Important new products and trends for special event professionals including in FX, special effects, floral, lighting, linens, props, tabletop items, technical support and tents
New products for special events include inexpensive event carpet from American Turf and Carpet, the Aviator furniture collection from Blueprint Studios, and sky lanterns from LumaBase
New items for events include the 'Getty' furniture line from Designer 8, vintage china from Homer Laughlin, and wooden chapel pews from Town and Country Event Rentals.
Special event professionals share their thoughts on the virtues of smartphones versus tablets, along with inventions they wish existed and old-school tools such as paper calendars they will never abandon.
New tools for special events include a live wedding painting service from Christopher Turner, LED trees from Autograph Foliage, and elegant napkin rings from Impulse Entertainment
Useful new tools for special event professionals include the MeetingNew app, canvas 'plants' and a kit to transform wine bottles into drinking glass keepsakes
Four experts who create invitations for special events discuss the benefits and drawbacks of physical versus digital invitations, and how to encourage invitees to RSVP.
