THEY MAY BE far apart on a map, but the two hotel catering departments featured in this month's Food for Fêtes — those of Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin of Lake Buena Vista, Fla., and JW Marriott Camelback Inn of Scottsdale, Ariz. — are on the...
THEY MAY HAVE had a hometown advantage when it came to participating in Chicago's long-awaited Millennium Park inaugural gala. But, say staffers of 35-year-old Chicago event and concert production veteran JAM Productions and famed caterer Wolfgang...
The small screen is coming soon to a T-shirt near you, thanks to San Francisco-based Brand Marketers. The company has created what it calls T-shirt TV — T-shirts embedded with screens and speakers that are capable of delivering video, flash...
Are you a major destination management company? The December issue of Special Events Magazine will feature 25 top DMCs, and you may belong on the list...
L.A.’s event industry turned out last night to tour the new Wallis Annenberg Building for Science Learning and Innovation, part of downtown’s California Science Center. Noted architect Thom Mayne handled the overhaul of the 1914 former armory...
FROM HER START renting her spare white wood chairs to fellow caterers in the mid-'90s, Betsy Stone built South San Francisco-based Sisters Party Rentals into a booming rental business. She sold to Classic Party Rentals in August 2003, but came...
ACCORDING TO PLANNER Mary Dann, the qualities that helped Rosalynn Sumners reach glory in the 1984 Winter Olympics also made the renowned figure skater an exciting, and challenging, client. “She's very creative and determined,” explains the...
LONGTIME READERS OF this column know that I believe professional associations pay you back for your investment of time and money. The latest Eventworld — the annual ISES professional development conference — was a great investment...