CATERING FESTIVALS IS never a small-scale venture — menus must be able to hold up to large crowds, high heat and, often, less-than-ideal cooking conditions. From handling crowd flow to preserving food quality, three caterers discuss what it takes...
THANKS TO ITS international membership, the Chicago-based Society of Incentive & Travel Executives brings a unique world view to the incentive industry. Here, Bill Boyd, CMP, SITE president and head of Irving, Texas-based Sunbelt Motivation & Tra...
The classic bar coaster has long been imprinted with marketing messages — ones that can be seen, but not heard. That's where the Coaster CD makes its mark, providing both video and audio branding opportunities. The new drink coasters are made of ...
I Glide Tours & Rentals in Philadelphia is offering sightseeing tours with a high-tech twist: visitors can tour the city's historic landmarks on state-of-the-art Segway scooters. Following a training session to teach guests how to ride the scoote...
I'M DISMAYED BY a trend I see of special event professionals feeling pressured to downplay the nature of our business. (There, I just did it myself, using “special event” rather than the dreaded “p” word.)
Some of this has rubbed off from our co...
RAIN, RAIN AND more rain. February, the month that former Los Angeles Laker basketball star Derek Fisher picked to celebrate his marriage to longtime fiancée Candace Patton, fell in the soggy middle of one of L.A.'s wettest seasons on record. Goo...
THOUGH SHE'S BEEN with global money management firm Invesco for 18 years, Wanda Wynn says she still considers herself an event industry “newcomer.” Maybe that's because she spent half that time as a portfolio administrator before making the leap ...
WHAT VENUE COULD be better for a bar mitzvah celebration than a former synagogue? Very few, if that venue is a beautiful 19th century building on Manhattan's Lower East Side, notes David Turk, president of New York-based Indiana Market & Catering...
