In the old days, event games were strictly kid stuff. As Stacey Paul Barabe, CSEP, director of sales for Orlando, Fla.-based Event Mall, puts it, “Before, you would show up with a dart game and a pop-a-shot and call it an ‘event.’” Now, games app...
TWO 3,200-guest receptions, one sit-down dinner of the same size and a raft of specialty bars, stations, passed hors d'oeuvre and cocktails — sounds like an elaborate fête for an opulent monarch. But this week of king-size events observed the 75t...
WHEN you make a big announcement, you need a big stage. Imagination USA provided just such a setting for client Ford Motor Co. at Ford's new-model introduction meeting, held July 31 through Aug. 11 in Las Vegas. This year's event marked the first...
WHAT'S past is not forgotten, even in desserts. According to Alejandro Luna, executive pastry chef of the Boston-based Langham Hotel, “Chefs are bringing back classics in a more innovative or original way. It's like fashion.” His colleagues in th...
WEDDINGS, corporate meetings and incentive programs flourish in the far corners of the world, resulting in attendees experiencing not just a special event but also a special location. Between the event itself and a resort brimming with activities...
Get guests to say “yes” with Greenlight Designs' invitations. Creating specialty summonses for occasions such as celebrity birthdays and product launches, North Hollywood, Calif.-based Greenlight Designs dreamed up the invite to Hilary Duff's bir...
HAVE you heard about it? The topic is all over the business press. From The Wall Street Journal to Fast Company Magazine and everywhere in between, corporations are concerned with the fast-approaching turnover of the workforce. In the next 10 yea...
Want to fly like a bird? Try I.FLY.LI, a flying trapeze school on Long Island, N.Y. The company offers groups the opportunity to make like Peter Pan for parties, team-building get-togethers or corporate events. After a review of the basics on ter...
THERE'S nothing like New York's annual Fashion Week to get the blood of style mavens pumping. And there's nothing like Fashion Rocks to kick off the city's weeklong celebration of design innovation. Curated by Sir Elton John and featuring music s...
THERE'S a blog for everything these days, from food to literature and everything in between. Naturally, events have found their way to the blogosphere as well. Easily maintained, blogs — from the term “Web logs” — allow people to post dated entri...