June 2003 is the scheduled completion date for The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino, Las Vegas, to add a new hotel tower and expanded meeting space, company officials said. The expansion will include a total of 1,1013 new suites, a Venetian-garden...
Princeton, N.J.-based event planning company KMA Events announced last week that it has been selected by the Arts Council of Princeton to produce Communiversity 2003, an annual street arts festival that attracts more than 10,000 people to the city...
LOOKING TO RUN a lean and mean event business? Better think about the business software you're running. With a tight economy and a market growing more competitive by the day, smart software can mean the difference between forging ahead and falling...
ALEX BROOKS FINE Catering and Gourmet Alternative, two of Denver's leading catering operations, have merged to form Gourmet Fine Catering. The new company, which is second in revenue in the Denver area to market leader Epicurean Catering...
WHEN IS A PARTY not just a party? When it's also an opportunity for creative inspiration, business education and important networking with colleagues from around the globe. The Special Event 2003, coming to Orlando, Fla., Jan. 8-11, promises a...
IN A MEETINGS and events market marked by restricted travel and tight budgets, there's no question that incentives still sell. According to results of a recent SITE study, the $27 billion incentive industry continues to thrive due to the...
“Event planning is like performing a high-wire act without a safety net,” reads the jacket of Judy Allen's newest book. “Once your event starts, there are no second chances.” “The Business of Event Planning” goes behind the scenes of events large...
WHILE CHRIS YEAGER admits he might have “refined some of the details” if he'd had more than a mere month to create a launch party for hit TV miniseries “Dinotopia,” he says the time crunch forced him to go for “the big wow.” And when the president...
FOR SOMEONE WHO never intended to specialize in special events, ISES international president David Spear has certainly embraced his industry wholeheartedly. The association leader and owner of Mandeville, La.-based Classic Effects says it was a...
“AS LONG AS the kids are happy, everything is going to be good,” says Mistine McNeff of San Francisco-based Capstone Events. And ensuring that everything is good has got to be the goal when the event in question is a $4.5 million international...