PRIVATE CLUBS GO HIGH-TECH

BY KELLY WARDLE

EVENTS are big business at city and country clubs, but to keep up with the high-tech demands of members and competition from other venues, clubs feel...

Westin Hotels go smoke-free

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, based in White Plains, N.Y., announced Monday that its upscale Westin Hotels & Resorts brand will become the first hotel chain to introduce a systemwide policy banning smoking. Effective next month, all 77 Westin hotels ...

CONFETTI: LONDON VENUES CALLING

The latest version of the Essential Venue Guide for London Eastside is now available to help event pros pick sites in London's East End. Produced by the...

SITE LINES: SCHOOL TIES

BY KELLY WARDLE

College and university campuses offer event venues with class...

SITE LINES: SPORTS VENUES LET GUESTS GET IN THE GAME

BY KELLY WARDLE

Sports-themed sites score as crowd-pleasing venues for special events...

COVER STORY: BOUTIQUE HOTELS HOST INTIMATE AFFAIRS

BY NATASHA GARBER

Sprawling ballrooms? Not likely. Airplane-hangar lobbies? Forget it. One-size-fits-all event and meetings packages? Not even close. With their style-over-size...

GUEST ROOM: DAVID DVORAK ON FLEETING MEETINGS

From his start as a meeting planner in the automotive industry, David Dvorak, CMP, has moved into the hotel business in big way. As vice president of...

SITE LINES: OFF THE BEATEN PATH

BY KELLY WARDLE

Unique sites in exotic locales let guests get away from it all...

SITE LINES: RESTAURANTS AT YOUR SERVICE FOR SPECIAL EVENTS

BY KELLY WARDLE

Fine dining and stylish surroundings make restaurants right for special events...

THE LAST WORD: THE BEVERLY WILSHIRE'S JAMES CUTFIELD ON CATERING TO CLIENTS

BY NATASHA GARBER

AS far as James Cutfield is concerned, bigger doesn't necessarily mean better. Not when it comes to Beverly Hills, Calif.'s Regent Beverly Wilshire the...