The International Special Events Society, headquartered in Chicago, announced its 2009-2010 International Board of Governors yesterday. The Officers of the Board are:
President: Kathleen DeLuca, CSEP, CMP, president, Events Plus, Collingswood, N...
Flexibility, paying attention to client demands, and cutting costs to the bone are key strategies that special event professionals are using to stay afloat during the current recession.
In a May 13 article, Special Events reported that a growing...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Friday that Fun Express Inc., based in Omaha, has expanded its May 12 recall of face paints, commonly used on children at parties and festivals, to include two more colors. The initial recall was fo...
Tight event budgets are putting the squeeze on decor. In an recent online poll, 60 percent of event professionals tell Special Events that they are using less decor at their special events now than in years past. Thirty percent say they are using...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week advised consumers to stop using certain face paints commonly used on children at festivals, parties and other special events because of reports of adverse skin reactions.
The paints, distributed by...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today suspended its warning against all non-essential travel to Mexico, first issued April 27 in response to widespread outbreaks of H1N1 "swine" flu.
The agency "downgraded" its advice to what...
Whether it's due to better news from the stock market or less-than-miserable unemployment reports, some 41 percent of special event professionals polled this week by Special Events predict that the economy will start to recover this year. This is...
The state of Maine last week became the fifth state in the U.S. to legalize same-sex marriage, as both houses of the state legislature voted to OK gay unions.
Lawmakers in New Hampshire also approved a same-sex marriage bill, which now goes to t...
The state of Maine last week became the fifth state in the U.S. to legalize same-sex marriage, as both houses of the state legislature voted to OK gay unions.
Lawmakers in New Hampshire also approved a same-sex marriage bill, which now goes to t...
As the strain of H1NI "swine" flu dominating the headlines appears to be less virulent than feared, officials in both the U.S. and Mexico are beginning to ease up on restrictions.
The threat level in Mexico City, which virtually ground to a halt...