Special Events

Disklyte Unit Lights Cocktail, Highboy TablesThe new Disklyte—an LED unit that offers a choice of 16 colors—is designed be used to light cocktail and highboy tables. Available for purchase or rent, the unit can also continually wash through all c...

Working with lean budgets will be the No. 1 challenge facing special event professionals in 2010, according to the latest survey from Special Events. Some 71 percent of in-house special event professionals say that "having reduced budgets to wor...

Ritz-Carlton Highlands Opens in Lake Tahoe The new Ritz-Carlton Highlands in North Lake Tahoe, Calif., which opened this month, features more than 15,000 square feet of meeting space, including a ballroom lined with floor-to-ceiling windows with ...

California Portable Dance Floor Debuts Versa FloorThe Versa Floor from California Portable Dance Floor Co. features a patented extrusion design that enables event designers to insert virtually anything—pictures, logos, colors—into the floor. Thre...

Renovated Doheny Mansion in L.A. Open for Events Following its first extensive renovation in 70 years, the Doheny Mansion at Mount St. Mary's College in Los Angeles is available for private events. Built in 1899, the former estate of oil baron Ed...

Both in-house and independent special event professionals see a brighter picture for events in 2010, according to the latest survey from Special Events. Penton Media collected responses last month. Overall, 41 percent of respondents say they exp...