The liberals want more spending programs and more business regulation, the conservatives want more tax cuts and fewer regs. The stock market wants to know we've finally hit bottom, and the public wants to know when things will start looking up...
Excess is out, thrift is in. Even party hosts with big budgets are shying away from lavish spending in the face of dour economic news. In Part II of our “Save Me the Money!” series, event rental experts share how they help their clients cut costs...
Alameda, Calif.-based ENTIRE PRODUCTIONS has expanded with the introduction of new team members, an office in San Francisco and the launch of an updated Web site. For more information, call 415/706-3800 or visit www.entireproductions.com. Stua...
During economic downturns, people tend to travel less and support local businesses more — which is good news for private clubs. Clubs are counting on the loyalty of their members — many of whom go back three generations — to keep business booming...
Food can set a mood. Fried chicken says one thing, caviar, another. But what does a salad with flower petals, a tower of strawberries or a heart-accented ice cream sandwich say? Pure, unabashed romance.
LOVE (AND SALADS) BLOSSOM
If roses captur...
Baby, it's cold inside. When Dan Vazquez, CMP, president of Miami-based AOM Events, was tapped to design an 18-day holiday showcase for the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek, located in Coconut Creek, Fla., his directive was to “create a holiday expe...
Want to wed like a rock star? Or borrow a wedding theme from the big screen? There are many ways to put some showbiz glitz into a wedding. Here, wedding experts tell us how to put on the ultimate big-day show — and provide tips for those without ...
Design Mind: Diann Valentine, D.R. Valentine & Associates, Studio City, Calif., www.drvalentine.net
Two for One: Wedding guru and host of DreamWorks TV's “Wedding Day,” scheduled to premiere on TNT this spring, Valentine designed an outdoor wedd...
Two huge party occasions--the Academy Awards in Los Angeles and Mardi Gras in New Orleans--hit this week, and event professionals on both ends of the U.S. says business has been at least steady.
Event pros behind the Oscar bashes are reporting a...
Some 68 percent of respondents to an online poll from Special Events last week say that recent moves by corporations to cancel incentives and other meetings are PR ploys to avoid the "AIG effect." Twenty-eight percent say the cancellations are a ...