By the Book Gala! The Special Event Planner for Professional and Volunteers, by industry veteran Patti Coons, CSEP, head of Patti Coons & Associates of Orlando, Fla., offers advice on events ranging from black-tie dinners, celebrity speeches...
The swinging '60s style revived by the Austin Powers movies is still in the groove. For a recent event, Randy Fuhrman's Creative Concept of Los Angeles created an Austin-inspired birthday party at a hip Hollywood nightclub. The food and decor...
HOLIDAY INN-AMARILLO OPENS CRYBABIES DINER AMARILLO, Texas-The Holiday Inn-Amarillo, which has recently completed a $2.5 million renovation, has opened its Crybabies Diner, a new concept tested here for possible development in select hotels...
Do hotel ballrooms offer lim-ited options for themed events? Only if the hotel catering department has a limited imagination. The Renaissance Vancouver Hotel Harbourside in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, started with a "jewel" theme and...
BEST OFF-PREMISE CATERED EVENT THE MOVING VENUE CATERERS, London Lend Lease Projects developed a three-day festival to launch Bluewater, Europe's largest retail and leisure destination in Kent, in southern England. The Moving Venue Caterers...
DROP A LINE "High turnover and other changes are common in a corporate environment. That's why you have to keep in touch with your corporate clients. No matter how much the contact person at your client corporation loves you, he or she might be...
The San Diego Convention Center Sails Pavilion, which overlooks the harbor and downtown San Diego, can accommodate 2,000 guests for a sit-down dinner with entertainment. But how can a space of these proportions be livened up without spending a...
When explaining how to cultivate a strong sales force, Stephen Reitter, general manager of Hudson, Mass.-based Encore Party Rentals, compares salespeople to musicians. "You can't teach somebody who doesn't have coordination to play the drums," he...
