REMEMBER THE DOT-COM delirium? It was only a few years ago, but the powers that be — or the powers that were — were all telling us that everything we did had to change. Print was old-fashioned, they said, and soon, all readers and all buyers would...
DURING THE 39-DAY lead time and four-day load-in of the Washington Convention Center's March grand opening gala, Brian Losurdo says, “construction never stopped until the doors were open for the event.” But while the national accounts director for...
PAULA LeDUC SAYS it's a willingness to work behind the scenes that makes her operation a good bet for partnering with celebrity chefs. “We're coaches for them,” explains the owner of Emeryville, Calif.-based Paula LeDuc Fine Catering. “We don't...
AFTER A STEADY stream of bad news — a floundering stock market, war worries, financial scandals, the specter of SARS — it's no wonder that corporate event professionals aren't in the mood to party...
