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.
THOUGH SHE'S BEEN with global money management firm Invesco for 18 years, Wanda Wynn says she still considers herself an event industry “newcomer.” Maybe that's because she spent half that time as a portfolio administrator before making the leap ...
WHEN YOU'RE CIRQUE du Soleil, you've got a reputation to uphold — one for a level of sensory excitement unmatched on the global entertainment scene. That duty doesn't diminish when it comes to putting on a party, especially one celebrating the...
MEMBERS OF THE Redmoon Theater in Chicago are used to putting on elaborate productions — it's part of the job. So when it came time to produce their third annual Spectacle Lunatique fund-raiser in February, it was simply a matter of getting into ...
ON JAN. 19, in the midst of a frosty Canadian winter, Toronto's Distillery Historic District was a bona fide hot spot. That's when the complex of event sites, galleries and cafes, located in the city's funky Corktown area, transformed itself from...
High-end whiskey brand Johnnie Walker Black Label reached out from its traditional base of preppy aristos to hip amigos with a “Fusion” party in L.A. last week developed by New York-based Overland Entertainment Co. (www.overlandentertainment.com)...
WHEN BUYING A car, customers buy far more than four wheels — they also buy an image. And when shifting markets demand a shift in that image, special events are in the driver's seat.
SELLING THE SIZZLE
The rock-solid image of safety represented ...
IN-HOUSE MEETING planners be warned: If your internal auditing department hasn't yet taken an interest in your meeting spend documentation, it's only a matter of time. That's because section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act — a bill enacted in 2002...
WHEN BOARD MEMBERS from the Taft Museum of Art in Cincinnati contacted David Murphy to design an event area for the May grand reopening of the museum following a $22 million renovation, he soon discovered that adequate space was priceless. With n...
ONE OF THE best parts of my job is watching the Gala Awards ceremony at The Special Event (see the winners on pages 22-36). It's wonderful to be in the audience as winners — the perennial pros and the newbies, the first-time entrants and the repe...
