With concerns that we're heading toward an H1N1 outbreak, meeting and incentive planners discuss their strategies.
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With concerns about the H1N1 virus making a comeback this month as flu season approaches, meeting and incentive planners are going on the offensive.
But as planners seek a balance between caution and crisis-mode, there is concern that some may not be doing enough.
"It's beyond washing your hands and sneezing into your sleeve-as someone that is going to convene a group, much more has to be done," said Joan Eisenstodt, consultant with Washington, D.C.-based Eisenstodt Associates LLC, which advises meetings and incentive groups, as well as hotels and CVBs, on event planning.
"There are a handful of us who are thinking about it, but when I ask various clients and groups what they are doing in general and specifically I'm hearing that they really think this is a little bit like SARS-overblown and not really a big deal."
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