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.
Last week the Hyatt Regency Boston received the Boston Green Business Award for its green practices, which include water conservation, wastewater management, solid waste reduction and energy conservation.
The property features motion-detection l...
In recognition of its environmentally sensitive policies, the Fairmont Chicago has earned a bronze certification from the nonprofit Green Seal organization.
The hotel features energy-efficient equipment in office, kitchen and laundry facilities...
For most companies, "account management" is usually about selling what you've already got to customers you already have. In contrast, "business development" focuses on finding new clients, and sometimes creating entirely new products to serve the...
The landmark Hilton Americas-Houston in Houston has been named the first hotel in Texas to achieve the Green Seal certification on the silver level from the nonprofit Green Seal organization.
To qualify for Green Seal certification, a hotel must...
Incentive events for big business may be in the doghouse, but special events are the solution--at least in the eyes of Reno, Nev., city council--to boosting city coffers. The council is investigating ways to turn an abandoned golf course into a v...
Due in part to the demand for "green events" that create less waste and consume fewer resources, 30 percent of respondents to a recent online poll from Special Events say their clients are cutting back "somewhat" on their use of fresh floral at e...
Patricia (Patti) Roscoe “never looked back,” she says, when, after 15 years in the hospitality industry, she started her own DMC in 1981. Business boomed, and by 1997, her Carlsbad, Calif.-based DMC had blossomed into the nationwide PRA Destinati...
When it comes to the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences' annual Grammy Awards after-party, event producer Along Came Mary has an ace up its sleeve — its long-standing relationship with the academy. “We know them really well and they ...
