IN this issue, we're proud to present our fourth annual edition of the “50 Top Event Planning Companies” list, the industry's only analysis of the major event production powerhouses.
As we were compiling the information for this year's edition...
JOYCE THOMAS has joined THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION in Southfield, Mich., as corporate events director for Genesee County. Call 810/233-5011; www.americanheart.com … Las Vegas-based MGM MIRAGE EVENTS has promoted LYNNANN MARTIN to vice...
With the devastation wreaked on the Gulf Coast's tourism and event industry by Hurricane Katrina this week, Special Events Magazine is creating a free posting service for job opportunities and aid. If you have a job available or can offer housing...
What takes an event professional from competent to creative? From average to outstanding? It's often the ability to set trends rather than follow them.
In her standing-room-only session "Predicting the Trends of our Industry" at ISES Eventworld ...
Despite rising room rates and higher hotel occupancy, guest satisfaction with the hotel industry is up, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2005 North American Hotel Guest Satisfaction Index Study, released last month. The study queried...
Guests arriving at a swanky wedding in Atlantic City, N.J., last week received an unexpected gift from the bride and groom—several dozen were put under arrest as part of an alleged international Asian-based smuggling ring.
According to a Los Ang...
The outlook for business brightens--even after a banner year in 2004, when the Summer Olympics and the U.S. presidential elections made for an eventful year, our event production powerhouses are predicting an increase of nearly 5 percent in .....
Thanks to a Hollywood location, the movie-star quotient was high during the opening day of ISES Eventworld 2005, held Aug. 11-13 at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles. Almost 450 attendees from around the world made the trip to L.A....
Two years of overhauls to California’s workers’ compensation insurance system are beginning to ease costs for California employers, including party rental operators.
Rising costs for workers’ comp coverage have hit the party rental industry hard...
