Strike Worries Dog Event Business The strike called Monday by the Writers Guild of America has the event industry in Los Angeles keeping a wary eye on the issue as caterers, planners and venue management wonder how long the strike--and its legacy--will last....

San Diego Getting 'Back in Business' After Wildfires The wildfires that roared across much of Southern California last week have been largely reined in by firefighters and kinder weather, and even hard-hit San Diego County is returning to normal. ...

Caterers Reach Out to Firefighters, Victims As the region's notorious winds begin to subside, Southern California is still reeling from a week of nearly two dozen wildfires. Caterers in hard-hit San Diego have been quick to reach out to help....

Mother Nature Bedevils Event Industry It's wildfires in the West, drought in the Southeast. The result is colossal challenges for event professionals....

Workers OK Strike at 5 L.A. Hotels Union workers at five L.A. area hotels--including the landmark Fairmont Miramar in Santa Monica and the Sportsmen's Lodge in Studio City--approved a strike vote on Friday....

Who's Watching Food Safety? What's Cooking with Food Safety? Both domestic food suppliers and those who export to the U.S. are watching to see the new food-safety plan that the Food and Drug Administration promises to release, possibly as early as this month. ...

Imagination Wins Shell Exhibition Account Powerhouse communications company Imagination, headquartered in London, today announced it has been awarded the contract for Shell's global exhibition program after an "intense" pitch process involving five eminent design and event agencies. ...

Signature Opens Second Outlet Santa Ana, Calif.-based Signature Party Rentals said that effective Oct. 1, it will operate a location serving the Palm Springs, Calif., area. The full-service outlet will offer warehouse and showroom facilities as well as professional installation crews and experienced event consultants, the company said in a statement. ...

Moran Picks Up Two More Rental Outlets San Francisco-based 523 Capital, headed by former Classic Party Rentals chief John Moran, announced this week that the company has acquired Low Country Event Rentals, with operations in Savannah, Ga., and Hilton Head, S.C....

You Still Have Time: Gala Entries Due Sept. 14 If you worry that you missed the deadline to enter the Gala Awards, take heart. You can still enter this year's competition by the "late-bird" deadline of Sept. 14. The Special Events Magazine office will accept entries until 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time that day ...

50 Top Event Companies Show Strong Top Line Over the last five years, companies who have consistently appeared on Special Events Magazine's "50 Top Event Companies" list show as a group a 34 percent increase in total revenue overall....

Westin Unveils 'Superfood' Menu Hotel chain Westin announced last month that it will offer a menu featuring foods from the "SuperFoods Rx" list of healthy items. ...

Minneapolis event industry reacts to bridge collapse As divers continue to search for drivers missing and presumed dead in the aftermath of the Minneapolis bridge collapse last Wednesday, the area's event community remains guarded but upbeat, local professionals tell Special Events....

Classic Acquires Party Showcase of Raleigh The acquisition stampede from Los Angeles-based Classic Party Rentals continued with the announcement Thursday that the nation's leading party rental company had acquired Party Showcase of Raleigh, N.C....

MPI WEC 2007 in Montreal The 2007 MPI World Education Congress, which opened in Montreal Sunday, saw association leadership vowing to meet the communications challenges of the future by evolving the group from a traditional professional association to a collaborative, "truly global community," said Angie Pfeifer, MPI chairwoman of the board, at the opening general session....

MPI SAYS 'BONJOUR' IN MONTREAL The 2007 MPI World Education Congress opened today in Montreal with association leadership vowing to meet the communications challenges of the future by evolving the group from a traditional professional association to a collaborative, "truly global community," said Angie Pfeifer, MPI chairwoman of the board, at the opening general session....

Pittsburty Party Changes Name to PartySavvy Management of Monroeville, Pa.-based Pittsburgh Party and Tent Rental announced yesterday that the company will change its name to PartySavvy. ...

Party rental investors say "buy-buy!" Acquisitions in the party rental business have hit a dizzying pace this month, as interest in this sector grows in both the consumer and financial worlds....

CORPORATE PLANNERS BULLISH ON BUSINESS in '08 Some 42 percent of corporate event professionals predict their companies will host more events in 2008 than they will this year, according to the latest Corporate Event Marketplace survey from Special Events Magazine....

Classic Expands Footprint in Florida Party rental powerhouse Classic Party Rentals, based in Los Angeles, announced today that it has acquired Fiesta Rentals of West Palm Beach, Fla. ...

RUSSIA WINS 2014 OLYMPIC BID The International Olympic Committee voted yesterday to name the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, as host of the Winter Olympics in 2014. Russia triumphed over finalists Austria and South Korea. ...

Event Slate Set for 7/7/07 As reported last week in Eventline, the stage is set for a slew of events aimed at making the most of Saturday's momentous date: 7/7/07....

BOGUS CLIENT TARGETS DALLAS EVENT PRO Dallas-based entertainment producer Richard S. Pollack of Rainbow Entertainment tells Special Events that a scam artist tried to fleece him out of $1,300 earlier this month by posing as a party host....

TABLETOP GALLERY 2008 ENTRIES DUE OCT. 12 Are your tabletops tops? Special Events Magazine will select the best tabletop designs in two budget categories at The Special Event 2008, Jan. 15-18 in Atlanta. The Tabletop Competition--a highlight of the show floor--is the industry's premier presentation of creativity and skill in tabletop design. ...

MORE DELAYS ON PASSPORT RULES? On the heels of the recent delay till Sept. 30 for U.S. citizens to show a passport when returning by air from Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Bermuda, Congress voted last week to postpone by 18 months passport requirements for U.S. travelers entering the country by land or sea from Canada and Mexico....

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