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Did you hear the one about the poor hotels...

Posted by: JoanEisenstodt in Social Responsibility, Renovations, Paralympics, Meetings, Joe McInerney, Industry Associations, Human rights and tourism, Hotel, Events, Diversity and Inclusion, CSR Corp. Social Responsibility, Convention Industry Council, China, APEX, Americans with Disabilities Act, Abilities on Sep 05, 2008

that were fighting the US Justice Department about renovating hotels to ensure they'll be accessible under the revised ADA - Americans with Disabilities Act?

When I read that story on a few industry web sites, I shook my head in wonder, sadness, and anger.  How dare they say they can't do these renovations to ensure accommodation for all people when they can continue to put in fancy TVs and more

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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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You say "podium" and I say "lectern" ...

Posted by: JoanEisenstodt in Meeting Planning, Convention Industry Council, APEX on Mar 23, 2008

I was going to title this with the wonderful Gershwin song, "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" until I realized that some may not get the reference.  (You know "You say either and I say either ..  you say tomato and I say tomahto" .... or maybe not. Go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ3fjQa5Hls to hear it and see Fred and Ginger do a great number while singing it.)

Language can be helpful or an interference if we speak different languages, even if we speak relatively the same language but have learned different words for different objects.  "Podium" and "Lectern" are two examples. 

In our industry, as meetings are planned, those two words are used interchangeably and have been for years.  Some of us are purists who insist on calling them by the correct terms.  I cringe every time I'm at an airport and they call someone to the "podium"  - and under my breath I say, "lectern"!

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