A CD-ROM of CSEP exam-prep lectures is now available from Julia Rutherford Silvers, CSEP, of Albuquerque, N.M.-based Speaking of Events. The lectures, including “Professional Event Administration, Coordination, Marketing and Risk Management” and ...
FOR THIS MONTH'S COVER STORY, WE TURNED TO MANY SOURCES, INCLUDING THE READERS OF SPECIAL EVENTS MAGAZINE SISTER PUBLICATIONS ASSOCIATION MEETINGS AND MEDICAL MEETINGS, TO FIND OUT WHICH HOTELS AND RESORTS TOP EVENT PLANNERS' LISTS. HERE, WE TAKE...
WITH “KEEPING MEMORY Alive” as an event title, Kimberly Gora, director of catering for Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group & Catering, Las Vegas, set out to ready Puck's Postrio restaurant, housed at the Venetian Resort Hotel, for the Fifth Annual...
WHILE FLORAL HOLDS FAST AS A CENTERPIECE staple, new centerpiece components and materials are seeing a surge in popularity. From the warmth of illuminated spandex to the whimsy of customized theme items, today's centerpieces are about atmosphere...
The Los Angeles Chapter of NACE honored John J. Daly Jr., CSEP, as the first recipient of its Los Angeles Event Industry Achievement Award with a gala dinner in September...
THE NEWSLETTER FROM Spaceworks Furniture Hire, Surrey, England, illustrates the power that the old-fashioned newsletter still has over a new-fangled Web site: “It puts updates about what we can achieve, our latest products and our staff in front...
PAULA FENNER, DIRECTOR OF CATERING AND CONVENTION services at the Westin Stonebriar Resort in north Dallas, got her event-planning career off to an early start...
A new champagne in a hip, diminutive container is currently making its way into select venues in Paris, London and the United States. Produced by the historic French champagne-maker House of Pommery, Pop champagne comes packaged in a cobalt blue...
In the December issue of Special Events Magazine, security consultant Gary Moses, who has been involved with security for major events including the Academy and Emmy awards, advises event professionals to ask the right questions to ensure safety...
