This new line of disposable cutlery won't be around in the third millennium. That's because the reSourceWare line of knives, forks and spoons is made from biodegradable materials, including cottonseed and cornstarch. These products work as well as...
Compass Group, based in Charlotte, N.C., has won the management contract for the Microsoft Conference Center at the company's corporate campus in Redmond, Wash. The center plans to open in January, according to Chuck Barletta, executive director...
HOW WOULD YOU react if asked to produce a series of events in 10 cities in little more than three weeks? When auto maker Mercedes-Benz asked Jeffrey Moss, creative director for Park Avenue Productions in New York, to produce the pre-launch of its...
HOW DO YOU IMPRESS guests who truly have it all? That was the challenge for A Great Event of Long Beach, Calif., charged with producing events during a four-day asset-management conference for wealthy individuals. Lido Consulting, also based in...
Merger = MC[superscript]2 In July, two marketing event and trade show companies-Creative Management Services, based in St. Louis, and Lincoln Studios, based in New York-merged forces to create MC[superscript]2. The combined event management...
CREATIVE MARKETING and better communication for a more sophisticated audience were key topics at the 41st annual National Association of Catering Executives educational conference, held July 29-Aug. 1 at The Westin Seattle hotel. More than 550...
MIKE BERK, president of Carol Stream, Ill.-based M&M Party Rentals, knew two years ago that he needed a new way to reach out to customers. "As our business has expanded, 90 percent of it is done on the phone," he explains. "We can't get...
HOW DO YOU design a garden-themed party that's neither flowery nor feminine? Think green. And think tools. This approach worked for Prospect, Conn.-based Parties with Pizzazz, which last spring created a surprise party for a man celebrating his...
Themes from the American Southwest resonate with Europeans THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST wowed the Old World at a gala dinner for a large retailer from the United Kingdom. Southwest Events Etc., a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based destination management company...
