Elegant crystal, fine china, lavish linen--event rental is a high-touch business. But managing rental inventory has traditionally been a low-tech affair, due to the challenges of managing a vast array of products that move in different quantities...
Labor and management of the not-yet-opened InterContinental Boston hotel have reached an agreement, the Boston Globe reports, after months of negotiation. Although the 21-story luxury condo/hotel project isn't slated to open until this fall, Local...
Special Events Magazine is looking for innovative software and other technologies that help special event professionals do their job more efficiently and more effectively. We will be demonstrating some of these innovations at ISES Eventworld 2006...
Beverly Hilton expansion set The owner of the landmark Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, site of such events as the Golden Globes, has announced a plan to build a 15-story condo hotel on the site plus two 13-story condominium towers. Since...
Ninety percent of hotels surveyed expect a continued increase in their average daily room rate this year, according to Washington-based Krisam Group, 30-year-old national sales group for independent and unique hotels. The increase is expected thr...
No matter how they charge for their services--a flat fee, cost of elements plus a markup percentage, or itemizing everything--independent event professionals are facing increasing pressure to justify the value of every event dollar. This was the ...
LOOKING for flexible event space can be a challenge. Hotel ballrooms land convention center spaces offer many amenities, yet often come with restrictions such as existing decorative features, rigging, high costs for accessing power, and catering ...
MY phone has been ringing lately with plenty of media calls. They range from the serious — a business reporter from USA Today asking about the size of the special event market — to the frivolous — a “reality show” producer looking for outrageous ...
TIP: When space is sparse, small fireworks can make a big impression.
Alysha DiGiorgio, pyrotechnician and director of sales and marketing at Digital Lightning in Kensington, Md., notes that the most important factor in determining the type of f...
