News and trends in special events including bar mitzvahs, bat mitzvahs, birthday parties, Sweet 16 parties, debutante balls, corporate events, awards programs, fairs, festivals, galas, fundraisers and green/eco events.
Los Angeles-based TBA Global, a leading experiential marketing and communications company, today announced the launch of its new "Connective Learning" platform, which aims to build learning programs that link learners with content while developin...
Antonia Keller caught the event bug early. She started planning events while a Spanish major at Louisiana State University. After graduating in 2000, she signed on with a Dallas-based event firm, then returned to her hometown of New Orleans to wo...
STAR POWER
Los Angeles-based Hollywood Knights International has a surefire plan for raising money: Snag some celebrities, put them in a sporting event, let the fun ensue and the money will follow. Yet, even this solid plan of attack needs tweak...
She was born into the catering business. Anne Dunsmore's father — Joe Hyde — was a prominent caterer in New York, and she and her two brothers came home from school to “pick little baby crabs off mussels and shuck oysters,” she recalls. Dunsmore ...
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'08 has been great for some event planning companies — mega events such as the Summer Olympics in Beijing and the U.S. presidential conventions are boosting forecasts overall. Our respondents ...
All the artistic director wanted was Paris.
At the after-party following its May win in the Pell Awards, which recognize distinguished achievement in the arts, the artistic director of Providence, R.I.-based Trinity Repertory Co. asked event des...
The telephones at the Special Events Magazine offices are busy taking calls from event professionals busy with their Gala Award entries. This year's competition is open to events that have taken place between Sept. 1, 2007, and Aug. 31, 2008. Eve...
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CERTIFIABLY GREEN: St Julien Hotel & Spa just won the Eco-Cycle's Zero Waste Community & Business Award 2008.
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MAKE IT DELICIOUS
To help manufacturer Electrolux debut its new line of kitchen appliances, Fairborn, Ohio-based exhibit expert Czarnowski turned an exhibit booth into cupcake heaven.
At the Kitchen/Bath Industry Show in April in Chicago, some ...
The April fundraising gala benefiting children's charity Father Joe's Villages was a special occasion in more ways than one. Not only was the event a first-time effort, but it marked the first time ever that gala host and event venue Valenti Inte...
