An old colleague was reading the International Herald Tribune this week, and was curious to read the report “Too much information? For a wired life, a rewired brain”.

It has recently been reported in the Australian Special Events Magazine and the current issue of Mice.net, published on behalf of the Meetings Events Australia association, that the Sofitel Hotel in Brisbane has elected to introduce a new $75 ‘venue access’ fee to external audiovisual companies. Is it a big deal?