The warmth of summer may still be months away, but delightful Drink Lamps from Mission Viejo, Calif.-based Festive Lighting will turn up the heat at any event. The colorful lamps are available in a bevy of beverage and glass styles including kiwi...
And the Gala Award goes to … The year's best event work was applauded at the annual Gala Awards ceremony, held Jan. 8 at The Special Event show in Miami. Here, Special Events Magazine presents the winners in 35 categories covering all facets of t...
You may not be in the business of sports events, but there's still plenty to learn from “The Sports Event Management and Marketing Playbook” by Frank Supovitz, a 20-year event veteran who has produced events for the National Hockey League and is ...
IT WASN'T THE size of the 600-guest wedding that gave pause to The Precious Moment, based in Taipei, Taiwan. After all, the company puts the average size of the nearly 50 weddings it produces annually at close to 500 guests. What posed the bigges...
PHELPS R. HOPE, owner of Atlanta-based ASPEN PRODUCTIONS and ABSOLUTELY ATLANTA, which closed their doors in October, has formed the PHELPS-RICHARDS GROUP. The company offers consulting services in the meetings, incentives, conventions and event...
IN THE ARENA of event marketing, placing clients ahead of their competition is a key challenge. Defining brands, promoting products and generating buzz for media- and market-hungry clients all require new ideas and innovative supplier sourcing. T...
OFTEN, EVENT planners have a fairly consistent set of questions on their mind: I have a limited budget, yet I need AV — how do I set priorities in my budget? If I want lighting, sound, video, staging and decor, should I just give each part of the...
IN THIS HIGH-TECH age, software is a necessity for every business, especially one with as many components as event rental. Whether the concern is managing time or inventory — or, most likely, both — these tips from rental software experts will he...
She may not have intended a career in meetings management, but that hasn't stopped Sharon Marsh, CMP, CMM, from making successful meetings her mission. And not just her own meetings, either. The corporate meeting professional (most recently with ...
With the death toll from the Dec. 26 tsunami in South Asia and East Africa now exceeding 212,000, the event industry is demonstrating its characteristic generosity of spirit, drumming up donations and offering aid from throughout the world...