Meeting News - February 11, 2008 - (Page 6)

What’s Up @ MeetingNews.com Web Top 5: Jan. 14 – 28 #2 Planner’s Workshop: How totoManage Site Selection comes in at the number-two spot Meeting planners are getting the tools do their jobs better. Leslie Schultz with advice and strategies for selecting the right site. Point your browser to meetingnews.com/top50027 #1TROPICANA FOR SALE Staying in the top spot for the weeks of Jan. 14-28, the sale of the Tropicana hints at trouble in a booming Atlantic City hotel, resort, and casino development market. Click on meetingnews.com/top50026 Solid Meetings Industry #3 FutureWatch Predicts healthy 2008 forand budget increases in the coming year, according to Meeting professionals expect attendance the annual market trends study FutureWatch 2008. Look for expanded coverage in the Feb. 25 issue. Watch for more at meetings.com/top50028 Sourcebook #4 HSMAI PresentsAscend Media, thefor Meeting Planners 2008 International (HSMAI, In cooperation with Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association www.hsmai.org) has prepared HSMAI’s Sourcebook for Meeting Planners 2008. Go to the source at meetingnews.com/top50029 Department Warns of #5 StateJan. 31, 2008, deadline for the Lengthy Passport Wait Times As the land/sea passport requirement was postponed to June 2009, planners got wise to previous deadlines and long wait periods for documentation. Get the latest at meetingnews.com/top50030 Soapbox Two Wrongs Don’t Make A ‘Write’ Posted by William Ng You may have heard or read about the big flap over Golfweek magazine's recent “Caught in a Noose” cover. I gotta wonder what Dave Seanor, now ex-editor, was thinking, putting a symbol of racial hatred on the cover. And he was “surprised by the negative reaction”? So what prompted the distasteful cover, anyway? Seanor and the Golfweek staff were pontificating on another controversy, the one created by Golf Channel anchor Kelly Tilghman. On the air at the second round of the Mercedes-Benz Championship, she and partner Nick Faldo were discussing challengers to Tiger Woods. Tilghman, in suggesting what the challengers should do, jokingly made the dumb remark, “Lynch him in a back alley.” Apparently, Tilghman and Woods are friends—he even has tried to downplay her comment—but there's still no excuse for such a remark. Tilghman has been suspended by the Golf Channel, and Seanor has been replaced by Turnstile Publishing Co., the parent of Golfweek. Right moves. There's a lesson in here for meeting planners. While all of us are searching for attention-grabbing event themes, we need to realize certain words or images that may seem innocuous at first are insensitive, even taboo, to others. This is especially important for international meeting planners, who need to be respectful of others and unfamiliar cultures. But, of course, when you know what you’re about to say or do is wrong and you do it anyway, that’s just stupid. For the full blog, check out meetingnews.com/soapbox0006 Pollster To which emerging meetings destinations will you be taking your programs in 2008? India China 10% 34% Brazil 16% 11% Russia 18% Other 11% More than one of the above “Other” responses included emerging islands, developing destinations within Mexico, and Eastern European countries, such as Croatia. Gurus meetingnews.com/sonder Mark Sonder, Chief Entertainment Officer, Mark Sonder Productions MONDAY Six Steps to Hiring Headline Entertainment TUESDAY Livin’ La Vida Loca: How to Hire and Work with Headline Entertainment WEDNESDAY Champagne on a Beer Budget: Hiring Headliners for Less Money FRIDAY Meetings & Events Industry Ethics Watch 6 MeetingNews February 11, 2008 www.meetingnews.com http://www.meetingnews.com http://www.meetingnews.com/top50027 http://www.meetings.com/top50028 http://www.hsmai.org http://www.meetingnews.com/top50029 http://www.meetingnews.com/top50026 http://www.meetingnews.com/top50030 http://www.misoapbox.com http://www.mimegasite.com/mimegasite/index.jsp http://meetingnews.com/soapbox0006 http://www.meetingnews.com/sonder http://www.meetingnews.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Meeting News - February 11, 2008

Meeting News - February 11, 2008
Contents
What’s Up @ MeetingNews.com
Convention Centers
Insider Report: Insurance Meetings
MN Webcast Report
Successful Meetings University
Colin Rorrie to Temporarily Lead CIC
Advertisers Index
Live from the Forum

Meeting News - February 11, 2008