FESTIVE FLAMES

Jan 03, 2007

For use with any bamboo tiki torch, the Color Fire Fly torch kit includes a pre-filled plastic canister, a wick, citronella oil and a metal flame guard. Create colored flames by inserting the wick into the flame guard and attaching it to the...

MAD FOR MINTS

Jan 03, 2007

Ovation Chocolates has introduced Just Mintz--sweet buttermints in personalized tins. The pastel-colored pillow mints arrive in bulk or packaged in custom tins. Both casual and corporate containers are available for viewing on the company's Web...

In brief for Jan. 3, 2007

Jan 03, 2007

London lights up New Year's Eve Although rain and wind forced the cancellation of New Year's Eve celebrations in Edinburgh, Belfast, Glasgow and Liverpool, Jack Morton Worldwide's traditional spectacular went on in London as planned. Large-format...

Incentive spending to rise in '07

Jan 03, 2007

Some 44 percent of executives responsible for their company's incentive spend say they will have bigger budgets to work with this year than last, while 30 percent say their spend will be about the same. Only 20 percent say they will have less...

Last call for The Special Event 2007

Jan 02, 2007

Attendees are signing up in record numbers for the largest trade show and conference in the history of The Special Event. Already, three of the showcasing events are sold out but space is still available at other in-demand events including the...

SAVORY SITES

Jan 01, 2007

SITE: CARNEROS BISTRO & WINE BAR AT THE LODGE AT SONOMA ADDRESS: 1325 Broadway, Sonoma, CA 95476 WEB SITE: www.carnerosbistro.com VISUALS & VIBE: The restaurant takes advantage of its wine country surroundings by featuring an all-Sonoma County...

GALA AWARD NOMINEES

Jan 01, 2007

The Special Events Magazine Gala Awards judges — all members of our Advisory Board — pored over a record number of entries received this year to find the best-planned, most beautifully designed events in 35 categories from the tents to tabletops...

RIDING HIGH

Jan 01, 2007

AFTER you have produced top-flight special events for years, what's next? If you are event-makers extraordinaire Cheryl Fish and David Tutera, you keep moving toward the top. The two are teaming up with High Rise Events, a venture that will bring...

FORECAST 2007

Jan 01, 2007

TIGHT turnaround times? A given. Reporting an event's ROI? Old hat. In special events, yesterday's challenges are today's norms. The good news: Most special event professionals predict a strong year for business in 2007. A total of 57 percent of...

SENSE OF DIRECTION

Jan 01, 2007

WHILE 80 percent of Robert Sivek's event business these days is corporate work, the producer got his start in social. “I was a social worker, and fundraisers were a byproduct,” he says of his unusual 1970s career launch. “I was working with the y...