Guest Room: Classic Inventory V.P. Angela Pennington Keeps on Turning

By Lisa Hurley

Angela Pennington has a job unique in special events. As vice president of inventory for Los Angeles-based powerhouse Classic Party Rentals, she is responsible...

Rental Essentials: Event Rental Companies Name Essential Purchases

By Christine Landry

Economic slumps tend to quell that want-it, need-it, gotta-have-it feeling. But some new inventory items are necessary even in tough economic times. Rental...

The Last Word: Rental Pro Dan Nolan Knows it's All Relative

By Natasha Garber

For a handful of event industry notables, the business is in their blood. Twenty-year rental veteran Dan Nolan is one such event pro. Nolan started working...

Discounting Deepens But Dangers Lurk

The spooky economy has everyone scrambling to pull in revenue, and many rental operators are turning to discounting to hold on to business. ...

Rental Essentials: The Devil is in the Discounts

By Marshall Bauer

It is probably safe to say everyone in the rental business has experienced a business situation that involved discounting. If our competitors do it, we...

Signature’s Tom Brown Resigns and Starts Rental Solutions

Tom Brown resigns from one rental company and launches another...

Rental Operators Vary on Keeping Fuel Surcharges

Although virtually all rental companies boosted delivery fees to offset skyrocketing fuel charges this summer, they vary on keeping the higher fees in place...

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. ...

Houston Event Industry Back After Hurricane Ike

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....