How about a solar-powered, floating resort? It fits the bill in a time when we need venues with a limited or neutral environmental impact and while we're facing rising sea levels. Maybe this isn't just the future of meeting venues but the future of mankind? Sorry to get so Waterworld on you...

So...the 2014 World Cup mascot is to be an armadillo. (I cringe and recall Izzy at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta...are major event mascots cursed to be uninteresting?)

Spotting a coming trend, your largest client's CEO wants to incorporate an armadillo (or any other nasty small creature) into the design and theme of their next event. The problem: The event isn't taking place in Brazil, it has to be near the U.S. east coast.

I can only imagine it is for eventualities such as this that the Liberty Mountain Resort & Conference Center in Carroll Valley, Penn., developed the talents of native son and snowboarding phenom Ratatouille. Yeah, Rat's a possum.

I don't honestly know if/how Ratatouille can be included in your event at Liberty Mountain Resort...but a boy/CEO can dream.

Big news in the Caribbean. Baha Mar, a resort on The Bahamas, celebrated commencement of construction with its official groundbreaking ceremony on Monday, Feb. 21. The 1,000-acre, US$3.4 billion resort, gaming and entertainment complex, slated to open in late 2014, will include some of the world’s most famous hotel brands such as a Sheraton (700 guest rooms), a Wyndham (550 guest rooms), the Rosewood Luxury Hotel (200 guest rooms) the Grand Hyatt Convention Hotel (700 guest rooms), the Casino Hotel (1,000 guest rooms) and a Morgan’s branded Lifestyle Hotel (300 guest rooms).

Baha Mar will include the largest convention center in The Bahamas, with 200,000 square feet of space, which can also double as an entertainment venue and sports arena. Baha Mar will also include a 100,000-square-foot casino, a 50,000-square-foot retail village and a 20-acre water park.

The resort will create up to 7,000 new jobs.