Special Events

COVER STORY: BOUTIQUE HOTELS HOST INTIMATE AFFAIRS

BY NATASHA GARBER

Sprawling ballrooms? Not likely. Airplane-hangar lobbies? Forget it. One-size-fits-all event and meetings packages? Not even close. With their style-over-size...

GUEST ROOM: DAVID DVORAK ON FLEETING MEETINGS

From his start as a meeting planner in the automotive industry, David Dvorak, CMP, has moved into the hotel business in big way. As vice president of...

SITE LINES: OFF THE BEATEN PATH

BY KELLY WARDLE

Unique sites in exotic locales let guests get away from it all...

SITE LINES: RESTAURANTS AT YOUR SERVICE FOR SPECIAL EVENTS

BY KELLY WARDLE

Fine dining and stylish surroundings make restaurants right for special events...

THE LAST WORD: THE BEVERLY WILSHIRE'S JAMES CUTFIELD ON CATERING TO CLIENTS

BY NATASHA GARBER

AS far as James Cutfield is concerned, bigger doesn't necessarily mean better. Not when it comes to Beverly Hills, Calif.'s Regent Beverly Wilshire the...

Guest satisfaction with hotels up, survey says

Despite rising room rates and higher hotel occupancy, guest satisfaction with the hotel industry is up, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2005 North American Hotel Guest Satisfaction Index Study, released last month. The study queried nearly 37,500 guests...

SITE LINES: HIGH-TECH VENUES ARE MODERN MARVELS

BY KELLY WARDLE

High-tech hot spots bring first-class production power to events....

CONFETTI: CLUB HOUSE

BY KELLY WARDLE

MIAMI is known for many things: international cuisine, sizzling beaches and the trendy South Beach club scene. It was the club vibe that her client, a...

SITE LINES: COOL CLUBS MAKE FOR HOT VENUES

BY KELLY WARDLE

Cutting-edge technology and luxe lounge areas put nightclubs on the venue VIP list...

AEG, O2 to revamp London's Dome

London’s Millennium Dome—the exhibition structure built to usher in the new millennium but unused since then—will reopen in 2007 as a music and sports arena stretching 1.2 million square feet and offering seating for 23,000. L.A.-based Anschutz Entertainment Group (www.aegworldwide.com), which provides live entertainment, sporting events and facilities including L.A.’s Staples Center, announced last month that it will work with...