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AH&LA survey: What’s in, out at hotels

December 16, 2014 by Plan Your Meetings Leave a Comment

Personal service, healthy lifestyles and convenience are what hotel customers value most, according to a study from the American Hotel & Lodging Association. The Lodging Survey, sponsored every two years by AH&LA, has been assessing industry trends since 1988. The 2014 survey was conducted by STR, which polled 9,600 hotels across the country. Key findings: […]

Filed Under: Meeting industry news Tagged With: ah&la lodging survey, apps, green meetings, hotel trends, internet, sustainability, technology

There’s no need to sweat over Wi-Fi, if …

June 2, 2014 by Layton Rasco

Connectivity, especially the wireless variety, has apparently jumped up the list of human needs to a spot somewhere between food/water/shelter and a comfortable temperature.

Filed Under: Event technology Tagged With: connectivity, internet, meeting technology, meetings and events, venues, wi-fi

Case study: Installing temporary Internet for meetings and events

March 11, 2013 by Kristi Casey Sanders 2 Comments

When our venue lost Internet days before our event, it required MacGyver-like action.

Filed Under: Event technology, Social media Tagged With: bandwidth, Case Study, Events, internet, meetings, portable, solutions, temporary

Think you’re connected now? Just wait

March 19, 2012 by Plan Your Meetings

It’s all about connection, at home and at work. The dramatic rise of smartphones, tablets and other web-enabled connection devices is changing the way we make decisions as consumers, retailers, marketing strategists, and members of the meeting and event planning industry. That’s the subtext of a study  by conScore in Reston, Va., which polled the […]

Filed Under: Meeting industry news Tagged With: android, apps, barcodes, connections, internet, smartphone, social media, tablets

WiFi gets wings

December 17, 2008 by Kristi Casey Sanders Leave a Comment

Delta Air Lines is giving communication junkies a holiday treat: Free Internet access on select flights through Dec. 31. Six planes flying routes between New York and Boston and New York and Washington, D.C., have been transformed into temporary WiFi hot spots powered by Gogo Inflight Internet service, a division of aviation communications company Aircell. […]

Filed Under: Meeting industry news Tagged With: airlines, american, delta, gogo, internet, service, virgin, wifi

No escaping the ‘Net

July 1, 2008 by Kristi Casey Sanders Leave a Comment

Last month, American Airlines began offering in-flight Internet access on limited flights.

Filed Under: Meeting industry news Tagged With: airborne, airlines, airplanes, in-flight, internet







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