Keeping It Cool in Boston
As always, NBTA is a reunion of all the people you’ve known throughout the years working in the travel industry, which is somewhat of a barometer of how long you’ve been in the industry so it seemed like a saw old friends and past co-workers at every turn yesterday (I.e. I’ve been around a long time!).
The Boston Convention Center is a great facility for NBTA this year. Close to the waterfront, it’s been refreshingly cooler than the typical unbearably hot and sticky weather hosting cities have been in the past. The downside has been some light rain, but Boston Coach has been providing complimentary shuttle service to and from our hotel to the Center, so that hasn’t been a huge factor.
Yesterday was the start of the Expedition and traffic in the aisle ways seemed a little lighter than in past years, but working the booth all day, I didn’t get a chance to wander the floor yet. From my limited perspective there were the usual vendors with bizarre costumes (animal slippers?) and free alcoholic beverages (lovely red Bloody Marys!), and while we offered neither of these the traffic flowed at a steady pace through our booth.
I’m looking forward to the assembly lunch today with Colin Powell as the speaker, and to our party tonight! Till later, from Boston, Holly
Holly McLean :: Manager Account Management :: Expedia Corporate Travel