Los Angeles-based Classic Party Rentals, the biggest event rental company in the U.S., told Special Events Magazine Monday that it has acquired Aztec Tents & Events, based in nearby Torrance, Calif., one of the nation’s leading tent rental...
Powerhouse DMC network Global Events Partners, based in Washington, says its members predict better business in 2006 over 2005 despite global economic and political worries. Partner DMCs in the United States are slightly more optimistic than...
Event pros often make everyone else look good--is it time to show off your own talent? The 9th Annual SEARCH Foundation Cabaret--benefiting special event professionals who are facing catastrophes--is slated for Jan. 12 during The Special Event...
Special Events Magazine is proud to present the nominees for the 2005 Gala Awards, as selected by our Advisory Board. The winners will be announced at a black-tie celebration on Jan. 13 at The Special Event show in Dallas. Watch for our January...
REBECCA COONS has joined Glendora, Calif.-based ETHOS DESIGN and LOUNGE 22 as executive vice president. Call 818/502-0700; www.ethosdesign.net …NBC UNIVERSAL STUDIO SPECIAL EVENTS has promoted MONIQUE RIFE to assistant director. Call 818/777-9466...
The role of event marketing continues to grow, according to EventView '05, the fourth annual study of face-to-face marketing trends from the MPI Foundation and George P. Johnson Co.
A total of 96 percent of corporate marketing executives in Nort...
Who are the top players in party rental? The "30 Top Event Rental Companies" list--an exclusive from Special Events Magazine--tells you. In a first this year, we are publishing the complete list online...
Luxury carmaker Lexus capped its two-month, 14-city "Taste of Lexus" tour by cruising into California over the weekend, giving more than 2,600 consumers in the course of two days the chance to taste the good life--including test-driving Lexus cars...
FROM his start as a meeting planner in the automotive industry, David Dvorak, CMP, has moved into the hotel business in big way. As vice president of catering and convention services for White Plains, N.Y.-based Starwood Hotels & Resorts, his dep...
THE Grammys, the Emmys, the Oscars: Three-hour-plus awards shows have become the norm, not to mention a running joke among hosts. But when Monroe, La.-based marketing and sales organization The United Group wanted to cut the three-hour running ti...
