Los Angeles-based Classic Party Rentals, the leading event rental company in the U.S., said Tuesday that it will open a new warehouse and showroom in Sacramento, Calif., on Dec. 1. The Sacramento facility, which will join existing operations in...
Despite the tough economy, most event rental operators say they will not be discounting the price of their services, according to a recent online poll from Special Events. Just over half--51 percent--say that despite the bad news dominating the h...
“Hurricane Ike visited Houston on Saturday in the middle of the night, and oh, what a visitor he was!” says Jan Rocco, president of Party Props in Houston. Indeed, Hurricane Ike hit the coast of Texas on Sept. 13 and hit residents hard. When Ike ...
The price of a gallon of gasoline has dropped by almost 30 percent since July. Diesel fuel in the U.S. fell 18 cents to an average of $3.48 a gallon this week, down from an all-time high of $4.76 on July 14. With fuel prices dropping, are event r...
In the 1990s, Wheaton Party Rentals was a family business based just outside Washington. But the year 2000 brought big changes. The family sold the business and the business grew, expanding to Philadelphia, New Jersey and Virginia. Kelly Andres g...
It's the secret ingredient in appetizers, decor and guest lists--gasoline. If there's no gas, then the caterer can't deliver the food, the decor pieces sit on the loading dock, and guests can't get to the party. And a gas shortage is fraying temp...
The respondents to Special Events Magazine's 11th annual "30 Top Event Rental Companies" list predict an 8 percent boost in revenue this year, but the forecast for 2009 is not so rosy.
A roster of "mega events" this year--ranging from the Summer...
The Olympics, U.S. presidential elections--2008 has been a big year for big events. The companies profiled here, who made many of those events happen, predict an overall increase in business of 8 percent over last year. But that's down from the 1...
Businesspeople are holding their breath this week as the U.S. Congress wrangles over the astonishing $700 billion bailout proposed by the Bush Administration to save the sinking financial sector. Although Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is urgin...
The event industry in Houston is beginning to resume normal operations in the wake of Hurricane Ike, which reached landfall in Texas on Sept. 13. Widespread flooding and power outages have made life miserable for thousands.
Deborah Elias, CSEP...
