Important new products and trends for special event professionals including in FX, special effects, floral, lighting, linens, props, tabletop items, technical support and tents
Jersey Street Furniture Rentals offers such seating choices as couches, banquettes, ottomans and ball chairs. The "banquette with a view" is an unusual chair with portholes cut out across its back. Custom furniture coverings from Jersey Street...
The new O+ Stick from Oxygen Plus is a small, portable container of enriched oxygen. Offered as an alternative to coffee and energy bars to combat jet lag and increase energy for event attendees, the product contains pressurized oxygen in a sleek...
GoboMan has introduced the new GP100 GoboMan projector light. Thirty percent brighter than previous models, the 100-watt light has the same simple design and operation details as previous models. The GP100 comes with a 12-volt halogen lamp, five...
As we begin our 25th year publishing Special Events Magazine, each month we salute event professionals who have reached career milestones.
DESIGNING creative wrappings for event necessities, Mitchell Kelldorf, president of Scottsdale, Ariz.-base...
WHAT started as a terrible day at the office turned out to be a terrific career move for Michael Berk. The president of Carol Stream, Ill.-based M&M The Special Events Co. recalls the momentous occasion this way: “One day in 1980 I woke up on the...
FROM 1982 to 1997, Daniel Kaplan served as president of Hertz Equipment Rental Corp., the largest industrial and construction-equipment rental company in the world, and helped the company grow from $58 million in sales to more than $500 million...
THE latest crop of special effects requires a minimum of specialized skill to effect maximum impact. Using such user-friendly technologies as LED lighting and DMX controls, these effects are peerless for turning even the most ho-hum hall into a w...
IT'S Clear: The event rental industry is bullish on business in 2007. A total of 76 percent of respondents to this year's Special Events Magazine event rental survey predict they will handle more events this year than in 2006 — the most optimisti...
SmartDraw 2007 is the newest release of business graphics software from SmartDraw.com. The program allows users to create flowcharts, timelines and floor plans. SmartTemplates allow users to incorporate symbols, settings and color schemes in their...
