ANNIE PATTON, former event producer for Concord, N.C.-based JHE PRODUCTION GROUP, has formed FESTIVITIES, a Charlotte, N.C.-based special event company. Patton's operation provides special event planning, corporate hospitality, production services...
Chicago-based Oxford Capital Partners has unveiled the National Conference Center at Lansdowne in Lansdowne, Va., following a $29-million improvement campaign. Located on the grounds of the former Xerox Document University in one of Washington's...
FROM THE TIME they're received in September to the time the trophies are handed out in January, Gala Award winners go through five rounds of judging by a panel of Special Events Magazine Advisory Board members. Here, Gala Awards judges explain how...
Corporate clients can add kick to meetings and events with Corporate Sidekicks — an innovative form of interactive entertainment. At a Corporate Sidekicks performance, a character puppet appears on a projection screen and interacts live with a...
CHERYL FISH, vice president of Las Vegas-based MGM Mirage Events, has come a long way since she launched her first event company in a Los Angeles garage 21 years ago. “The first time we did a large event, we had 22 centerpieces, a stage marquee, a...
Are you a major player in special event production? The September issue of Special Events Magazine will feature the top 50 event planning companies. (Note: The article will focus on companies in charge of coordinating venue, catering...
The International Special Event Education Foundation, the ISES arm dedicated to supporting education and professionalism in special events, named the New York Metro Chapter the winner of its recent fund-raising drive thanks to the chapter’s...
