Smart Meetings

It’s day 1 of the Palm Springs International Film Festival 2008 Client Event, and it could not have come at a better time—I’m currently at SFO, watching every flight on the reader board either get canceled or delayed as the first of three back-to-back storms pummels the San Francisco Bay Area. So far my flight is only three hours delayed, but I’m crossing my fingers that it’s not canceled; I don’t want to miss all the wonderful things the folks at the Palm Springs Convention Center have in store for us over the next three days, particularly the Palm Springs International Film Festival awards gala…

After arriving late in Palm Springs last night, it was a relief to finally make it to my host hotel, the Hilton Palm Springs. The California storms have even managed to permeate into the desert and we are experiencing one of the rare days here when it isn’t perfect blue skies. Tonight I join a group of about 30 planners from all over the U.S. for a progressive dinner and tour of some of the primary downtown Palm Springs hotels— Wyndham Palm Springs Hotel, Hyatt Regency Suites Palm Springs, Hotel Zoso and the upcoming Riviera Resort & Spa.