MOVING heaven and earth for a wedding client is not the sort of thing most event pros would consider out of the ordinary. Moving trees? Well, that's a different story. Yet landscape alteration was just one of the many special measures that Greenw...
WINNING an elite bicycle race takes stamina, strategy and skill. The same can be said for managing a touring catering operation. British caterer Eat to the Beat took high-end catering on the road in February, serving some 9,000 VIPs in 10 cities ...
WANT to take a buffet from “just OK” to “Hey!”? These manufacturers and designers offer goods — and good advice — for putting height, hot hues and wow-factor features into station presentations...
ELEGANT crystal, fine china, lavish linen — event rental is a high-touch business. But managing rental inventory has traditionally been a low-tech affair, due to the challenges of managing a vast array of products that move in different quantitie...
The disaster stories of last year, including earthquakes and hurricanes, have faded from the headlines--at least for those who don't live in the ravaged areas. But suppliers in the special event industry haven't forgotten. Whether it's south Asia...
Stars of both the special event and entertainment worlds were named to the creative team to produce the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympic Games, to be held Aug. 8-24, 2008. Renowned film director Zhang Yimou ("Raise the Red...
Specialty linen giant GBS Linens, headquartered in Anaheim, Calif., opened its fifth outlet last week. The company said it plans to add other locations in Texas that will provide laundry service, too...
Labor and management of the not-yet-opened InterContinental Boston hotel have reached an agreement, the Boston Globe reports, after months of negotiation. Although the 21-story luxury condo/hotel project isn't slated to open until this fall, Local...
Special Events Magazine is looking for innovative software and other technologies that help special event professionals do their job more efficiently and more effectively. We will be demonstrating some of these innovations at ISES Eventworld 2006...