During MPI's ROI Summit last July, Tracey Smith, manager, events programming, at Thomson RIA, a Dallas-based software company, had to duck out of a session to take part in a conference call with her vice presidents of sales, marketing, customer...
Ten outstanding tabletops--with themes ranging from a demure ladies' luncheon to an evocation of sensual fantasy--took the crowd by storm at The Special Event, Jan. 5-8 in Miami Beach, Fla...
With the first U.S. presidential inauguration since 9/11, the four days of events last month in Washington for the second term of President George W. Bush required tight security and even tighter turnarounds. Cueing on the theme "Celebrating...
A better business climate? Yes. Continuing cost pressures? Yes again. According to the party and event rental forecast conducted each year by the research arm of Special Events Magazine, rental operators are expecting both these forces to be in p...
Cities both large and small are boosting the size of their convention centers in hopes of attracting free-spending conventioneers. But in a provocative new study, the Washington-based Brookings Institution (www.brookings.edu) says the race to...
Searching for something special to give to guests at your next event? Try Beaucoup, an online boutique that specializes in elegant favors, gifts and table decorations for events ranging from bridal showers to weddings to holiday parties. The...
WHEN BOARD MEMBERS from the Taft Museum of Art in Cincinnati contacted David Murphy to design an event area for the May grand reopening of the museum following a $22 million renovation, he soon discovered that adequate space was priceless. With n...
This month, Pittsburgh Party & Tent Rental owner Dan Skena starts a three-year term on the ARA board of directors as chairman of the association's Party and Special Events Special Interest Group, or SIG. Here, he describes his perspectives and go...
ONE OF THE best parts of my job is watching the Gala Awards ceremony at The Special Event (see the winners on pages 22-36). It's wonderful to be in the audience as winners — the perennial pros and the newbies, the first-time entrants and the repe...
THEY MAY BE small — no more than a bite or two, in most cases — but hors d'oeuvre are big news for special events. Catering pros continue to create fresh flavor combinations, served in stylish new ways.
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