Houston Event Business Steadies After Ike

Sep 24, 2008 5:28 AM

The event industry in Houston is beginning to resume normal operations in the wake of Hurricane Ike, which reached landfall in Texas on Sept. 13....

HOW THE LEFT COAST HELPED THE GULF COAST

Noted wine expert Ian Blackburn has been hosting an ongoing series of Friday night wine and food tastings through his Santa Monica, Calif.-based company...

The Special Event offers education assistance for Katrina victims

The Special Event 2006 would like to reach out to any event professionals adversely impacted by Hurricane Katrina. We understand that, in this time of difficulty, important professional educational opportunities may take a back seat to other priorities. That's why we'd like to make the process of updating your professional education a little easier for you. ...

Ugly Rita: Hurricane slows but can't stop Houston event pros

Hurricane Rita, the unwelcome sister hurricane following Katrina on the U.S. Gulf Coast, made landfall over the weekend in Texas, but Houston event pros don't predict dire fallout. Clare Sullivan Jackson, CSEP, tells Special Events that her Houston-based event production company Sullivan Group (www.sullivan-group.com) is "back in full swing" after closing a week ...

Events move in Katrina's wake

Although cleanup is finally under way in New Orleans, the pain wreaked by Hurricane Katrina two weeks ago lives on for the city's meetings and conventions business, estimated to be worth $1 billion annually....

Katrina slams event industry

Hurricane Katrina—a nearly 250-mile wide, Category 4 hurricane that hit land near the Mississippi/Louisiana border just over two weeks ago—devastated an area the size of Great Britain. It also devastated the lives of many special event professionals. Here are some of their stories ... In regard to the New Orleans office of DMC giant USA Hosts Destination Services