Important new products and trends for special event professionals including in FX, special effects, floral, lighting, linens, props, tabletop items, technical support and tents
Austin, Texas-based Austin Party Central announced Sunday that it has acquired Premiere Tents & Events, also in Austin. Terms were not disclosed.
The new entity, which now has three outlets, will be rebranded as Premiere Party Central, according...
Dome Guys offers a line of fire-retardant, waterproof domes ranging in size from 16 feet to 90 feet in diameter.
The continuous skin of the domes can be custom printed with logos or other graphics; it can also screen video.
The company is offer...
The new CORT Event Furnishings Web site offers a free 2D space-planning tool to registered users.
The tool, which works with both Mac and PC computers, provides digital aerial views of the event venue.
Planners can use drag-and-drop functions t...
What does an hour of the delivery driver's time cost? It's not his hourly wage. The practice of job-costing — factoring in all the expenses associated with a project — can not only shore up margins but can help rental managers make better busines...
The new "Groove" light box from Belfast, Maine-based Moss Inc. features a smooth-surface aluminum extrusion system that showcases richly printed fabric graphics with minimal emphasis on the frame itself. The fabric slides into the extrusion's gro...
Guests can leave the event with a custom, branded presentation thanks to ExtendEvent from Eventography Studios. The company's photographers capture the event in progress, then create the interactive presentation, which is handed to departing gues...
Rochester, N.Y.-based Kwik-Covers has added the colors pink and lime green to its line of elasticized table covers, bringing the total number of solid colors available to 11 and prints to six. The line consists of "fitted" vinyl table covers with...
Chicago-based C. Cretors & Co. has introduced a new line of concession equipment. The Echols line of high-speed ice shavers can shave up to 500 pounds of ice per hour, in sizes ranging from small cubes to 4.5-inch chunks. Powered by gas, battery ...
Despite a frosting of snow, event rental operators from a dozen countries converged on Atlanta over the weekend for ARA's "Events & Tents" show. The two-day event took place at the Georgia World Congress Center.
After an insider tour Saturday of...
