As the $8.5 billion CityCenter development in Las Vegas—a mini city of residences, hotels, shopping and entertainment—prepares for its grand opening in December, the event team that has helped the project win supporters is now sharing behind-the...
Caterers and venues show cautious optimism about 2009 holiday party business, with 72 percent predicting that they will have the same or better business this year than they did in 2008. Twenty-nine percent of respondents say that holiday party bu...
Although breaking into new markets and offering new services can be vital to surviving a recession, the process often takes more time and costs more money than special event businesses originally planned. These findings were presented at the sess...
The work required to create and respond to Requests for Proposals for special events is always tough. And not surprisingly, today's lousy economy is making following the rules even more important.
With budgets tight, "Contractors unwilling to di...
Any rock fan is proud to say, "I'm with the band." And the 2,000 attendees at communications giant Cisco Systems' final-night party in Boston last month could say just that, as the Cisco event team partnered with George P. Johnson Experience Mark...
