DOLLARS AND SENSE "Make sure your cash-flow projections are well-padded, and do not live off your client's deposits. Better to get your bank to give you a line of credit for those gap periods. Nothing stresses like...
The Big Apple is home to a big prop warehouse: Eclectic/Encore Props. The 75,000-square-foot warehouse displays props for Egyptian, carnival, jungle scene, cigar lounge, haunted house, French parlor, '50s diner...
The latest flash for the upcoming New Year's Eve celebration: The single-use, 35-mm Greeting Camera adds a banner featuring a millennium greeting and a customized corporate logo to each photo it takes. Contact...
Robin Kring's Storybook Weddings-A Guide to Fun and Romantic Theme Weddings covers all aspects of theme weddings, including invitations, dress, decor, entertainment and menus. Fifty themes are featured, among them a...
FOR A RECENT Star Wars-themed party, Los Angeles-based Poko Event Productions used the force to create an out-of-this-world experience-the creative force, that is...
THE ISES NEW YORK Metro Chapter raised more than $14,000 for the SEARCH Foun-dation at an April fund-raising event honoring SEARCH founding chairman Richard Aaron, CSEP, CMP, at the New York Aquarium at Coney Island...
Creating an African theme for your next special event? Boudashery Ltd. of Ashland, Ore., offers carved jacaranda wood giraffes handcrafted by young rural artists from Swaziland, a small country encircled by South...
The first time young Dutch grocer Klaas de Boer catered an outdoor event, he was rained out. But the second time, he was prepared. As the rain poured down, he threw up a makeshift tent. He kept that tent for his next...
THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE "As a rental industry, we face an immense challenge to develop new products, greater features and portability. But at the same time, we must hold our inventory to a minimum. Like other...
Thomas P. Angelo, owner and president of Tom Angelo & Associates, Phoenix, died in May. The recipient of a Gala award from Special Events Magazine, he also received three Emmy nominations. He was respected for...