The holiday party business may be in the doldrums, but event professionals in one town are going into high gear. Hoteliers, caterers and production pros in Washington are pinning down details of the range of festivities surrounding the inaugurat...

Although the outlook for corporate holiday party business is especially grim, even the forecast for private/social holiday is down. A third of respondents to a recent online poll from Special Events Magazine say their private/social holiday party...

Andalucía, Spain-based ABCEVENTS.COM, a hotel search engine dedicated to meeting planners, announces a global agreement with Hilton Hotels. For more information, call +34 952 92 99 17 or visit www.abcevents.com ... Weston, Fla.-based CAFÉ ALA CA...

Event pros mix business with pleasure for a living. After all, the behind-the-scenes party-planning results in event-goers socializing in style. So it's no surprise that such a social industry would take to the social networking sites now on the ...

ARIAU AMAZON TOWERS HOTEL ADDRESS: Rua Leonardo Malcher Centro, Manaus 69010-170, Brazil WEB SITE: www.ariauamazontowers.com DREAMY DESTINATION: Nestled along the Rio Negro River in the Amazon Rain Forest 35 miles from the nearest town, the Ar...

LET'S GET THE PARTY STARTED Get in the celebratory spirit of The Special Event at TSE Starts Here, which will take place at the Stingaree — one of downtown San Diego's hottest venues — Tuesday, Jan. 27. The event chair is Gayle Feallock of Just ...

It's hard to picture one of the largest event marketing firms in the world as the family business, but for George P. Johnson CEO Robert G. Vallee Jr., it is. His grandfather founded the firm in 1914, counting Detroit's auto industry among his fir...

They greet you at the airport, speed you via shuttle through city traffic, then send you home after the final-night gala. They're destination management companies, and thanks to sophisticated networks, they mix global access with local expertise...

Sick of signature martinis? Tough luck — they're sticking around. Wondering if absinthe will be the victim of its own uber-trendiness? Unlikely. Here, cocktail connoisseurs tell us how they dress up drinks, both new and old, with twists well bey...

When the professionals tell you that you've got the goods, then you know it's true. As Leslee Bell was working with her husband on a convention, the DMC she hired to produce spouse activities commented that she “had a real talent for the industry...