Special Events

WHEN business booms, a rental company can outgrow its showroom quickly, and while making a move is never easy, an investment in a special space can really pay off. Party Rental Ltd. discovered this when it relocated its New York showroom, which o...

FROM tortillas to tapenade, ethnic food is everywhere these days. Bryan Nelson, general manager of the Seattle arm of Catering by McCormick & Schmick's, notices acceptance of other cultures' culinary offerings in what he calls “the bread revoluti...

CAROL Krugman, CMP, brings insights from her 25-year career to her new position as director of client services for event marketing powerhouse the George P. Johnson Co. Here, she discusses how the Auburn Hills, Mich.-based company is expanding the...

The sights! The sounds! The thrill of it all! Pyrotechnic and special effects experts offer exciting new innovations and advice on using them to best effect...

It was a little publication with big ideas. In September 1982, Miramar Publishing Co. in Los Angeles included a 40-page insert with its publication Rental Equipment Register, which covers the construction equipment and tool rental industry. Dubb...

SMALL staffs, big goals, enterprising event concepts. These are the qualities that unite three modest but memorable fundraisers — each benefiting young people in physical, emotional or financial crisis — profiled in this month's cover story. FAI...

THE addition of a wing designed by the renowned Michael Graves didn't add just architectural edge to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. The 113,000-square-foot wing, with its barrel-vaulted reception hall, was part of an overhaul that allowed the...