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 take a lot of pride in the way I present things, and for the Galas, I try to describe my event in a way...
Residents of the Big Apple might think they've seen it all, but an old-fashioned barn raising in the middle of Manhattan is an unusual sight for even the most jaded New Yorker. That's probably what The White Barn Candle Co. had in mind when it...
Corporate business is big business, event professionals say. The readers of Special Events Magazine tell us that corporate events account for 35.8 percent of their total revenue from special events, the largest single segment. Further, more than...
MOVING UP California Host, a meeting and event management company, has appointed Laurie Sharp, CMP, as general manager. 1 Embarcadero Center, Suite 2830, San Francisco, CA 94111; 415/646-0350; e-mail: [email protected] The Arrangers, a...
Like many other full-line party rental companies, Hall's Rental Service of Lincolnwood, Ill., has benefited from steady revenue growth in the last few years. Vice president Jack Luft says his company's revenue increased 10 percent, from $10...
In 1998, Bobbi Taylor, president of Indianapolis-based BT Event Productions, produced 125 events. In 1999, she produced only 25. Yet her revenue has doubled, and her personal income has quadrupled. What's her secret...
No matter how long you've been in the special event industry, you should work toward earning certification as a special event professional. If you have already done so, don't stop going to conferences and classes.
That's the advice of Joe Jeff G...
As for any other business, profitability in foodservice is just a simple equation: Income (revenue) minus Expenses (costs) equals Profitability. This assumes, of course, that your income is greater than your expenses! The problem with foodservice...
