The food and beverage department at Canyon Ranch Health Resort in Tucson, Ariz., wants guests to have their cake and eat it, too. But you can bet that cake will be low in fat...

IF YOU FOLLOW SPORTS, you're probably adding the names of new expansion teams to your vocabulary. But are you adding them to your list of potential clients? Expansion teams and an increasing interest in women's sports have strengthened the market...

As the special event industry plans an unprecedented number of events to ring in the new century, underwriter Victor O. Schinnerer & Co. announces the Gulf/Schinnerer Event Cancellation Millennium Program. Manager Duane Repko tells Special...

Your crew checked and double-checked and triple-checked the order and the truck left for the jobsite right on time. But the client's call comes anyway: The order was late, the order was short, and what are you going to do about it...

Submit a recipe to the New Zealand Trade Development Board site on the Internet's World Wide Web and you might win a real visit to New Zealand. Designed for food professionals in the United States, the Web site (www.discovernz.com) includes...

What do transportation professionals know about managing vehicle fleets that party rental professionals may not...

A FULL SLATE OF activities-education sessions, a trade show, the Gala Awards and interaction with industry leaders-is on tap for The Special Event 2000, slated for Jan. 12-15 in San Diego. (A complete program for The Special Event 2000 is included...

In Good Taste: A Contemporary Approach to Cooking, written by master chef Victor Gielisse, registered dietitian Mary Kimbrough and foodservice consultant Kathryn Gielisse, explores the art of cooking with an eye to nutrition. All recipes feature a...

"As competition and client needs become more demanding, make sure you have someone with genuine design background on your staff-someone who knows art deco from art nouveau, someone who can look at design with an attuned eye. Today's clients are...

THE INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL EVENTS Society set new goals and shared ideas before a record attendance of 380 at its annual Conference for Professional Development, Aug. 7-10 in Washington, D.C. The CPD was a time to recap the year's growth and...