Important new products and trends for special event professionals including in FX, special effects, floral, lighting, linens, props, tabletop items, technical support and tents
Huge "Snow Globe" New from Artificial Ice Events The new "Snow Globe Live" from Artificial Ice Events is a 15-foot inflatable snow globe complete with holiday decor elements and a large, artificial-snow play area, the company says. Up to six gues...
Hip-hop Dessert Truck AvailableIn line with the food-truck craze, the new Big Swirl Truck plays club and hip-hop music while serving high-end soft-serve. The dessert is a soy-based sorbet available in 10 flavors that include Nutella, Pistachio, L...
With good news finally coming from the Gulf of Mexico after more than three miserable months of oil-disaster headlines, is the business picture brightening for special event professionals? The answer is yes and no.
Wedding planner Connie Reeder...
According to the latest online survey from Special Events, 53 percent of special event professionals use mobile apps—those inexpensive software programs that run on cell phones—in both their personal and professional lives. Here are some favorite...
Ice Bulb Offers Range of Ice Decor Ice Bulbs offers a wide range of ice decor pieces including ice curtains and lounge furniture (in photo), ice ball garnishes for cocktails and a new ice bar featuring a waterfall. The pieces are designed to last...
Halloween-theme Paper Lanterns Offered by ABC A wide variety of Halloween-theme paper lanterns is available from ABC Co. The line includes a lighted string of 10 black spheres sporting a skull and crossbones (see photo); the lanterns are 3 inches...
Holiday-theme Cupcake Wrappers Debut from Bella Cupcake Couture New from Bella Cupcake Couture, which offers high-end cupcake wrappers, the new holiday line includes "Zoe," a saucy Halloween wrapper that features skulls and other spooky motifs on...
IML Debuts Audience Response System Interactive event technology firm IML has introduced the IML Connector, which the company describes as not so much a handset as a mini computer that offers new options for audience-response tracking. The new de...
