Caroline Sewell has formed Encore Events Inc., an event planning company. Dana Hammermeister joins her as events management director. P.O. Box 580, Cary, NC 27512; 919/468-0108; e-mail: [email protected].
MOVING UP Mary Kelley has joined High Prairie Farms Equestrian Center as special events manager. 7522 S. Pinery Drive, Parker, CO 80134; 303/841-5550. n George P. Johnson Co. has appointed Dan Patterson as vice president of operations at its...
Hot Couture Even if your client's budget won't allow you to book Celine Dion, you can add a touch of the pop siren's glamour to your next event-by booking her dress. Maureen Rorech of Tampa, Fla., founder of the People's Princess Charitable...
For the product launch of Subaru's all-terrain vehicles in Washington state, PJ Hummel & Co. of Tacoma, Wash., came up with a 1920s safari theme with a nostalgic Pacific North-west twist...
Today's world-full of affluent, educated consumers eager for something new-has been described as an experience economy. And a master at provi-ding entertaining experiences is Paul Creighton of entertainment producer T. Skorman Productions, who...
Choice Linens has moved next door to its former location. The company has also created a "fine linen and living gallery," allowing clients to review the firm's line of specialty linens, tabletop accoutrements and fabric panel screens; books and...
NACE Charters New Chapter The National Association of Catering Executives hosted its annual leadership conference Jan. 6-8 in Baltimore for 110 members representing 46 chapters...
HOW TO WIN A GALA "Winning a Gala Award makes everything you do worthwhile-your work is being acknowledged; your peer group has selected you. I try to describe my event in a way that others can feel it without having been there. I spent a lot of...