A Bold New Venture For Sphere… And A Reminder About Budgeting
Sphere, the recently opened, one-of-a-kind event venue in Las Vegas is taking a bold leap forward this summer and with it comes a pretty hefty price tag. Speaking of budgets…
Sphere, the recently opened, one-of-a-kind event venue in Las Vegas is taking a bold leap forward this summer and with it comes a pretty hefty price tag. Speaking of budgets…
Doing the “same old, same old” is a proven recipe for mediocrity and missed opportunities, especially with today’s younger-trending workforce. Corporate meetings and events are no exception. Here are some things to consider when you sit down to design and plan your next meeting or event … but only if you want to connect with your audience …
With all due respect to posh Caribbean resorts, the Hawaiian islands and traditional European destinations, there’s a trend afoot among those who plan corporate incentive travel …
Ordinarily in January each year, we highlight some of the unique products at the wildly popular and sometimes bizarre Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas …
A FRIEND SHARED WITH ME HIS EXPERIENCE attending the musical “Buddy” at the Queen Anne Theatre in London’s West End. In two acts, the play tracks the rapid rise and sudden demise of 22-year-old music icon Buddy Holly who perished in a plane crash during a snowstorm along with J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson and Ritchie Valens after a rockin’ event in Clear Lake, Iowa in 1959 …
IN 2003, AT THE AGE OF 34, Tony Quan was at the top of his game.
Combining his creativity, keen understanding of social issues and urban culture, and possessing a multi-colored assortment of spray paints, Quan became a highly regarded graffiti artist in the gumbo of ethnicities that is East Los Angeles. And then …
If you’re like me, just when I’ve gotten the order of the named generations right [along with understanding their unique traits and characteristics], another generation comes along with
even more chatter about a “generational subset” that sits on the cusp of one gen and another. Confusion kicks back in.
For anyone who hosts, plans or attends corporate meetings and events, what does all this generational stuff mean? …
When hybrid meetings and events first became a thing a couple of years back, we all figured it was an interim “workaround” option during a global pandemic. Now, the value and practicality of hybrid programs is being reinforced by soaring U.S. inflation [9.1%, a 40-year high] and unprecedented challenges in commercial air travel due to a shortage of pilots and flight attendants, aviation fuel costs, etc. As a result, hybrid programs are still very, very much a thing and how you execute them is critical to your program’s success and your budget …
They not only hit home runs, their carefully choreographed dance routines are a home run with the crowd. They hurl fastballs as well as they hurl bananas into the stands. They turn double-plays as slickly as they turn the turnstiles. Who are they … ?
For the better part of a century, the hapless British Cycling team may as well have been named the Chicago Cubs, Buffalo Bills, even the Bad News Bears. Then something happened …