstodt in Safety, Risk Management on May 18, 2008

Following up on the blog I wrote this weekend was this superb article from the 18 May, 2008 Washington Post.  Read it and then sit down and prepare - for yourself, for your homelife, for your community and for your meetings and facilities.

We're far from prepared and I'm gonna beat this drum until we are.

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"I've got the watch."

Posted by: JoanEisenstodt in Safety, Risk Management on May 17, 2008

This morning, on "Weekend Edition Sunday" on NPR,  we listened to a wonderful storyteller, Captain 'Fatty' Goodlander,  a person who has lived on boats his entire life, tell about his current circumnavigation of the globe.  From the seas off Borneo, he talked about his life with his wife as they live life on the high seas. 

What struck me as much as his wonderful ability to tell stories (which

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