Important new products and trends for special event professionals including in FX, special effects, floral, lighting, linens, props, tabletop items, technical support and tents
DIEGO Discacciati, vice president of marketing at East Brunswick, N.J.-based Drake Corp., says there are two opposing camps on the subject of seating. “Event designers are always looking for new and particular items,” he explains, “but rental com...
HOW to create an event space in a very public place? Try tents. Or as self-described “sales goddess” Suzanne Warner of Surrey, British Columbia-based tent-maker Tentnology describes them, “space articulators,” which helped BMW last year with its ...
TIP: Get it right on site.
So many responsibilities, so little time. Those are the conditions facing event-makers during the critical setup, production and strike phases of most events, notes Cynde Stetler of Richfield, Ohio-based ProMarketing I...
FUEL prices may be rising. Labor costs may be rising. But the spirits of big event rental companies are rising right along with them as our 30 top companies expect a vibrant business year. Even when sales boosts from acquisitions are excluded, our...
PRESIDENT of the newly renamed Marquee Event Group in Austin, Texas, Damon Holditch, CSEP, CERP, purchased his party rental business in 1985 and turned it into one of the top party rental companies in the area. In 2000, he painted all his trucks ...
QUESTION: What do you get when you take one real estate broker, add a love of at-home entertaining and a dash of entrepreneurial ambition? Answer: Charlie Feldbaum. The former college finance major and one-time stockbroker says it was his desire ...
Keep Cool (Or Hot)
Pelouze thermometers from Rubbermaid boast a variety of features for keeping food safe and at optimal temperatures. User-friendly aspects include large, easy to read dials and an anti-roll design. The thermometers are certifie...
Tee Time With Taste
Sanitized and safe for a nibble between putts, Tasty Golf Tees come in mint and cherry flavors. After noticing the habit some golfers have of holding a fresh tee in their mouths, two inventors devised the 3 ¼'' white birch te...
