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November 2008

Columns

Editor's Page: Got Green?

Nov 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Lisa Hurley

Our November edition brings you articles we traditionally run our cover story on exciting hotel event spaces, our annual hotel event forecast. But this...

Guest Room: Kimpton Hotels' Niki Leondakis Offers Green Rooms

Nov 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Lisa Hurley

The 2006 movie An Inconvenient Truth made many people want to go green. But those newbies were only catching up to the eco-friendly operations of San...

The Last Word: Kelley Gillespie is Event Star in Washington D.C.

Nov 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Natasha Garber

When Kelley Gillespie graduated from Virginia Tech University in 1983 with a degree in marketing and management, she knew she wanted a career in hospitality....

Departments

Confetti: Vok Dams Creates Racy Launch for Lamborghini

Nov 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Elizabeth Arnold

There is luxury, then there is unique luxury. That's the distinction that Wuppertal, Germany-based Vok Dams Group sought to create for premium car-maker...

November Address Book

Nov 1, 2008 12:00 PM

Who's doing what in the event business this month....

Galas: Bash Style Events Creates Eco-friendly Bash

Nov 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Natasha Garber

It was the perfect plan: launch one hot, new site at another. The client, online eco-lifestyle magazine EcoStiletto, booked Ecco Hollywood an as-yet-to-open...

Food for Fetes: Super Soups for Special Events

Nov 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Christine Landry

Soup isn't the most glamorous course of a caterer's repertoire. It doesn't have the visual appeal of intricate hors d'oeuvre or tempt guests the way chocolate-y...

Houston Event Industry Back After Hurricane Ike

Nov 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Christine Landry

Hurricane Ike visited Houston on Saturday in the middle of the night, and oh, what a visitor he was! says Jan Rocco, president of Party Props in Houston....