THIS month Special Events Magazine interviews cocktail connoisseurs from hot spot restaurants, bars and lounges with event space to spare. Most claim that a special event is no different than any other night at the bar; they are pros at taking ca...

BLANK CANVAS Suzanne Warner of Surrey, British Columbia-based Tentnology likens white tents to a woman's wardrobe basic, the little black dress, and describes tent accessories as a way to spice up an event's outfit. “Accessories are a way to cus...

DESPITE its circus credentials, the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art was not the most accommodating location for a high-end wedding's cirque performance. And staging challenges were merely a sideshow to the utility and time limitations posed...

INCENTIVE guru Lex Granaada, who hails from the Netherlands, heads incentive marketing company Granaada & Partner. In January, he became president of the Society of Incentive and Travel Executives International, the leading organization for incen...

FOR most people, a job in the high-anxiety field of air traffic control would provide more than enough excitement. But Carmen Clews isn't like most people. When a job in air traffic control for Britain's Royal Air Force proved a snooze for the fu...

Toronto-based All Things Cling enhances promotional materials — such as postcards, banners or invitations — with Cling-rite, an electronically charged, printed polypropylene film with an embedded static charge. The material sticks to almost any c...

Destination management companies see events from start to finish — from the first meet-and-greet till last call at the final-night gala. And they've seen a strong year in 2006. Taken as a group, our “25 top” DMCs report an 11 percent increase in ...

Created in New Zealand and now distributed in the U.S. from Salem, Mass., Bloomsberry and Co.'s chocolate tantalizes taste buds with all-natural chocolate while tickling funny bones with witty wrappers. The 3.5-ounce chocolate bars weigh in above...

THE days of tool-rental shops offering a small selection of party accessories on the side are gone. Party rental companies are worth money, and nobody knows that better than the businesses acquiring them. Here, rental professionals — both chains ...

I bought myself an early Christmas present: a copy of Deborah Davis' book “Party of the Century: The Fabulous Story of Truman Capote and His Black and White Ball.” As I write this, it is nearly 40 years to the day that Capote invited 540 glitteri...