Discount registration extended for The Special Event The Special Event, the premier trade show and conference for event industry professionals, announced Monday that discount registration will be extended until Jan. 12. The show runs Jan. 27-30 a...
White Plains, N.Y.-based Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide announced the February opening of the Jersey City, N.J.-based Westin Jersey City Newport today...
Lifestyle expert Colin Cowie, whose long list of celebrity clients includes Oprah Winfrey and Nicole Kidman, shares new wedding planning secrets in “Colin Cowie Wedding Chic.” The 352-page inspiration-packed book, which will be published by Clark...
Linda Pierce Ilsley announces the opening of Clemmons, N.C.-based LPI Events this week. The firm, which also has an office in Raleigh, N.C., provides destination management services including teambuilding activities and tours; the company also...
Predictably, the sour economy worldwide is seen by event professionals as their greatest challenge in 2009, according to the annual forecast developed by Special Events Magazine. The magazine has created the survey since 2003.
"An uncertain econ...
Luxury loses out More than 80 percent of respondents to an online poll from Special Events say that thanks to the lousy economy, their clients are shifting away from high-end, luxury products such as crystal and fine china for their events, turni...
Monday, Dec. 22, is the last day to save on your registration for The Special Event 2009 Trade Show and Conference, which runs Jan. 28-30 at the San Diego [Calif.] Convention Center.
The Special Event offers attendees a way to easily meet hundre...
Las Vegas-based Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group announced today that Five-Sixty will open this winter in Dallas. The restaurant will sit atop Reunion Tower, Dallas’ 560-foot landmark tower; the restaurant will be celebrity chef/restaurateur...
