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Adobe Systems' November customer-appreciation event in San Francisco had more than one thing going for it — in fact, it had two. Staged at the new California Academy of Sciences and adjacent de Young Museum — two landmark Golden Gate Park buildin...
Los Angeles-based Corporate Rock 'n Roll Fantasy Camp allows co-workers to live out their rock-star dreams while strengthening teamwork and collaboration skills. Employees of all musical abilities come together to form bands and perform. All musi...
Entitled “A Walk Through the Seasons,” an August gala hosted by Chinese real estate development firm Vanke could just as easily have been called “A Study in Contrasts.” Contrast, after all, was the foundation of a design scheme created to echo th...
Get ready to be impressed. Here you'll find the best work in 35 event categories as determined by members of the Special Events Magazine Advisory Board. Enjoy a preview of the nominees here, and then join us to honor the winners on Jan. 30 at The...
CB Wismar's resume is blue-chip all the way. After stints at some of the biggest names in the business — Carlson Marketing, PGI — he joined 40-million-member AARP (formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons) in Washington last ...
Sexy sells. When tasked with planning a profitable 15th annual Daffodil Ball fundraiser in a tough economy, Alison Silcoff of Montreal-based Alison Silcoff Events knew she had to attract men — Canada's usual corporate donation decision-makers, sh...
Washington-based Global Events Partners announced the results of its annual worldwide DMC partner survey today; the survey reflects economic concerns mixed with cautious optimism. According to GEP, DMCs will likely face challenges ranging from...
East Brunswick, N.J.-based Drake Corp. announced today that it will implement its “chair to chair” recycling program at the beginning of next year.
The company will retrofit used chairs into “new” chairs; color choice will include beige, gray, a...
Miami Beach, Fla.-based Art Basel Miami--which opens this week at the Miami Beach Convention Center--announced Wednesday that it signed a lease agreement with city officials that guarantees the show’s continuance at the center for the next three...
It's hard to picture one of the largest event marketing firms in the world as the family business, but for George P. Johnson CEO Robert G. Vallee Jr., it is. His grandfather founded the firm in 1914, counting Detroit's auto industry among his fir...
