Special Events

THE WAY THAT event professionals do their jobs is changing faster than ever. To help identify the most powerful trends, we interview Michele Wierzgac, a veteran event planner who now invests time in analyzing how future forces will affect the eve...

FOR DORON GAZIT, president of Van Nuys, Calif.-based Air Dimensional Design, an event last October celebrating the 100th anniversary of the city of Mexicali, Mexico, offered the ultimate blank slate for event design. Mexicali officials were plann...

BOTH ELLEN BURNETT and business partner Linda Simon were burnt out on their jobs — Burnett's as a director of drug training for the Boston police force, and Simon's as a federal employee working in a program for the children of mentally disabled ...

You're planning an event and want valets that are as stylish as the high-priced cars they'll be parking. Enter Malibu, Calif.-based Valet of the Dolls — a team of L.A.-style “beautiful people” who will fetch guests' cars and look good doing it. T...

I HAVE JUST RETURNED from my company's “editorial summit” — a fancy way to describe a 2H-day meeting for all the chief editors from the more than 70 publications that my division produces — a chance for us to get together and share best practices...

Pacific Park amusement park in Santa Monica, Calif., introduced its latest attractions at a sunset ceremony yesterday. Pirates’ Pier, the new nine-hole mini-golf course, was christened in the traditional manner—with a champagne bath over the gall...