IT'S A CALL most of us dread. It always seems to come late at night or early in the morning. Either you answer the phone, or the message is just marked “urgent.” Once you hang up, the course of your life is altered forever.
The four letters that...
DARCY MILLER JUST celebrated her 10th anniversary — not (yet) as a wife, but as editor of Martha Stewart Weddings magazine. Having studied a “trillion” weddings, she offers these insights to wedding planners:
SPECIAL EVENTS MAGAZINE: What is the...
While location referral is no longer the sole focus it once was for Paint the Town Red, president Howard Givner gives two great reasons for keeping the service in service: “volume and marketplace clout.” Both have helped the New York-based compan...
Tote bags have long been a standard giveaway at seminars, but briefcases? Jupiter, Fla.-based Keep It Briefcase provides custom promotional portfolios, briefcases and lunch boxes for events such as conventions, meetings, trade shows and festivals...
THERE'S YOUR BASIC backyard barbecue, and then there are barbecues that really sizzle. The Moet & Chandon BubbleQ, held on Feb. 25 as part of Miami's South Beach Wine & Food Festival, was definitely one of the latter, notes Kelly Murphy. The co-o...
The convention industry this month fought back against a research brief that painted a dismal forecast for convention business with its own Center for Exhibition Industry Research white paper, tackling the critique point by point. On Monday, the...
High-end whiskey brand Johnnie Walker Black Label reached out from its traditional base of preppy aristos to hip amigos with a “Fusion” party in L.A. last week developed by New York-based Overland Entertainment Co. (www.overlandentertainment.com)...
