Ask catering directors and special event planners at hotels and resorts around the world what it takes to wow guests and they will say: It's a sophisticated world out there, and clients today expect the best. Events must be spectacular, and they...

MPI CONFERENCE TO FOCUS ON SELF-DISCOVERY Meeting Professionals International's 24th annual Professional Education Conference-North America will focus on self-discovery and finding a balance between career and personal life. The event will run Jan...

EVEN THOUGH COMPLETE strangers swap stories about how much their investments yield, when it comes to business, we have a long way to go to get over our phobia of money talk. This became obvious to me recently on two separate occasions...

MINGLE WITH MASTERS "Surround yourself with successful people. I work with anyone who advances the professionalism of the industry, as well as the rising stars-you can tell when someone's got it." ...

THIS PHRASE CONJURES up anticipation, excitement, fear. It tells us we are about to experience something new...

Chuck Barletta is doing it. After 12 years, he has said goodbye to corporate America to start his own business...

ROMANCE BLOOMED in a Queens, N.Y., warehouse last fall, thanks to Indianapolis-based LGH Design Group, which transformed an old furniture storehouse into a flower-filled wedding site...

RENE VAN REMS implores you to stop and smell the roses when you're networking at The Special Event 2000, Jan. 12-15 in San Diego...

SeaWorld Orlando opened "Ports of Call" in March, a new banquet facility and special event complex at the theme park. Complementing SeaWorld's marine theme, Ports of Call is set in a nautical wharf-side warehouse district, complete with two...

TSCentral Inc., an Internet-based provider of products and services for the event industry, and Hong Kong-based PICO Far East Holdings, an Asian company that provides exhibition stands, have created TSCentral Asia. New services include advertising...