Baseball season has begun, and I bet you’re thinking, “I’d really like to propose to my significant other in my favorite team’s stadium. I bet that costs a lot of money, though.” Well, future groom or bride, Swimmingly has the answers for you via a nice g

  Facebook surprised the tech world yesterday when it said it was buying Oculus VR, a virtual reality gaming company. “Our mission is to make the world more open and connected,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote in a post on his company’s site. “For the past f

Disney’s new vacation planning system, MyMagic+ (MM+), is the latest (and most expensive?) experiment in data-driven crowd management. The system centers on waterproof, eye-catching wristbands that are loaded with all of the personal data and transaction capabilities needed to d

In an upcoming issue of FM magazine, we’ll have a feature about Brown Paper Tickets, a Seattle-based company that works behind the philosophy of “not just for profit.” It’s a great story and one I’m looking forward to having you read. While you’re w

I just posted a story about Bill Marriott, a huge influence in the hospitality world. This post is about another influential person, this time from the world of sports, specifically sports marketing. Mark Cuban, owner of the NBA Dallas Mavericks, is never shy with his opinions, and he