L.A. WEIGHS MANDATORY VACCINATIONS FOR FOODSERVICE In light of recent infection threats for guests including a Wolfgang Puck catering employee stricken with hepatitis A, Los Angeles County public health officials agreed yesterday to determine the feasibility of requiring vaccinations against the virus for all foodservice workers....

IN BRIEF FOR FEB. 28, 2007 L.A. health officials warn of ill Puck worker The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has urged guests at several parties catered by Los Angeles-based Wolfgang Puck Catering to get a shot by today to protect against the threat of Hepatitis A infection posed by an ill food-handler. ...

CLASSIC ACQUIRES PANACHE PARTY RENTALS Los Angeles-based party rental giant Classic Party Rentals announced Thursday that it has acquired leading Southeast rental company Panache Party Rentals, headquartered in Pompano Beach, Fla. Terms were not disclosed....

MUTUAL FUND FIRMS FINED FOR LAVISH PARTIES Three mutual fund companies have been slapped with fines totaling $700,000 by the National Association of Securities Dealers for improperly treating brokers to fancy parties and pricey meals, the agency announced Monday. ...

FUND ACQUIRES ARIZONA TENTS, PARTY CONCEPTS Last week, investment company Sverica International, with offices in San Francisco, Boston and Montreal, finalized its acquisition of Phoenix-based Arizona Tents & Events and Tucson, Ariz.-based Party Concepts....

SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW KEEPS SPIRITS HIGH, DRY Despite a rainstorm--the first in Super Bowl history--the National Football League's event team managed to keep the halftime show featuring Prince a high-energy, mud-free spectacle....

TABLE-HOP TILL YOU DROP AT THE OSCAR BALL Forget the place cards: The 79th annual Academy Awards Govenors Ball--slated for Feb. 25 at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles--will offer an array of casual seating options and lavish buffets so the A-list guests get A-plus face time....

TABLETOP GALLERY WINNERS NAMED AT THE SPECIAL EVENT 2007 An elegant rendition of a desert landscape and a dreamy tribute to the renowned blue water of California's Lake Tahoe were the two winning tabletop designs at The Special Event's annual Tabletop Gallery, held earlier this month in Los Angeles....

CLASSIC PARTY RENTALS CHANGES HANDS In a deal described by rental experts as the biggest yet in the history of special events, Los Angeles-based Classic Party Rentals quietly changed hands last month, moving from Greenwich, Conn.-based Dubin Clark & Co. to Quad-C Management, a private equity firm based in Charlottesville, Va. ...

IN BRIEF FOR JAN. 31, 2007 Oh say can you swing? A "human billboard" in the form of 16 aerialists performed astride a seven-story building on Manhattan’s West Side on Monday as part of Microsoft’s celebration of the release of its new operating system....

UPBEAT OUTLOOK FOR EVENT RENTAL IN 2007, SPECIAL EVENTS SURVEY SAYS Event rental operators are bullish on business this year, with 76 percent predicting they will handle more events in 2007 than 2006, according to the latest survey from Special Events Magazine. ...

GUESTS ARE 'AH!'-STRUCK AT THE SPECIAL EVENT Showcasing events at The Special Event, which ran Jan. 9-12 in Los Angeles, drew praise from attendees as some of the most effective and professionally produced in the show's 23-year history. ...

IN BRIEF FOR JAN. 17, 2007 Denver to host Dems in '08 The Democratic National Committee announced last week that it picked Denver over New York to host its national convention next year, which will run Aug. 25-28. ...

GALA WINNERS NAMED AT THE SPECIAL EVENT 2007 The brightest stars in special events took the stage Friday night at L.A.'s renowned Shrine Auditorium--longtime site of the Academy Awards ceremonies--to accept the coveted Gala Award. Winners in 35 categories were chosen after five rounds of judging by the Special Events Magazine Advisory Board....

CAMPUS PLANNERS CONVENE AT USC In a first, the Academic Event Professional Conference made its debut at Los Angeles-based University of Southern California on Monday in conjunction with The Special Event. The conference is a forum where collegiate event planners learn from their peers to hone their skills....

THE SPECIAL EVENT TO OPEN IN L.A. More than 6,300 special event professionals have already registered to attend The Special Event 2007, which runs through Friday at the Los Angeles Convention Center....

IN BRIEF FOR JAN. 3, 2007 London lights up New Year's Eve Although rain and wind forced the cancellation of New Year's Eve celebrations in Edinburgh, Belfast, Glasgow and Liverpool, Jack Morton Worldwide's traditional spectacular went on in London as planned....

INCENTIVE SPENDING TO RISE IN '07 Some 44 percent of executives responsible for their company's incentive spend say they will have bigger budgets to work with this year than last, while 30 percent say their spend will about the same. ...

LAST CALL FOR THE SPECIAL EVENT IN L.A.! Attendees are signing up in record numbers for the largest trade show and conference in the history of The Special Event....

IN BRIEF FOR DEC. 27, 2006 Ford funeral plans underway At press time, planners are still at work finalizing funeral services for President Gerald R. Ford, who died late yesterday....

Miller to resume role with Aztec Tents Torrance, Calif.-based Aztec Tents announced last week that owner Chuck Miller will resume his full-time role as company president and will resign his post as president of Classic Tents, the event rental outlet he has overseen for the past 13 months. Miller, who has owned Aztec Tents since 1981, will formally enact this transition on Jan. 1....

TSA APPROVES SHOE-SCANNING TECHNOLOGY The wait at airport security checkpoints may get shorter thanks to the U.S. Transportation Security Administration's recent greenlighting of a new shoe-scanning technology ......

CUTTING THE FAT: TRANS FATS ON WAY OUT Prompted by rising concern about the health risks of trans fat, Loews Hotels announced Friday that it will ban all artificial trans fats by June 1 in its 18 hotels and resorts in the U.S. and Canada. The ban applies to all restaurants, room service, banquet functions and even snack foods in in-room mini bars....

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