MY years at Special Events Magazine have taught me that the social event market is practically bulletproof. The stock market can soar or swoon, yet proud parents will make sure their babies — age 3, 13 or 33 — have birthday bashes, marvelous mitz...
“A typical 40-truck fleet can be paying as much as a million dollars more for fuel now than they were two years ago,” according to Alex Walker, CEO of Toronto-based Cube Route's on-demand logistics management service. Party rental companies feel ...
IN the “What did we ever do before we had …” category, room-diagramming software claims a spot near the top of the list. And in this arena, no programs have given event pros a better tool both for creating winning proposals and for avoiding design...
A DRAMA-filled challenge for Russell Harris Event Group: produce an event involving three venues for an international audience who had seen it all before. The May 21 event was the sixth annual Buena Vista International Television Upfronts, where ...
ALONG with memories, special events produce trash — just as durable, but decidedly undesirable. Yet special events can take advantage of “green” innovations — techniques devised to avoid some of the potentially harmful effects that events have on...
LENNY TALARICO is the new director of sales and events for Las Vegas-based MGM MIRAGE EVENTS. For more information, visit www.mgmmirageevents.com .....
Big news from the Big Easy Last week, the New Orleans Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau issued its latest “state of the city” report with information covering hospitality, transportation and health and safety issues. "We continue to work...
Along with memories, special events produce trash--just as durable, but decidedly undesirable. Yet special events are increasingly taking advantage of "green" innovations--techniques devised to avoid some of the potentially harmful effects that...
Register by July 31 and you can save 17 percent on "The Special Event Center Stage," slated for Aug. 9-10 in Boston. The regional conference is brought to you by the team behind The Special Event...
