WHAT'S past is not forgotten, even in desserts. According to Alejandro Luna, executive pastry chef of the Boston-based Langham Hotel, “Chefs are bringing back classics in a more innovative or original way. It's like fashion.” His colleagues in th...

WEDDINGS, corporate meetings and incentive programs flourish in the far corners of the world, resulting in attendees experiencing not just a special event but also a special location. Between the event itself and a resort brimming with activities...

Get guests to say “yes” with Greenlight Designs' invitations. Creating specialty summonses for occasions such as celebrity birthdays and product launches, North Hollywood, Calif.-based Greenlight Designs dreamed up the invite to Hilary Duff's bir...

HAVE you heard about it? The topic is all over the business press. From The Wall Street Journal to Fast Company Magazine and everywhere in between, corporations are concerned with the fast-approaching turnover of the workforce. In the next 10 yea...

Want to fly like a bird? Try I.FLY.LI, a flying trapeze school on Long Island, N.Y. The company offers groups the opportunity to make like Peter Pan for parties, team-building get-togethers or corporate events. After a review of the basics on ter...

THERE'S nothing like New York's annual Fashion Week to get the blood of style mavens pumping. And there's nothing like Fashion Rocks to kick off the city's weeklong celebration of design innovation. Curated by Sir Elton John and featuring music s...

THERE'S a blog for everything these days, from food to literature and everything in between. Naturally, events have found their way to the blogosphere as well. Easily maintained, blogs — from the term “Web logs” — allow people to post dated entri...

WHETHER they're capturing events for posterity or taking their place on the party floor, new photo and video technologies play a major role in event creation. This month's “Tech Tips” column shines a spotlight on some of the image industry's...

EIGHTY-one percent of businesses can't be wrong. That's how many companies are turning to event marketing to make a meaningful impact, according to the EventView 2006 study from George P. Johnson Co. and MPI...

CLAIRE Jolley Stroope, CMP, started as a meeting and event planner, worked in catering and, finally, began a business consulting event companies and corporations on their spend. Now she works in procurement as a senior manager of global meeting s...