Many companies jump into holding business functions without considering what their competition has done, is doing and will be doing, and the caliber the business functions will take on. It is important that companies don't repeat what others have...
They are costly, time-consuming and easily pirated. Requests for Proposal are a controversial topic among independent planners, as reported in our last issue (“RFPs: Really Feeling Pressure,” June 2007). But there is another side to the story. Th...
“You know the feeling when you eat that big Thanksgiving dinner and then you slowly fall asleep?” asks Edward Dory, executive chef of the Renaissance Concourse Hotel in Atlanta. “You try to achieve that exact opposite when designing a cool summer...
You have to spend money to raise money — and no one knows that better than event planners producing fundraisers. When the goal of an event is money for a good cause, a planner has to be extra-careful about expenses, particularly when it comes to...
Next to food and beverage, it is the biggest line item in many a wedding budget. For corporate events, it can soften the scene and bring in brand colors beautifully. Most event clients — no matter what their event goals or guest group — can't...
As summer heats up, Special Events Magazine's offices fill to the rafters with Gala Award entry binders — a whopping 388 arrived last year. Since your tireless Special Events editors have the happy task of organizing, logging and shipping the bin...
I decided to start my own event planning company back in 1999. As luck would have it, I ran across a quote in a trade magazine that became the mantra of my company: “In every entrepreneur's mind, there is always a race between fear and greed.” Th...
Lovely linen from Spring Valley, N.Y.-based Cloth Connection has covered tabletops at events from Donald Trump's high-profile wedding to high-spirited parties at the 2005 Super Bowl. Decking out tables is in owner Michael Davis' blood — his mothe...
