THEY MAY BE far apart on a map, but the two hotel catering departments featured in this month's Food for Fêtes — those of Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin of Lake Buena Vista, Fla., and JW Marriott Camelback Inn of Scottsdale, Ariz. — are on the...
THEY MAY HAVE had a hometown advantage when it came to participating in Chicago's long-awaited Millennium Park inaugural gala. But, say staffers of 35-year-old Chicago event and concert production veteran JAM Productions and famed caterer Wolfgang...
The small screen is coming soon to a T-shirt near you, thanks to San Francisco-based Brand Marketers. The company has created what it calls T-shirt TV — T-shirts embedded with screens and speakers that are capable of delivering video, flash...
In the new seller's market, will planners have to start paying for meeting space? According to Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide president and COO Bob Cotter, if they want rock-bottom guest room pricing, they just might...
Halloween is not just for kids anymore, event planners say. One third of respondents to an informal poll from Special Events Magazine say they have seen an increase in Halloween-themed parties in the last five years for both corporate and social...
The deaths of three workers in Arkansas this month resulted from a practice that is common in the event rental industry, many say. The three workers died when supports in the intact tent they lifted over a fence touched power lines, electrocuting...
Are you a major destination management company? The December issue of Special Events Magazine will feature 25 top DMCs, and you may belong on the list...
L.A.’s event industry turned out last night to tour the new Wallis Annenberg Building for Science Learning and Innovation, part of downtown’s California Science Center. Noted architect Thom Mayne handled the overhaul of the 1914 former armory...
