New tools for special events: remote-control cocktail table light from Fortune Products, custom-design cookies from Kalorama, and ID wristbands from PDC
Business news in the special event industry for the week of July 31, 2013, includes a new role for hotel catering leader Paula Fenner and a new Southeast regional office for GBS Linens
Chateau on the Lake Resort in Branson, Mo., offers cancellation-free and attrition-free promotion to meeting planners, while Atlanta's Westin Buckhead and Orlando's Rosen Inn at Pointe Orlando debut new event...
New items for special event designers include a fog machine aht doesn't require carbon dioxide, easy-to-remove custom printed floor wraps, and light-up LED stools and tables
DMC expert Padraic Gilligan discusses the threat that online services present to destination management companies, a Barco study shows that paper still rules at meetings, and a bill introduced in the U.S. Congress...
Marty MacKay takes role as president of big DMC group Hosts Global Alliance, along with other business headlines in special events for the week of July 24, 2013
New decor pieces for special events include Hi-Lights soft sculpture pieces, the Blofield inflatable furniture line now in red, and illuminated "living chandelier" entertainers