The Copley Place shopping mall recently tried selling itself. The upscale Boston mall staged a charity benefit gala to highlight its role as a phil-antrophic member of the community and to showcase itself as a shopper...
Harp of the Future Take a classic instrument, add a futuristic twist, and you get the laser harp: a musical tool that replaces harp strings with kinetic, multicolored laser beams. The harp is much like its traditional...
This issue marks the debut of a new column in Special Events Magazine-Guest Room. Here, we invite prominent members of the special event profession to share their thoughts on issues that affect everyone. What better...
The San Diego Convention Center Sails Pavilion, which overlooks the harbor and downtown San Diego, can accommodate 2,000 guests for a sit-down dinner with entertainment. But how can a space of these proportions be...
DROP A LINE "High turnover and other changes are common in a corporate environment. That's why you have to keep in touch with your corporate clients. No matter how much the contact person at your client corporation...
More than 12,000 revelers danced the night away during this year's Black and White Ball in San Francisco, a biennial fund-raiser for the San Francisco Symphony. A local tradition, the event spread out over nine venues...
Survey Shows Food Distributors Ready for Y2K A survey of 82 grocery wholesale and foodservice distribution companies by Falls Church, Va.-based Food Distri-butors International shows that 100 percent of respondents...
DON'T FLIP OUT "When a problem arises, focus, solve it and never, ever lose your cool in front of anyone. Anybody can scream and belittle others, but it takes a talented, pragmatic professional to succeed for others...
EVERYBODY IN BUSINESS SUITS In the early days of American and European business, clothiers and tailors would visit prestigious offices and hold "trunk shows," showing off their latest suit fabrics to the executives...
New Year's Eve venues are not filling up as quickly as their hosts expected, according to a survey conducted by New York City-based Paint the Town Red, a special event firm that runs a free location-referral service...
