The 25 biggest destination management companies, showcased in the December issue of Special Events Magazine, represent a $360 million business, and consolidation is playing a role in that growth. For the 2007 edition, the 25 biggest players repre...
The Special Events Magazine Advisory Board today released the list of entries nominated to receive a Gala Award, the most prestigious prize in special events. The winners will be named Jan. 30 at The Special Event 2009 in San Diego...
Los Angeles-based Classic Party Rentals, the leading event rental company in the U.S., said Tuesday that it will open a new warehouse and showroom in Sacramento, Calif., on Dec. 1. The Sacramento facility, which will join existing operations in...
Despite the tough economy, most event rental operators say they will not be discounting the price of their services, according to a recent online poll from Special Events. Just over half--51 percent--say that despite the bad news dominating the h...
Are you a big DMC? Special Events Magazine is preparing the fifth edition of our annual "25 Top DMCs" list, which profiles the biggest destination management companies. The article lists unique capabilities, top management and recent noteworthy e...
The exuberant predictions for year-upon-year increases in event business at hotels and resorts have checked out. Last year, a whopping 60 percent of our respondents expected a jump in event business in 2008, a figure that has fallen to 13 percent...
Voters passed bans on same-sex marriage in Arizona and Florida in yesterday's elections, and while the tally is not yet final, proponents of a ban in California hold a narrow lead. The contest in California--the ban contained in Proposition 8--ha...
Although yesterday's U.S. presidential election will calm some of the general uncertainty nagging at financial markets, the outlook for the corporate holiday party business remains bleak.
Nearly 50 percent of respondents to an online poll from S...
Event planner Stacey Paul Barabe, CSEP, head of Orlando, Fla.-based Exhilarate Events, wrote this post to the Orlando Sentinel in response to an editorial praising two Florida law firms that canceled their holiday parties, donating money to chari...
