SEPT. 10, 2001 — All systems were go for one of our biggest events of the year. The National Auto Auction Association was hosting its annual seven-day convention in three weeks at San Francisco's downtown Marriott. Two thousand attendees from the...
WHERE'S THE PARTY? Denise Dornfeld, executive vice president of the San Diego, Orange County (Calif.) and Los Angeles offices of Carlsbad, Calif.-based PRA Destination Management, offers tips on putting your event in its place...
Ask Cynthia Lett of Silver Spring, Md.-based The Lett Group and she'll tell you: Etiquette isn't just for debutantes and diplomats. Her training company, which specializes in delicate business protocol across cultures and industries, now offers...
WE WEREN'T SURE what to expect when we launched our Corporate Event Marketplace study three months ago. The economy that started souring last summer followed by the tragedies of 9/11 put a chill on corporate special events. But in the face of ups...
SEAN DE FREITAS' March 10 “'80s Reverb” event had an underground feel — literally. The president of Dania, Fla.-based Designs by Sean recalls how the $100,000 party — closing night of a multi-day corporate incentive event for an international...
A STABLE TABLE is an event and meeting staple, top table companies across the board agree. The differences come in the ways individual manufacturers are creating sturdier, more stylish models to meet the modern event industry's needs...
A TEAM OF 16 top event professionals will lead the development of events at The Special Event 2003, Jan. 8-11 in Orlando, Fla., at the Orange County Convention Center. The Special Event is managed and produced by Primedia Business Exhibitions and...
“I NEVER, EVER PLANNED that this was where my life was going to take me,” says Boca by Design sales manager Lauren Fine about her event career. The New York native, who holds a degree in interior design, says she “didn't even think there was a...
ON THE ICE, the kids had it covered. But off the ice, it was Los Angeles-based Bartsch Trotter & Associates that wowed the crowd with a Hollywood themed “draw party” — one of two events they produced for the 2002 State Farm National Figure...