Special Events

The Western Publications Association has named Special Events Magazine a finalist in its “Maggie” awards competition in the category “Best Trade Publication, Circulation Under 50,000.” The magazine won the accolade for its December issue...

Clear to China: Live entertainment producer Clear Channel Entertainment (www.clearchannel.com), based in San Antonio, Texas, announced last week that it has entered into a joint venture with the Chinese government to arrange and promote live tours...

KATHY WESTERFIELD has been promoted to event operations manager at Wichita, Kan.-based JUBILATION EVENTS. Call 316/516-1877; www.jubilationevents.com ... SEEMA SYED-RODRIGUEZ has named MAXINE HARRIS as partner and co-owner of Los Angeles-based...

It never climbed up on stage to snag a trophy, but a dramatic circular tent was a winner for superstar Elton John’s annual AIDS Foundation fund-raiser the night of the Academy Awards...

Newly named PGI president Rob Ross has announced that the Alexandria, Va.-based event and communications agency has published the position paper “Clothes for the Emperor,” tackling today’s hot-button topic—the thorny issue of measuring the...

A royal wedding is usually a landmark event, but few event experts expect the April 8 wedding of Britain’s Prince Charles to his longtime paramour, Camilla Parker Bowles, to set wedding styles...

With this season’s rainfall in Los Angeles threatening to break a 121-year-old record, the party rental industry in the area has managed to stay afloat, despite the challenges brought by soaked sites and snarled traffic...

Meeting Professionals International, the American Society of Association Executives, and the Professional Convention Management Association are speaking out against the San Francisco branch of the UNITE HERE union, which is asking event planners...

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