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.
August 2008 — I was asked to keynote for a new association of event and entertainment planners in India, an organization called EEMA. It was new and bold, and members were interested in learning all that they could about events in the rest of the...
Timing really is everything. Kathy Miller, founder of Schaumburg, Ill.-based Total Event Resources, at first didn't dream of working in the special event industry. But trading in her “boring” bank job for a position as sales and marketing secreta...
The “green” food movement has no shortage of buzzwords. Organic, sustainable, local, slow food, fair trade, hormone-free … It's a lot to process for green-going newbies. To help caterers navigate green waters, three experts long committed to the ...
It takes a great event to impress beauty editors who have seen — and sampled — it all. At the April media launch of Coty Prestige's new “Harajuku Lovers” fragrance collection, created by pop superstar Gwen Stefani, Los Angeles-based TBA Global ma...
Businesspeople are holding their breath this week as the U.S. Congress wrangles over the astonishing $700 billion bailout proposed by the Bush Administration to save the sinking financial sector. Although Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is urgin...
This year's Primetime Emmy Awards Governors Ball, slated for Sept. 21, will celebrate its 60th anniversary with a traditional diamond motif. The media saw a preview of the "diamond anniversary"-themed affair on Thursday.
Once again under the dir...
The city of Liverpool, England, continued its "European Capital of Culture" year this week with a five-day street theater event featuring a 50-foot tall mechanical spider. On Wednesday, residents saw the spider clinging to the side of an office b...
The threat of Hurricane Gustav on the Gulf Coast put the damper on appearances by some politicians at the Republican National Convention, but the party pace continues unabated, event pros tell Special Events. The convention runs Sep. 1-4 in Minne...
Busy event professionals who want extra recognition for their work are getting some extra time to enter this year's Gala Awards competition. Entries can come in to the Special Events Magazine offices by Friday, Sept. 5, by 4 p.m. Pacific. With th...
