BRANCHING OUT
JOEY GALON has joined with SCENTIMENTS FLORALS as director of special events to create SCENTIMENTS EVENTS CO. Galon will head up the new events division of Los Angeles-based SCENTIMENTS, serving Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Las Vegas and Hawaii. Call 310/422-0506; www.scentimentsevents.com. • STEVEN YOUNG has opened ELITE PORTABLE RESTROOMS AND SHOWERS, based in New Orleans. Elite will work with its sister company, Event Rental. Call 504/220-0358; www.eliteportablerestrooms.com. • NANCY FRUMKES and CINDI OSBORN have launched MINT LOCATIONS, a new location-finding service for exclusive event spaces located in Belvedere, Calif. Call 415/671-9091; www.mintlocations.com. • ONE WISH is a new event design, marketing and party-planning firm based in Atlanta. Call 866/551-9919; www.onewishevents.com. • After 3 1/2 years as an Ice Magic franchise, Ice Magic SoCal is now THAT'S COOL EVENTS. The location — in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. — remains the same, as does the phone number. Call 562/942-0870; www.thatscoolevents.com. • Los Angeles-based GIRARI, a 10-year-old designer and manufacturer of furniture, is now offering its furniture for rent. Call 310/271-0088; www.girari.com/rental.html. • CORINNE RODRIGUEZ-MONTOYA has been selected to head EXCEPTIONAL EVENTS, a new division of Tierra Films based in Santa Fe, N.M. Call 505/264-0000; www.tierrafilms.com. • BBJ LINEN has opened its newest regional office in Las Vegas. TRICIA PUCCI, sales manager, and KERRI BROOKS, administrative coordinator, manage sales efforts at the office, located at 2700 E. Patrick Lane, Unit 1, Las Vegas NV 89120. Call 702/228-0611; www.bbjlinens.com. • THE SPECIAL EVENT CO. has opened a new office in Durham, N.C. The address is 2616 Erwin Road, #1335, Durham, NC 27705. Call 919/767-7584; www.specialeventco.com. • SANDY BROWN and ALLISON WERNER have restructured the company CORPORATE EVENT SERVICES to create AFFAIRE. The new company offers weddings, family reunions, business events and DMC services in Sarasota, Fla. Call 941/232-0623.
BUSINESS NEWS
Based in Lanham, Md., the event, trade show and custom exhibit company HARGROVE has been chosen as general contractor for the United States Marine Corps Museum dedication event on Nov. 10. Call 301/306-9000; www.hargroveinc.com. • MARY & PARRISH EVENTS, based in Durham, N.C., has been chosen to coordinate two events: El Pueblo's La Fiesta del Pueblo and the Durham Arts Council's Centerfest. Call 919/338-1839; www.maryandparrish.com.
