CAREFUL planning has its place, but being in the right place at the right time is also helpful. Just ask Billinda Wilkinson of San Antonio-based Wilkinson Rhodes, the company hired as producer for a 600-guest bash celebrating a San Antonio debuta...
A lush oasis welcomed 450 tired guests of a corporate incentive program to the Ritz-Carlton Lake Las Vegas Resort in April. Dania, Fla.-based Designs by Sean, producers of the Gala Award-nominated event, provided the hotel lobby's restful, green...
FORMAL dinners have old-school flair, but how do you serve them to the food-savvy fun-seekers who make up today's special event clientele? By incorporating lighthearted elements while still retaining the evening's sense of gravitas. In fact, most...
Don't say the “p” word to Addi Somekh — “pop” is verboten for one who entertains with whimsical balloons. Somekh wows crowds at bar/bat mitzvahs, corporate events and birthday celebrations for any age with balloon art; he fashions balloons into e...
Ford funeral plans underway At press time, planners are still at work finalizing funeral services for President Gerald R. Ford, who died late yesterday. Although the family has yet to give its final approval, insiders expect that his body will lie...
The 39-acre Great Wolf Lodge in Mason, Ohio, offers year-round activities inside its indoor water park, Bear Track Landing. The water park has six pools, 12 water slides and a tree house "waterfort" under its 90-foot-high roof. Scheduled to open...
Scentevents suggests enhancing events with complementary aromas. A small scent player, requiring 1 amp of electricity and measuring 7 inches wide, will perfume an indoor or outdoor area as large as 2,000 square feet. The scents are environmentall...
Following a $23 million renovation, the Florida Hotel and Conference Center in Orlando, Fla., is offering an additional 20,000 square feet of meeting space, including three new ballrooms. Overall, the center boasts 50,000 square feet of meeting s...
With a glass pyramid roof inspired by the Louvre Museum in Paris, the Sheraton Ningbo Hotel, located in Ningbo, China, opened this December with 380 guestrooms and seven restaurants and lounges. The Emperor's Court restaurant offers delicacies...
