Special Events

Benchmark Predicts the Top Five Dining Trends for 2009 Read on to discover next year's top culinary and cocktail trends...

Hip Aloft Hotel Opens in Denver A stylish event venue option joins Denver's hotel scene...

Signature’s Tom Brown Resigns and Starts Rental Solutions Tom Brown resigns from one rental company and launches another...

GEP DMC Survey Gives Peek into Year Ahead GEP's annual DMC survey results are in...

Drake Corp. to Offer Chair Recycling Program Drake Corp. will introduce an environmentally friendly chair-recycling program next year....

Art Basel Signs Contract with Miami Beach Art Basel signed a three-year lease agreement with Miami Beach officials on Wednesday...

MPI Hires COO MPI adds a new COO to its team...

Washington Event Scene Abuzz About Obama Inauguration The holiday party business may be in the doldrums, but event professionals in one town are going into high gear. Hoteliers, caterers and production pros in Washington are pinning down details of the range of festivities surrounding the inauguration of U.S. president-elect Barack Obama on Jan. 20....

Private/Social Holiday Party Business Forecast Falls Although the outlook for corporate holiday party business is especially grim, even the forecast for private/social holiday is down. ...

Gala Award Nominees Announced The Special Events Magazine Advisory Board today released the list of entries nominated to receive a Gala Award, the most prestigious prize in special events. The winners will be named Jan. 30 at The Special Event 2009 in San Diego....

Classic Party Rentals To Open Sacramento Outlet Los Angeles-based Classic Party Rentals, the leading event rental company in the U.S., said Tuesday that it will open a new warehouse and showroom in Sacramento, Calif., on Dec. 1....

Rental Operators Hold Line on Discounting Despite the tough economy, most event rental operators say they will not be discounting the price of their services, according to a recent online poll from Special Events. ...

Bans on Same-sex Marriage Gaining Voters passed bans on same-sex marriage in Arizona and Florida in yesterday's elections, and while the tally is not yet final, proponents of a ban in California hold a narrow lead....

Holiday Party Outlook Grim; Are You Discounting? Although yesterday's U.S. presidential election will calm some of the general uncertainty nagging at financial markets, the outlook for the corporate holiday party business remains bleak....

Fuel Prices Fall But Rental Profits Still Feel Pressure With fuel prices dropping, are event rental fleets reaping the benefit? So far, the answer is mixed....

Connecticut OK's Same-sex Weddings Following decisions earlier this year by California and Massachusetts, Connecticut's Supreme Court ruled Friday that gays and lesbians have the right to marry in the state....

Economy Crashes Holiday Party Business Nearly two-thirds of respondents to an online Special Events poll say that lousy economic news is cutting into their corporate holiday party business....

Stop Guessing! Order Research from Special Events Trying to develop next year's budget or marketing plan? Looking for new clients in your target market? Don't waste precious time by guessing....

Gas Shortage Plagues Atlanta Event Pros It's the secret ingredient in appetizers, decor and guest lists--gasoline. If there's no gas, then the caterer can't deliver the food, the decor pieces sit on the loading dock, and guests can't get to the party....

30 Top Rental Companies Note Economic Chill The respondents to Special Events Magazine's 11th annual "30 Top Event Rental Companies" list predict an 8 percent boost in revenue this year, but the forecast for 2009 is not so rosy....

Event Pros Weigh In on Financial Crisis Businesspeople are holding their breath this week as the U.S. Congress wrangles over the astonishing $700 billion bailout proposed by the Bush Administration to save the sinking financial sector....

Houston Event Business Steadies After Ike 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....

Houston Event Industry Starts Road Back from Ike Houston's event industry is pooling resources and enjoying support from other regions as it struggles to return to normal after the havoc wreaked by Hurricane Ike over the weekend....

Fighting Back After Ike Houston's event industry is fighting to get back on its feet after Hurricane Ike plowed through Texas over the weekend....

Tabletop Gallery 2009 Competition Opens Special Events Magazine will select the best tabletop designs in two budget categories at The Special Event 2009....

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