What does an hour of the delivery driver's time cost? It's not his hourly wage. The practice of job-costing — factoring in all the expenses associated with a project — can not only shore up margins but can help rental managers make better busines...

Patricia (Patti) Roscoe “never looked back,” she says, when, after 15 years in the hospitality industry, she started her own DMC in 1981. Business boomed, and by 1997, her Carlsbad, Calif.-based DMC had blossomed into the nationwide PRA Destinati...

LET'S GET STARTED More than 8,700 special event professionals from throughout the world started the New Year off right by attending The Special Event trade show and conference, Jan. 26-30 in San Diego. This year saw the debut of innovative new p...

When it comes to the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences' annual Grammy Awards after-party, event producer Along Came Mary has an ace up its sleeve — its long-standing relationship with the academy. “We know them really well and they ...

SAN DIEGO'S AMBASSADORS Anthony Bollotta Bollotta Entertainmentanthony@bollotta.com Tracey Brenneman GALA CELEBRATION Event Chairs PRA Destination Managementtbrenneman@pra.com Amy Berner Pacific Event Productionsamy.berner@pacificevents.c...

As an event planner for the Greater Kansas City [Mo.] Chamber of Commerce for 18 years, Bill Svoboda learned a lot about small businesses with big aspirations. It was their successes that inspired him and John Short, CMP, to strike out on their o...

Design Mind: Tony Conway, CMP, A Legendary Event, Atlanta, www.alegendaryevent.com DIFFA Strokes: For a recent Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS fundraiser, Conway and crew created a nature-inspired “Fashionably Sustainable” table inten...

Some food presentations call for elaborate desserts with spun sugar or intricate hors d'oeuvre with frizzled onions. Others should be on the simpler side. Here, caterers show us both ends of the spectrum, from simple to complex, with equally eye...

Washington-based GLOBAL EVENTS PARTNERS has announced the appointment of GEP Utah's new president and CEO, Cynthia Mitchell, as well as the acquisition of Atlanta Arrangements, a DMC based in Atlanta. For more information, visit www.globalevents...