Special events news this week includes a new director of special events at the Park Hyatt New York.

Event guests love the "fog" from dishes prepped with liquid nitrogen, but the FDA warns that it can be dangerous.

The annual event will get a fresh new look in September, moving to the L.A. Live Event Deck.

Cool cocktails, hot desserts--top hotels share their innovations in the sinful stuff.

New two- and three-tier stainless steel stands add style to buffets.

Plastics straws are in the cross hairs in public outrage over pollution, and the hospitality industry is at work to respond.

With F&B costs now up to 20 percent of overall event budgets, planners are turning to new techniques to hold the line.