Special Events

Events at Work: 9th Annual Corporate Events Marketplace Survey

Edited by Lisa Hurley

Goodbye, bad times: The mood in the corporate special event community is definitely picking up. Our annual Corporate Event Marketplace study shows growing...

Divine Decor: Intelligent Design Makes for Beautiful Event Decor

By Lisa Hurley

Good event decor is appealing. Great event decor is stunning. And that's because thoughtful event design goes far beyond pretty — all the way to powerful....

Social Conscience Marks Corporate Special Events Today

By Lisa Hurley

With top managers eager to burnish their corporate image with a cynical public, many event professionals are adding an altruistic element to the special event programs they create....

Confetti: Eventmakers Goes Underground for an Edge Video Game Launch

Susan Cuadrado

Few events require a military escort for entrance to a secret underground location. But this one did....

The New Day for Corporate Special Events

By Lisa Hurley

As the economy begins to pull itself out of the worst recession in decades, special event professionals work in a changed landscape. If you want to be...

The New Day for Corporate Special Events: Part II

By Lisa Hurley

Independent event professionals discuss how heir world has changed since the economy crashed. Overall, clients expect more work in less time....

The New Day for Corporate Special Events

By Lisa Hurley

With scant exceptions, the way special event professionals are doing their jobs today is very different from five years ago--and it might never go back again....

Good Sports: Winning 2010 Olympics Hospitality Venues

Creative event companies create a warm welcome at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver with winning hospitality venues....

The Last Word: Pernod Ricard's Ann Fryer on Staging Successful Events

By Natasha Garber

When former poly-sci major Ann Fryer decided that she didn't really want to storm Capitol Hill after all, the self-proclaimed resident party planner amongst...

MGM MIRAGE Events Helps Vegas' Big CityCenter Make a Big Splash

By Special Events Staff

Las Vegas-based MGM MIRAGE Events created an intricate series of eight events in four days in 2005 to introduce world-class architects, designers, engineers and city planners to the CityCenter development....