The melting pot cooks for caterers In the United States, nearly 8 percent of residents are foreign-born. As a result, a "traditional" wedding feast could include anything from chicken breast and wedding cake to dim...
The Special Event Co., based in London, recently organized a star-studded UNICEF charity dinner that raised more than Pound100,000 ($157,000) for the children of Kosovo...
Unique Tabletop Rentals, Bellflower, Calif.-based suppliers of fine china, and Resource One, a linen rental company in Reseda, Calif., plan to merge on Sept. 1 to expand their line of products nationally. The new...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Intertec Exhibitions, the parent of The Special Event and sister company to Special Events Magazine parent Intertec Publishing, has set the dates for the 2001 show: Jan. 11-13 in New Orleans. The Special Event 2000...
ADD SOME DRAMA "I believe there is more drama within corporate walls than can ever be portrayed in a theater. In corporate meetings, I foresee more dramatic relief, creative breaks and thematic flow, all followed by...