Special Events

RENTAL ESSENTIALS: KEEPING IT CLEAN

BY CHRISTINE LANDRY

QUITE simply, Dirt means increased labor costs, as Matt Holt, vice president of Flemington, N.J.-based Celebration Party Rental, puts it. And dirt comes...

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....

RENTAL ESSENTIALS: CONSOLIDATION IS CHANGING THE PARTY RENTAL LANDSCAPE

BY CHRISTINE LANDRY

THE days of tool-rental shops offering a small selection of party accessories on the side are gone. Party rental companies are worth money, and nobody...

RENTAL ESSENTIALS: RENTAL COMPANIES ARE BUSY, BUSY, BUSY

BY LISA HURLEY

ASK party rental operations, How's business? and you may have to wait for an answer. Why? They're too busy to reply. At Atlas Party Rentals in Boynton...

JACK SHEA CELEBRATES 25 YEARS WITH SOLUTIONS BY COMPUTER

BY ALEXANDRA GUDMUNDSSON

As we begin our 25th year publishing Special Events Magazine, each month we salute event professionals who have reached career milestones. As software...

GUEST ROOM: DAMON HOLDITCH ON MAKING YOUR MARK WITH YOUR COMPANY BRAND

BY CHRISTINE LANDRY

PRESIDENT of the newly renamed Marquee Event Group in Austin, Texas, Damon Holditch, CSEP, CERP, purchased his party rental business in 1985 and turned...

RENTAL ESSENTIALS: SHOWTIME FOR A NEW SHOWROOM

BY CHRISTINE LANDRY

LA BELLA Party Rental Co. announced the April 11 grand opening of its new Napa, Calif., location with invitations that declared: We've Arrived. And that...

9th Annual 30 Top Event Rental Companies List

BY LISA HURLEY

FUEL prices may be rising. Labor costs may be rising. But the spirits of big event rental companies are rising right along with them as our 30 top companies...

THE LAST WORD: APRES PARTY'S CHARLIE FELDBAUM ON HIS EVENTFUL CAREER

BY NATASHA GARBER

QUESTION: What do you get when you take one real estate broker, add a love of at-home entertaining and a dash of entrepreneurial ambition? Answer: Charlie...

RENTAL ESSENTIALS: A SHOWROOM WITH A VIEW

BY CHRISTINE LANDRY

WHEN business booms, a rental company can outgrow its showroom quickly, and while making a move is never easy, an investment in a special space can really...