Jun 18th, 2010 at 3:00PM: Right now, at the hotel a few blocks from where you live or work, there's a good chance that something exciting is happening. It isn't a dropped tray in the restaurant or a housekeeper walking in on a tryst. It's far greater: the future is being planned, defined. Two partners are putting the finishing touches on a presentation to venture capitalists. A person who has spent years developing a ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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The Dealmakers' Ballroom: What the future holds
Jun 18th, 2010 at 3:00PM: Right now, at the hotel a few blocks from where you live or work, there's a good chance that something exciting is happening. It isn't a dropped tray in the restaurant or a housekeeper walking in on a tryst. It's far greater: the future is being planned, defined. Two partners are putting the finishing touches on a presentation to venture capitalists. A person who has spent years developing a ...The Dealmakers' Ballroom: Pick the right lobby for your meetings
Jun 17th, 2010 at 3:00PM: If you want to hold a business meeting in a hotel lobby where you really don't have any reason to be, it's worth doing a little homework. Pick a hotel without doing a little reconnaissance, and you could suffer an embarrassing moment in front of a potential client or investor. You've worked hard enough for the meeting – and a faux pan may ensure that you won't get another.
Invest some ...The Dealmakers' Ballroom: Where the future is conceived
Jun 15th, 2010 at 3:30PM: The seeds of economic recovery will be sewn in the travel industry. No, it will not be the hotels that pump new jobs out onto the market, and it certainly won't be the airlines, which seem locked in perpetual battle against any positive influence the economy can have on them. Rather, the future will come from inside the hotels – specifically their lobbies. Historically, this venue has been ...The Dealmakers' Ballroom: Understanding the hotel lobby phenomenon
Jun 14th, 2010 at 3:00PM: Where will the future of our economy – from the global economy, even – come from? Forget about garages in Silicon Valley, illicit side projects in Manhattan cubicle farms and the online tinkering that happens in the Harvard dorms. Instead, take a look at hotels. Specifically, peek into the lobbies.
As travelers, we pass through the hotel lobby. The only reason to stick around is ...Don't become a hermit: eight tips for solo business travelers
Nov 17th, 2009 at 8:00AM:
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Solo business travel can be downright depressing. Even if you hate team dinners (and your colleagues), don't mind dining alone and prefer a bit of privacy, frequent individual business trips can turn you into a hermit. After a while, you socialize ...
