Some 42 percent of corporate event professionals predict their companies will host more events in 2008 than they will this year, according to the latest Corporate Event Marketplace survey from Special Events Magazine. This is the most optimistic...
Party rental powerhouse Classic Party Rentals, based in Los Angeles, announced today that it has acquired Fiesta Rentals of West Palm Beach, Fla. Classic picked up Pompano Beach, Fla., market leader Panache Party Rentals in February. Terms of...
The International Olympic Committee voted yesterday to name the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, as host of the Winter Olympics in 2014. Russia triumphed over finalists Austria and South Korea...
As reported last week in Eventline, the stage is set for a slew of events aimed at making the most of Saturday's momentous date: 7/7/07.
The biggest of them all will be "Live Earth," an international concert series that will attempt to bring 2 b...
Dale Harmon says he has Sears-Roebuck to thank for his start in what has become a long career in events. More commonly associated with large appliances and even larger mail-order catalogs than high-style entertaining, the famed retailer hired a c...
People sometimes go through the exercise that asks, if your house were on fire, what would you grab first? (Which, when you think about it, is a pretty miserable exercise.)
High on my list (after family photos and financial records and all the o...
Big events require bold strokes, but an intimate event calls for fine-tuned finesse. Case in point: a dinner for 10 catered by Someone's in the Kitchen, based in Tarzana, Calif. Dazzling decor and a delicious dinner accompanied an evening at the ...
A first-time event challenges any professional tasked with its design and production. But when the event involves headline entertainment, an attendee count forecast that could be off by 1,000, and guests that rank from just-your-average-high-pric...
Lee Rubenstein is moving fast. Named president and chief operating officer of Los Angeles-based TBA Global in January, the communications pro is on the road almost constantly, visiting TBA's offices and clients to broaden branding's horizons. For...