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  • Posted by Veleisa Patton at
    12:00AM 08/18/2011 • 0 Comments

    Speaking To The Way We Connect

    nrk.no på en iPad 2
    Photo from byeskille (Flickr)

    Mobile connection is so ubiquitous and expected that I often give the “RCA dog head tilt” to my phone when it doesn’t upload information as fast as I think it should. I’m trying to work here!

    With the need for access at all times, the recent development of the tablet app for One+ speaks to providing the award-winning content that readers need on a platform that they’re increasingly using. iPads have international brand recognition, and Android is quickly catching up in sales, taking 30% of the market share in the second quarter of 2011. The One+ app, built on HTML5, has a level of interactivity not seen on industry publication apps…that could also be because this is the first publication app ever for our industry. Readers can access, with or without the wireless connection thanks to the HTML5 capabilities, the interviews, features and special articles on the topics and trends that influence meetings and events. Looking for an article that was published months ago? Well just flip through the library of past issues on the app and you can find it.

    On top of that, the app supplies supplemental video, audio and photo/graphic content, making the experience of reading on an Apple or Android tablet something even a physical-book fanatic like me, who loves turning down page corners, rethink moving up the tech ladder.

    So tablet users of the world, download the free One+ app today and start enjoying (BlackBerry tablet users, you’re not forgotten; the app will be available in the fall). Take it on a plane, train or automobile; it will work for you as you seek to continue your learning no matter your physical placement on the globe. And be sure to share your user experience with us. We watch our Facebook wall for your posts and @MPIOnePlus and @MPI are two accounts that love your feedback. 



  • Posted by Blair Potter at
    12:00AM 11/13/2010 • 0 Comments

    Hilton Enhances Disability Access

    Hilton has reached an agreement with the U.S. federal government to make changes in about 900 hotels to further accommodate guests and visitors with disabilities, the Justice Department announced this week, as reported by CNN's Terry Frieden.

    The agreement covers hotels built since passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act in 1993 and includes making changes to Hilton-owned hotels under a variety of trade names.

    Frieden reports that government lawyers had alleged Hilton failed to provide an adequate number of accessible rooms, failed to disperse accessible rooms among the various categories of available accommodations and failed to provide individuals with disabilities the ability to reserve accessible rooms through its reservation system.

    The Justice Department noted that Hilton had cooperated throughout the investigation, and a statement released by the corporation promised steps toward enhanced accessibility.

    "Hilton Worldwide is pleased to take further steps to provide our guests with disabilities the accessibility in accommodations they expect from an industry leader," said Christopher Nassetta, president and CEO of Hilton Worldwide.