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.
When it comes to corporate events, the in-house experts are feeling a bite on business. After six years of growing optimism, only 19 percent say they will host more events this year than last, a 10 percent dip from the results of the 2007 poll. H...
Global brands — Coca-Cola, BMW, Microsoft — demand partners who think globally. And these three, plus scores of others, have found that with Vok Dams Group. From its original office — founded in Wuppertal, Germany, in 1975 — Vok Dams has blossome...
The flashing lights coming from the e-mail invitations to hip-hop artist Kanye West's “Glow in the Dark Tour” after-parties let invitees know exactly what they were in for. New York-based Strategic Group Production treated an eclectic mix of “inf...
The U.S. presidential election is still three months away, but two far bigger events--at least in terms of special events--are coming up quickly. The Democratic National Convention comes to Denver Aug. 25-28, followed by the Republican National C...
You want your corporate event to be remembered for its great camaradie and the great experience it provided. You do not want your event to be remembered because it broke the rules and wound up costing your company plenty in fines and bad publicit...
Transforming raw office space into a society-worthy soiree might have given even legendary debutante-turned-designer Dorothy Draper pause. But Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based DMC Createabilities followed Draper's advice that decor should be fabulous ...
If you want to see a prize-winning pig, don't attend any of the festivals described here. While county fairs have plenty to offer — nobody is knocking farm-fresh jam — some festivals now have surprisingly sophisticated spins. Instead of attractin...
I've read a rash of articles lately on “greenwashing,” accusing big business, including big hotel chains, of promoting themselves as being far more environmentally responsible than they really are...
When San Francisco-based Ideas Event Decor & Production opted not to bid on the San Francisco Ballet's 2008 opening night gala — an event the company had designed for the past two years — company founder J. Riccardo Benavides knew he was taking a...
