MTGS_BEYOND BORDERS EXTRA_ Penton Media January 20, 2010 Volume 9, Number 1 If you want to view this on the web go to: http://enews.penton.com/enews/meetingsnet/v/712 --Haiti in Crisis: How You Can Help Eight days after Haiti was devastated by an earthquake centered 10 miles outside its capital city of Port-au-Prince, more than 200,000 people are feared to have died, and relief is still slow to get to the survivors. Click here (http://meetingsnet.com/corporatemeetingsincentives/news/haiti-relief-from-meetings-0119/) to find out how its neighbors have been affected, including the Dominican Republic, and to get a list of ways you can help. ---------------------------------------- ADVERTISEMENT MeetingsNet's Must-See Meeting Files Brought to You by Las Vegas Watch video clips from top meeting pros offering clear advice on a variety of job-related questions and industry trends. Read the MeetingsNet editors' educational and sometimes offbeat top-pick lists. View these must-see files. ---------------------------------------- --Contest Winner Hails from FedEx Event Department Congratulations to Andy Eugenio, from the Sales Programs & Events Department at FedEx headquarters in Memphis, who won our recent drawing for a copy of Carol Krugman's book, Global Meetings & Exhibitions. Eugenio was one of dozens of readers who contributed suggestions to Krugman's article, "The A-to-Z List for International Meeting Planning." (http://meetingsnet.com/associationmeetings/news/International-Meeting-Planning-Topic-List-1214/) We put out the call for ideas for the letter "Y," and were delighted at the number of responses. One of Andy's suggestions -- year-end reporting -- even made the cut and was added to Krugman's list. (Another one -- yummy F&B -- didn't, but we still liked the idea!) --Your International Partner: DMC or PCO? Planning a meeting outside the United States requires some help from the locals. But there are a lot of local partners to choose from. We got in touch with Ovation Global DMC founders Patrick Sullivan and Padraic Gilligan to help us with the nuts and bolts -- and acronyms, starting with the difference between a destination management company and a professional congress organizer. (http://meetingsnet.com/international/meetings_friends_ground/) --Dubai Renames World's Tallest Tower for its Neighbor The long-awaited opening of the world's tallest tower, the Burj Dubai, came with a surprise -- the renaming of the structure after Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Abu Dhabi leader who gave Dubai billions of dollars late last year to help its neighboring emirate out of a crushing debt crisis. 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