THE INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL EVENTS Society set new goals and shared ideas before a record attendance of 380 at its annual Conference for Professional Development, Aug. 7-10 in Washington, D.C. The CPD was a time to recap the year's growth and...

ALTHOUGH Seattle-based Abbey Party Rents serviced 19 cities on tour with the Rolling Stones and U2 last year, the biggest challenge for the company's truck fleet is its own hometown...

SWING DANCING, fireworks and feasting in the shadow of a dinosaur skeleton-a recent black-tie gala at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago had it all. G/M! Productions of Chicago put on the event for the technology division of a major...

Looking for new ways to wow tech-happy clients? Then visualize 3-D image projections without those annoying, less-than-stylish, stereoscopic cardboard glasses. It's now possible, thanks to the VIP-103 video projection system, which can project...

IT'S A LONG-STANDING joke that most of California doesn't experience any true seasons. But for those of us who live and work here, subtle seasonal shifts in the air, light and color of the sun affect our moods as much as any fall foliage, winter...

When the going gets tough, Lena Malouf, CSEP, gets going. Malouf, an international event specialist based in Sydney, Australia, credits a severe recession in 1990 for helping her focus on expanding her floral business into the special event...

INNOVATIVE DESIGN wowed 400 guests at a recent gala held for a new hotel management company at The Westin Harbour Castle in Toronto. "We wanted to give the event a futuristic edge without looking like a Star Trek set," says Richard Cadoret...

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Caterer Joann Roth, founder of Tarzana, Calif.-based Someone's in the Kitchen, came to Special Events Mag-azine with a question. She values her employees and wants to offer them benefits that they will value. We asked compensation and benefits...

ASK PROFESSIONALS in the incentive travel industry to discuss trends and you're likely to hear differing opinions. But one thing they will agree on is that the incentive travel business-the practice of rewarding employees with tr ips rather than...