How big is the average party rental warehouse? Not big enough, most rental operators agree. Finding creative ways to use space efficiently pays off big, and three rental experts shared their techniques for doing so at ARA's Rental Show, held in L...

Once, there was the event menu and the vegetarian option. Was the option interesting? Usually not. And according to executive chef Michael R. Vlasich, CEC, of the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown, it often still isn't. He notes that vegetarians “us...

The Gala Awards competition will still honor great event design and strategy. But how you create your entry changes this year. “Our Advisory Board has recommended changes in how entries are put together and what information entrants should supply...

If Claudette Bouton wrote a roundup of her career, it would include everything from a car saleswoman to a “gas rodeo” organizer. These days, the corporate event planner for Atlanta-based AGL Resources, a natural gas distributor, hosts events for ...

How does an event start out in one place and end up in another? Slashed budgets, venue availability and revised goals can all be culprits. Here, four corporate event planners take us from pitch to party and from rendering to reality — sharing whe...

In the case of the annual Celebrity Fight Night fundraiser in Phoenix, the stars come out for boxing legend-turned-humanitarian Muhammad Ali. But once they've signed on, it's the production work of Phoenix-based M Group Scenic Studios that makes ...

Although the military ball is a long-standing tradition, the event industry near Fort Bragg, N.C., is seeing a new surge in business this year from troops and their families celebrating the service members' return from Iraq. These military balls ...

There's the initial event vision, and there's the final outcome; they don't always match. Event pros know that shrinking budgets, venue switch-eroos and revised goals can mean that the event that guests finally enjoy can be quite different from t...

American Airlines announced today that it will soon do away with no-cost checked baggage for most customers. Starting June 15, passengers who buy domestic economy-class tickets will have to pay $15 each way for their first checked bag and $25 eac...