Convention center and tourism management needs to spend more time focusing on long-range planning rather than the short term, according to the 2005 Destination Performance Survey just released by accounting firm Ernst & Young...
The city of Los Angeles took a big step forward on its long road to attracting more convention business when a competing hotel last week dropped its plan to challenge a big public subsidy package for a new hotel at the Los Angeles Convention...
The Special Event 2006 would like to reach out to any event professionals adversely impacted by Hurricane Katrina. We understand that, in this time of difficulty, important professional educational opportunities may take a back seat to other...
Atlanta-based BOLD AMERICAN CATERING has hired NORAH DE BEKKER as corporate sales manager, STACY ZEIGLER as director of sales and TODD ANNIS as executive chef. Call 404/815-1178; www.boldamerican.com …ELIZABETH SAMIA has been hired as marketing...
Although labor unions in the U.S. have watched their power erode in recent years, that's not the case in Las Vegas. According to a report last week in the Las Vegas Review Journal, two new contracts with Strip hotels helped Nevada's largest labor...
Premier experiential marketing agency Jack Morton Worldwide joined forces last month with NBC News' the "Today" show, charity Habitat for Humanity International and Warner Music Group to provide pro bono services to support a mammoth effort to...
Trendy Chicago nightclub Crobar was a hit at the kickoff bash last month for the 2005-06 season of the Greater Chicago Chapter of NACE. The event attracted 350 chapter members and industry guests who joined in for a lively evening of food, spirits...
CERTAINLY a beautiful chair can have event guests sitting pretty. But if that chair is uncomfortable or — worse yet — unsafe, it can ruin an event. Here, top chair manufacturers describe how they work to create seats that can't be beat.
COMFORT ...
THE Association of College Conference and Events Directors-International celebrates its 25th anniversary this year with a record 1,449 members and an ongoing mission to improve, promote and recognize excellence in the collegiate conference and ev...
Searching for insights into the organization methods behind well-executed events? “Event Planning Made Easy” (McGraw-Hill), written by Paulette and Jodi Wolf of Chicago-based Paulette Wolf Events and Entertainment, shares the mother-daughter team...
