Archive for January, 2009
Despite economic downturn, 2009 brings unique business opportunities for meeting and event industry
Thursday, January 15th, 2009 | HOTELS | 1 Comment
In partnership with American Express, Meeting Professionals International (MPI) released the initial executive summary of FutureWatch 2009 on www.mpiweb.org. A forward-looking survey of its worldwide membership, FutureWatch focuses on the trends which will affect the meeting and event industry in the next twelve months. This year’s survey had record participation with over 2,700 participants. Full survey results will be available at a presentation during MPI’s 2009 MeetDifferent® conference in Atlanta, Feb. 7-10.
According to this year’s results, the meeting industry will sharpen its focus and streamline its activities, when faced with a tough global market. The economic effect on the industry is not quite as severe as first anticipated. Meeting attendance, per meeting, is expected to increase by 3% in EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) and 9% in Canada, but decline by 5% in the United States.
“After three strong years, the global meeting and event industry is coming to grips with a major paradigm shift and the FutureWatch data reveals how acute the expectations are for change,” said Bruce MacMillan, president and CEO of MPI. “Through initiatives like our Global Knowledge Plan, our objective is not only to ensure our members survive the shift, but also to find ways to thrive as the industry retrenches in an ebbing economic cycle.”
No Jobs, No Apple?
Thursday, January 15th, 2009 | Computer | 1 Comment
It’s official: Steve Jobs is stepping down–temporarily–from his post at Apple Computer, taking a medical leave of absence to deal with a health problem that has turned out to be “more complex” than the celebrity CEO had originally disclosed prior to the Macworld Expo event earlier this month. On a personal level, I can’t help but have a great deal of sympathy for Jobs and his family at this undoubtedly difficult time. But as a longtime Apple observer, Mac user, and general technology wonk, I can’t help wondering what might come of Apple if and, inevitably one day, when Jobs eventually retires permanently from his role as the company’s spiritual and temporal leader.
What would Apple become in a post-Steve Jobs world? It’s hard to say. Undoubtedly there is enough talent in the company’s engineering and design teams to keep making innovative products that consumers will covet. But is there anyone who can lead that team as effectively as Jobs? Can anyone make the tough and risky calls that have defined Jobs’ resurrection of that company? I have a hard time imagining any of the Apple’s current execs–including the company’s low-key COO Tim Cook, who will now be filling in for Jobs–stepping into that role with the same fire and intensity that have become synonymous with the name of Steve Jobs. And without that caliber of obsessively driven leadership, it’s difficult to imagine how Apple, the underdog brand in the PC platform war, can continue driving its market share upward against Microsoft’s pervasive presence.
Report On Contemporary Art By Joshua Dinnerman In Art View Online!
Thursday, January 15th, 2009 | ART | 1 Comment
ArtView of JDD Media offers a lively, provocative, and visually stimulating package that informs as well as entertains with news gathered from a global network of correspondents, hard-hitting investigative reports, criticism, and opinions. The articles and the reports of ArtView by JDD Media are written in well-crafted language that is as comprehendible to a novice as it is to an expert.
ArtView by Joshua Dinnerman brings to you a balanced reporting on contemporary art with coverage of modern and old masters. With expert art writers contributing to the magazine and professional photographers to support the editorial content, Art View by JDD is your sole guide to latest developments in the world of art.
ArtView by Joshua Dinnerman is a fascinating publication that keeps you abreast of the latest happenings in the renowned art galleries, the most expensive painting sold, or the which masterpiece has been stolen or found. All in all, this JDD Media-promoted publication provides you a complete insight into the world of art.
Hotel View By Joshua Dinnerman Focuses on Indepth Market Analysis!
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009 | HOTELS | No Comments
JDD Media, the publishing house of HotelView, employs in-depth market analysis, focusing on the developments, changes and projected changes, thus making it refreshingly different. HotelView, by Joshua David Dinnerman, ethos is to keep its readers abreast of the changes in hotel industry and provide vital information needed to meet the challenges ahead. Joshua David Dinnerman aspires to educate and inform the travelers, about the new openings, restaurants, location, exotic resorts, heritage hotel along with their honest reviews, atmosphere, facilities to all those who are allied with the hotel and travel & tourism industry through HotelView.
Joshua Dinnerman has publications encompassing varied sectors and industries like sports, art, health, fusion, travel, IT, pharma, films and more. The JDD Media group further endeavors to diversify its publications and bring to the readers heavy information and undiscovered stories from all parts of the world. Josh Dinnerman visualizes to drive a media group that brings journalism to a new level that effectively caters to the demands of ever-demanding international readers.
IT Techview Is The Single Information Source For IT Experts!
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009 | IT-Tech | No Comments
IT-Techview by Joshua David Dinnerman Media (JDD Media) is an effort to consolidate a single information source for IT experts, educators, professionals, students and enthusiasts. Josh Dinnerman emphasizes India and China are the two emerging IT giants that have benefited from a surge of IT outsourcing like software development, application development and ERP & CRM solutions. Conclusively, Joshua David Dinnerman Media ensures that IT-Techview covers the developments and dynamics of these two markets exhaustively.
Joshua Dinnerman and JDD Media are based in Hawaii Islands, USA. However, this does not abstain any of the Joshua David Dinnerman magazines from having a global perspective and thus a global circulation. The Joshua David Dinnerman’s magazines are known for their aggressive branding, lucid content and expressive images that support the cause.
Joshua Dinnerman Brings A Coverage Of IT Sector!
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009 | Computer | No Comments
Joshua David Dinnerman, publisher of JDD Media, provides the best source of global information resource about the latest happenings in the global IT arena with Computerview. Computerview gives a complete coverage of the latest global trends in the IT sector, news updates and a deep insight into the world of computers. Joshua Dinnerman from JDD Media consistently strives to cover all the exhaustive information about the Information Technology sector by delving deep into the nitty-gritty of this rapidly evolving sector.
Joshua David Dinnerman Media or JDD Media works on a global level, and all its publications are targeted at the international audience. With an experienced in-house editorial team, professional photographers, well-qualified correspondents and a plethora of expert writers, JDD media has never compromised on the quality of services. All JDD publications encapsulate interviews, interactive quizzes, latest news, developments, columns, engrossing cover story, and breathtaking images.