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“I now always have a ‘Plan B’ for every aspect of what could go wrong.”
— Heather Dehnel, owner of Memorable Moments, on her own wedding disaster, in the Northeastern Pennsylvania Times Leader
Gallagher
“It’s all about community building. Events like this bring people together.”
— Fiona Gallagher, project leader for Sun Microsystems’ Second Life project, on how virtual events can help employees connect through cyberspace, in the Los Angeles Times
“Studies show that today’s grown-ups often turn to childhood favorites, possibly to escape from responsibility. Hence, the growing market for old-school candy, retro board games and other kinds of nostalgia.”
— Paola Loriggio, staff reporter for the Toronto Star
“The buzzword today is packaging and adding value.”
— Pat Moscaritolo, president and CEO of the Greater Boston CVB, in the Boston Business Journal
Davies
“I’m not a party planner, I’m an event producer and the difference is that our clients have business goals. By understanding those goals, we can create and deliver an experience that achieves those ends.”
— Jane Davies, executive producer for Zed Events, in the Nova Scotia Chronicle Herald
“This unbundling of services and things is simply the manifestation of the pressures that the airlines are under right now. This is a really big deal. I would go as far as to say it’s a crisis.”
— Elizabeth Merida, spokeswoman at Air Transport Association of America Inc., on the increasing fees airlines are charging, in the Business Courier of Cincinnati
Hanson
“The 49.1 million Gen Xers have changed the whole meeting demographic. Meetings today are designed to encourage attendance by Gen-Xers who typically travel in casual dress, and hotel lobbies with mahogany paneling, oriental rugs and English hunting scenes may not seem as welcoming as casual hotels. The Gen Xers like an aura of casualness, and if a corporate meeting doesn’t look interesting, attendance and enthusiasm may be affected.”
— Bjorn Hanson, a hotel expert at PricewaterhouseCoopers