Top multi-unit event rental firm Classic Party Rentals released an announcement today that it has acquired Regal Rents and Tri-Rentals. The combined company will serve its clients from 11 locations in California, Arizona and New Mexico...
In a move that foreshadows trouble in the hotel business, union hotel workers last week rejected the latest contract offer from nine high-profile Los Angeles area hotels. The core issue: the union’s desire for a two-year contract expiring in 2006...
PR/marketing firm Kurman Communications, based in Chicago, has launched Chicago Event Resources, designed to serve as a single source for planning special events, representing a number of venues and restaurants to help them merchandise their...
Event FX Productions, Drexel Hill, Pa., and BIG Events LLC, Cheltenham, Pa., have merged. Kristina Sumey, CSEP, formerly of Event FX Productions, is now president of BIG Events, a full-service event design and production company founded by her...
THE GOOD NEWS: After hitting record highs last month, fuel prices have started to decline, a trend that analysts expect to continue through the summer. The bad news: They won't decline much...
CHUCK MILLER KNOWS he's had a run of good fortune in his 24-year event career. His industry colleagues know it, too. “I've had a half-dozen competitors say, ‘You always have all the luck,’” he notes. “But to me, luck comes about because you're pr...
AN ISLAND PARTY is the perfect occasion for tiki torches and tropical drinks, right? Wrong — when the island in question in Alcatraz. With the infamous former prison-turned-tourist-attraction as the site for her October event, Bill Graham Special...
FOOD STATIONS: THEY'RE festive, they're fast, and they allow guests to sample a variety of menu items. Add in an action station or two, and they can even be part of an event's entertainment. In this month's column, three top caterers describe the...
