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What’s Up @ MeetingNews.com Web Top 5 #1Tropicana Atlantic City for Sale #2 Marriott Unleashes Largest Pillar-Free Ballroom the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort & Convention Center unveiled largest pillar-free resort ballroom in the country. Click to meetingnews.com/top50022. On Dec. 17, Columbia Sussex announced plans to sell the Atlantic City property, which is located on the famous boardwalk, along with its Evansville, IN, and Vicksburg, MS, casinos. Check out the full story at meetingnews.com/top50021. Vegas Consumer Electronics Show #3 LasConsumerMay Lose Show, which brings 140,000 attendees and The Electronics hundreds of millions of dollars in revenues annually to Las Vegas, may be moving away from the city due to rising costs. Go to meetingnews.com/top50023. #4 Under Par from March 2006. SuccessHere’s an oldie Big Savings To Impress The Big Cheese. ful Meetings Managing Editor Suzie Amer takes a swing at golf events—and how planners should consider their audience before planning one. Go back in time at meetingnews.com/top50024. #5 Successful Meetings University Planners are signing up to qualify for Successful Meetings University. Check out the registration page meetingnews.com/smu or meeting planner Emily Lewis’ column on page 39 in this issue. Soapbox Of Mice and Men Posted by Kinley Levack According to Reuters (via Yahoo! News) eight mice were recently found aboard a United Airlines flight that originated in Washington, DC, and landed in Beijing. OK, that’s a little unnerving. I bet you’re thinking they were in the cargo hold, or maybe even in the galley. Try again. The tiny stowaways were discovered in passenger pillows. If there ever was a reason to bring your own pillow aboard planes, this is it. Even if it’s an easy-to-pack, but not terribly comfortable inflatable pillow, at least you know it’s something you can wash at home, sterilize, and check for live (or dead) animals on your own time. May you never again lay your head on something a child has drooled on, a sick person has sneezed on, and a mouse has lived in. For the full blog and responses, go to meetingnews.com/soapbox0005. Choose Enterprise And Save Your Company Money On Business Rentals. The company you know for great cars, low rates and free pick-up offers a business rental program, too. Our customized program will save your company money, and deliver award-winning customer service to your business travelers at convenient locations, including all major airports. Join today. The Enterprise® Business Rental Program. A Better Way To Go. ® 4 MeetingNews January 28, 2008 www.meetingnews.com http://MeetingNews.com http://www.meetingnews.com/top50022 http://www.meetingnews.com/top50021 http://www.meetingnews.com/top50023 http://www.meetingnews.com/top50024 http://www.meetingnews.com/smu http://www.misoapbox.com http://www.enterprise.com/business http://www.enterprise.com/business http://www.meetingnews.com/soapbox0005 http://www.meetingnews.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Meeting News - January 28, 2008

Meeting News - January 28, 2008
Contents
What’s Up @ MeetingNews.com
Technology
MN Webcast Report
Successful Meetings University
Advertisers Index
Live from the Forum

Meeting News - January 28, 2008