From Spare to Spectacular
Convention centers are all about space: raw space designed to be filled. "The beauty about convention centers is that they're truly set up for...
In Good Taste
As the director of the alumni travel program at the University of California, Los Angeles, Christel Pailet organizes 42 trips per year for the school's...
Labor Woes in San Francisco and Chicago
A march downtown by 1,400 hospitality workers in July signaled possible further labor unrest at hotels in San Francisco unless the sides reached an...
Maximizing Trade Show ROI
I hear it all the time: Trade shows are a waste of time and money. We stand around, selling our hearts out, and what do we have to show at the end of...
Meeting for a Greener Future
Did you know that an average hotel purchases more products in one week than 100 families acquire in an entire year? How about the fact that 24 million...
Pay Day
When planning a major conference for a nonprofit charity client, you negotiated a lucrative sponsorship arrangement that named a major corporation...
Professor of Teflon
His detractors call him "Chicken Little," "Totally loony," "The Dr. No of the industry." They accuse him of hand-picking data to suit his argument, of...
Q & A: Mayor & Brewmaster General
Successful Meetings: Before taking office in 2003, you were the owner of the Wynkoop Brewing Company, the Rockies' first brew pub, which became a...