Special Events

Deals Offered by Four Seasons Whistler and Beverly Hilton, Gleneagles Debuts Renovations

By Special Events Staff

The Four Seasons Resort Whistler in Whistler, British Columbia, has announced a new air credit offer that provides groups who book 10-plus rooms per night with a $150 one-time credit for each room booked at the resort....

News from Live Nation Venues, Sole on the Ocean and Nuela Restaurant

Planners who book a special event at two Live Nation venues served by Wolfgang Puck Catering—the Wiltern theater in Los Angeles or the Fillmore in San Francisco (pictured)—by Aug. 21 can save 15 percent on room rentals....

Sweet Dream: Vangard Events Dreams up a Winning Dreambuilders Ball

To help solve the mystery of autoimmune diseases, Vangard Events helps the Benaroya Research Institute raise more than $1 million with the "Exploring the Mystery" Dreambuilders Ball. Photos by Christopher Nelson Photography....

It's, It's the Ballroom Bliss: The Royal Park Hotel Shows its Station Style

The fifth annual "Ballroom Bliss" event, staged in March at the Royal Park Hotel in Rochester, Mich., showcased the hotel's catering chops along with the design talents of local event experts in a showstopping series of stations and tablescapes, ranging from Old World elegance to downtown Detroit. Find your bliss right here! Photos by Arising Images. ...

VIP Site Visit at Vinoy St. Pete, Greene Space in Big Apple, Choura Remodel Debuts

By Special Events Staff

In honor of its 85th anniversary, the iconic St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Renaissance Vinoy Resort & Golf Club will award a free, two-day VIP site visit for two to planners who submit a qualifying RFP by March 25....

Hotel Anatole Renovated, InterContinental Tampa Offers Deal, Fairmont Continues CSR Program

By Special Events Staff

The iconic Hilton Anatole in Dallas has completed a $120 million renovation, which includes its 1,606 guest rooms, common areas and 600,000 square feet of meeting and event space. ...

Hotel ZaZa Offers iStay Deal, New Space at Andaz 5th Avenue, Hyatt Place Houston Sugar Land Debuts

By Special Events Staff

The new iStay package from Hotel ZaZa in Dallas offers special incentives to planners booking a meeting or catered event at the property by the end of 2010....

Fairmont Debuts Healthy Menus, Queen Mary Renovates, Taheima Offers "Meetings with Meaning"

By Special Events Staff

Starting Jan. 1, Toronto-based Fairmont Hotels will offer the new program "Lifestyle Cuisine Plus" to meeting planners....

Renaissance Resort Offers Deal, New Event Space at Westin Peachtree Plaza, Wyndham Orange County Launches Twitter Contest

By Special Events Staff

The "Beat the Recession" group package offered by the Renaissance Resort at Golf World Village in St. Augustine, Fla., is available for new meetings booked and held by Dec. 31, 2011....

Unconventional Convention Hotels

By Natasha Garber

These hot convention properties are as noteworthy for what they don't offer big-box ballrooms, sterile breakouts, boring buffet stations as what they...