One of my resolutions for the New Year is to try to write kind things. However I must comment on the risk of doing trade shows or seminars or anything at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.

Many readers of this blog know that we are about to take legal action against Mandalay Bay for a variety of unethical and illegal acts against us when we ran our cdXpo event last November.

What sparked this entry was an ad that Mandalay Bay ran in the February 2 issue of FORBES magazine. There is a hilarious quote from one Danielle Babilino, Vice President of Hotel Sales: "Ours is a multipurpose facility built to be adaptable to our customers. Our bottom line at Mandalay Bay - Whatever you need, we can do it."

Let me say this: Mandalay Bay is a multipurpose facility --- but it is multipurpose "to screw" the customer who books space to run events there. The game is simple: Sign up for space and if Ms. Babilino gets a better deal after you sign up, she uses her "multipurpose space" to move you from the space you contracted for so that you lose bigtime. And as to her quote about: Whatever you need - we can do it --- Interpretation: "we can do it" means we will really ruin you if it makes sense for us financially.

Once again to all in the events business --- stay away from this place and do your organization a favor.