HOLIDAY INN-AMARILLO OPENS CRYBABIES DINER AMARILLO, Texas-The Holiday Inn-Amarillo, which has recently completed a $2.5 million renovation, has opened its Crybabies Diner, a new concept tested here for possible development in select hotels...
Do hotel ballrooms offer lim-ited options for themed events? Only if the hotel catering department has a limited imagination. The Renaissance Vancouver Hotel Harbourside in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, started with a "jewel" theme and...
BEST OFF-PREMISE CATERED EVENT THE MOVING VENUE CATERERS, London Lend Lease Projects developed a three-day festival to launch Bluewater, Europe's largest retail and leisure destination in Kent, in southern England. The Moving Venue Caterers...
DROP A LINE "High turnover and other changes are common in a corporate environment. That's why you have to keep in touch with your corporate clients. No matter how much the contact person at your client corporation loves you, he or she might be...
The San Diego Convention Center Sails Pavilion, which overlooks the harbor and downtown San Diego, can accommodate 2,000 guests for a sit-down dinner with entertainment. But how can a space of these proportions be livened up without spending a...
When explaining how to cultivate a strong sales force, Stephen Reitter, general manager of Hudson, Mass.-based Encore Party Rentals, compares salespeople to musicians. "You can't teach somebody who doesn't have coordination to play the drums," he...
This issue marks the debut of a new column in Special Events Magazine-Guest Room. Here, we invite prominent members of the special event profession to share their thoughts on issues that affect everyone. What better way to start off a new year and...
MPI Exec Takes Over Foundation Meeting Professionals International has named David DuBois, CMP, as executive vice president of the MPI Foundation. The new title is in addition to DuBois' role as the chief operating officer of MPI...
Harp of the Future Take a classic instrument, add a futuristic twist, and you get the laser harp: a musical tool that replaces harp strings with kinetic, multicolored laser beams. The harp is much like its traditional predecessor with one major...