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Ever felt the amount of events terminology and jargon was
creating a new language of 'meetingese'? Don't know your RFP from your DDR?
Confused by th...
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As the meetings industry casts its eyes in the direction of Frankfurt for IMEX this week, many of us will be reminded of those things German that we e...
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At the risk of starting to sound a little
fixated, I’m going to have another rant about food. My colleague came in this
morning complaining of being...
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It’s an often heard complaint: having a meeting about a
meeting. But who should attend and whose voice won’t get heard?
Reports last week that Pri...
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Last night I had my first encounter of social media anger. When I say this I don’t mean I posted something terrible on
Twitter about One Direction an...
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Like many of my age growing up, I was fed an almost weekly news diet of terror in Northern Ireland, but you should see how things have changed.Images ...
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If I told you a non-rider could be up on a horse and playing a competitive game of polo within the space of an hour, you probably wouldn’t believe me,...
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This time
last week I was standing on a building site in Athens in ‘business attire’ (well a smart top, skirt and flat ballet pump shoes) accessorise...
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You may have noticed something new about our website if you are using a hand-held or tablet-style device: we’ve gone mobile-friendly!
When yo...
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I remember a time when I was able to fly all the way from London to Dublin
– and back – for a mere £30 all-in. It wasn’t that long ago, either. ...
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So another trade association enters
the fray and yet another acronym is added to the already convoluted events
lexicon: the Scottish Events and...
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Remember the angst the last time the Wi-Fi connection in your hotel dropped-out at the most inopportune moment? And how much time it cost you? Tr...
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For many of our gathering there was a lot of curiosity about setting foot - trousered or otherwise - within the hallowed portals of Freemason's Hall...
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Social
networking: a minefield since Mark Zuckerberg came along with his new-fangled
Facebook.
Now, I was
a little slow on the uptake of both Fa...
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In Bill Bryson’s hilarious travelogue 'A walk in the woods',
the author’s hiking companion says of a generously proportioned waitress he has
his eye...
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I am
foreign. Well, foreign enough to annoy the types at the Daily Mail, i.e. neither of my parents were born here (though my
grandparents were) and...
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Food. It’s an issue close to my heart. Or, perhaps more
accurately, my stomach. Although sustenance at meetings and conferences has improved
a great...
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Hotel and restaurant review sites are
nothing new. Most of us have either contributed to these or read the opinions of our
fellow travellers when ma...
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The education sessions at Site’s 2013 EMEA Forum in Antwerp this week were remarkably good. Most of the speakers were gleaned from the host country an...
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Many UK cities come to London
to rally events business to their regions, but I feel few have ever done it
with as much panache as York.
This city (...