striking=terrorism

at least, according to the Hotel Industry. And you thought it was just GESO who had to deal with this level of hyperbole...

David Scypinski, senior vice president, industry relations, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, says the effects of widespread labor action in 2006 could be devastating. “It could be 9/11 in a different wrapper. It could create a chain of events that hurts the industry and hurts the economy,” he says, referring to the biggest worry that people in the meetings industry have about 2006 — a national hotel strike. “Obviously there is a lot of saber-rattling right now,” Scypinski says. “I don't know how far it will go. We never in our days of being in this industry have seen this happen before.”