A beautiful clearspan from Apres.

"Our clients tend to be drawn to our new items that are unique and will set their event apart," management says, such as clear-top tents, tent liners and fabric treatments, tent flooring with unique coverings, rustic/vintage decor such as farm tables and benches, lounge furniture, specialty lighting, chandeliers, illuminated bars, and custom linens.

Also from Apres, a clearspan tent on a level hardwood floor set at over 20 feet tall with hanging glass pendant lighting, and vineyard cross-back chairs in rural Wisconsin.

What's hot: A-frame structures, custom bars, modern and industrial furniture, and decor elements, says the team at Choura Events.

"We think clients are bored of rental companies that just sell commodities," management says. "Clients are able to easily compare and shop competitors online, so having a compelling brand that engages with its fans is becoming more important than resting on reputation alone."

From Choura, the Toyota Long Beach Grand Prix.

"We are still seeing a lot of wood finishes in the design scheme of an event, whether in furniture, dining tables or wall treatments," says the team from Classic Party Rentals.

Spicing it all up: matte gold or rose gold metallic chargers, glassware and flatware continue to trend. 

Here, Northwestern University Sodexo Catering; floral by Saville Flowers Inc., Evanston, Ill.; venue: Louis Room at Norris, Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.

Also from Classic, the All-Star pre-game celebration hosted by Major League Baseball.

From Classic, hospitality tents at the PGA Championship at Baltusrol Golf Club.

From CORT Party Rental, a clever solution to an installation challenge.

To counteract a beautiful but uneven backyard, the CORT team installed a laser-leveled 48- by-108-foot platform with a cherry flooring laminate over the 5,184-square-foot surface.

On top of the platform, the team installed the 44- by-103-foot Tidewater tent and crafted custom wood rails to keep the revelers safely under the tent.

The sun rises over the 18^th hole on the final day of championship play at the Boeing Classic at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge outside of Seattle, thanks to an installation by CORT Party Rental.

From CORT Party Rental, a 40- by-80-meter Losberger structure is the centerpiece for Microsoft’s annual Oneweek conference in July 2016.

The 15-meter custom fan gable was designed and produced by CORT Party Rental. 

A beautiful wedding from Marquee Event Group.

"We launched Dept. 70 in 2016," management says, "an extensive line of specialty furniture, in order to expand our corporate and social rental offerings. We also introduced a very popular new Driftwood line of custom wood tables and bars. Since we service a destination wedding location, we continue to concentrate on more modern rustic, industrial and natural elements in furniture, chandeliers and tabletop to reflect our market."

From Marquee, a corporate event.

"Marquee continues to see demand for distinctive custom and upscale linens," management says. "Metallics were a big trend that should continue in to next year. We are also looking forward to seeing our clients use our china, glassware and flatware mixed in new and creative ways. Since every event is now unique, personalized and eclectic, we will continue to respond with fresh and exciting inventory."

From Marquee, a New Year's wedding reception at a Texas vineyard.

Party Reflections has the ability to create custom components and impact on an event.

Here, a hanging farm table is used as both a cake display and an escort card table.

Party Reflections takes a blank space--a18,000-square-foot gym--and transforms it into an exciting event space for a fundraiser for 800 at a private school.

What's renting: Farm tables, benches, crystal and other unique chandeliers, custom linen sizes and applications, specialty glassware, unique custom furniture, vintage pieces, custom tent liners and draping, custom bars, and kitchen equipment for client caterers, management says.

Here, the 2015 Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C. 

In 2010, Party Reflections became the official rental supplier for the Wyndham Championship, providing all staging, tenting, carpet, tables, chairs, linen, catering items and custom installations throughout the entire course and on the country club property.  

There are over 58,000 square feet of tenting, over 54,600 square feet of carpeted floor, over 720 tables and over 2,115 chairs of all varieties installed over a 3-4 week span of time. "This does not include the 400 plus pieces of linen that go in each location all over the course the week the tournament opens to the public," Party Reflections says.

Stuart Event Rentals helps welcome U.S. president Barack Obama to town with an event on an aircraft carrier.

Higher end furniture continues to be a favorite of corporate clients and industry service providers, "so we keep adding new styles to our rental inventory," they say. "The demand for customized tenting and lighting remains strong. Our clients come to us feeling comfortable about pushing the limits of what is possible in designing an event space because they know we have the most experienced production team in the Bay Area--who are always ready and excited to take on new challenges."

From Tentlogix, a dramatic structure.

Clients call for full-color printed graphics, unique floor coverings, curved-beam structures, mono-pitch structures, and low-pitch roof systems, they say, along with glass walls with printed custom graphics, colored tinting, frosted and mirrored finishes.

A Tentlogix installation.

Highly customized event structures with stadium entrances, porches, mezzanines, patio extensions, recessed gables, curved sections, and printed graphics on the tops and gable ends "allow discerning clients to create their tented environments from the ground up," management says.

Highly customized and fully engineered tenting solutions will continue to be the trend for the high-end event market, Tentlogix says, along with unique event furnishings, vintage items, alternative materials and "the introduction of new products currently not available to the rental market."

Thorns creates a restaurant at London's iconic Chelsea Flower Show.

Fashion and furniture go alongside each other, Thorns says. "As well as prints, individual concepts and patterns are taking a step forward. Ghost furniture is also taking a swing and coming back in to fashion. Demand is increasing for the all see-through perspex [acrylic] furniture. Metal bar furniture and industrial-style pieces that are contemporary and modern also remain popular." 

Thorns' theater at Grand Designs Live 2016.

Thorns creates a VIP lounge at the Ideal Home Show 2016.

"We are getting involved in the client brief right from the start," they say. "Customers are increasingly inspired by Instagram and Pinterest, so we’re working more closely with them than ever before to deliver their ideas. Clients are looking for functional that comes with purpose. We have to meet the brief but at the same time be as creative and inspirational as possible."