Some 2,800 guests at the Emmy Awards Governors Ball last week sailed away to an art deco dream thanks to the team headed by Cheryl Cecchetto of L.A.-based Sequoia Productions (www.sequoiaprod.com). This year's Emmy gala was one of four events pro...

The terrible twins--Katrina and Rita--carry a message to business owners far outside of hurricane country: Failure to draw up an emergency plan to get your business back on its feet after a disaster could spell the end of your business. In the O...

Although cleanup is finally under way in New Orleans, the pain wreaked by Hurricane Katrina two weeks ago lives on for the city's meetings and conventions business, estimated to be worth $1 billion annually. According to an announcement last wee...

Hurricane Katrina—a nearly 250-mile wide, Category 4 hurricane that hit land near the Mississippi/Louisiana border just over two weeks ago—devastated an area the size of Great Britain. It also devastated the lives of many special event profession...

In the wake of the crippling effects of Hurricane Katrina on the U.S. Gulf Coast, Special Events Magazine has created a free online posting area offering news about housing, jobs and other resources targed specifically to event professionals. Vis...