Important new products and trends for special event professionals including in FX, special effects, floral, lighting, linens, props, tabletop items, technical support and tents
With this season’s rainfall in Los Angeles threatening to break a 121-year-old record, the party rental industry in the area has managed to stay afloat, despite the challenges brought by soaked sites and snarled traffic...
Jazz up standard party shots with IceShots from Miami-based So Cool Events. The company can supply pre-made fruit juice or mixer frozen inside miniature plastic shot glasses, forming an intense flavored base for liquors. Just add citrus vodka to ...
Need to make a statement — literally — at your next event? Try “interior typography” from Columbus, Ohio-based Wonderful. The company manufactures letters, numbers and symbols made from thin pieces of vinyl, which when applied look as though they...
Guests will gladly get in line for Dance Heads, a new entertainment concept that uses “green screen” technology to superimpose guests' heads onto professional dancers' bodies. Up to three people at a time sit on stools and are covered up to their...
EVERYONE LOVES TO get gifts, and event guests are no exception. It's not just pricey presents that make an impression, either. Whether costly or cheap, well-chosen gifts and favors personalize special events while creating cherished keepsakes for...
A better business climate? Yes. Continuing cost pressures? Yes again. According to the party and event rental forecast conducted each year by the research arm of Special Events Magazine, rental operators are expecting both these forces to be in p...
Searching for something special to give to guests at your next event? Try Beaucoup, an online boutique that specializes in elegant favors, gifts and table decorations for events ranging from bridal showers to weddings to holiday parties. The...
WHEN BOARD MEMBERS from the Taft Museum of Art in Cincinnati contacted David Murphy to design an event area for the May grand reopening of the museum following a $22 million renovation, he soon discovered that adequate space was priceless. With n...
This month, Pittsburgh Party & Tent Rental owner Dan Skena starts a three-year term on the ARA board of directors as chairman of the association's Party and Special Events Special Interest Group, or SIG. Here, he describes his perspectives and go...
