Dec 26, 2006

Torrance, Calif.-based Aztec Tents announced last week that owner Chuck Miller will resume his full-time role as company president and will resign his post as president of Classic Tents, the event rental outlet he has overseen for the past 13...

Consolidation is Changing the Rental Landscape

Dec 01, 2006

THE days of tool-rental shops offering a small selection of party accessories on the side are gone. Party rental companies are worth money, and nobody knows that better than the businesses acquiring them. Here, rental professionals — both chains...

Silver Software

Nov 01, 2006

As we begin our 25thyear publishing Special Events Magazine, each month we salute event professionals who have reached career milestones...

BUSY, BUSY, BUSY

Nov 01, 2006

ASK party rental operations, “How's business?” and you may have to wait for an answer. Why? They're too busy to reply...

SHOWTIME FOR A NEW SHOWROOM

Oct 01, 2006

LA BELLA Party Rental Co. announced the April 11 grand opening of its new Napa, Calif., location with invitations that declared: “We've Arrived.” And that arrival came in a stylish package — new digs that La Bella showed off at its soiree while...

9TH ANNUAL 30 TOP SHOPS

Oct 01, 2006

FUEL prices may be rising. Labor costs may be rising. But the spirits of big event rental companies are rising right along with them as our 30 top companies expect a vibrant business year. Even when sales boosts from acquisitions are excluded, our...

MAKING YOUR MARK

Oct 01, 2006

PRESIDENT of the newly renamed Marquee Event Group in Austin, Texas, Damon Holditch, CSEP, CERP, purchased his party rental business in 1985 and turned it into one of the top party rental companies in the area. In 2000, he painted all his trucks...

GROWING UP TOGETHER

Oct 01, 2006

QUESTION: What do you get when you take one real estate broker, add a love of at-home entertaining and a dash of entrepreneurial ambition? Answer: Charlie Feldbaum. The former college finance major and one-time stockbroker says it was his desire...

A SHOWROOM WITH A VIEW

Sep 01, 2006

WHEN business booms, a rental company can outgrow its showroom quickly, and while making a move is never easy, an investment in a special space can really pay off. Party Rental Ltd. discovered this when it relocated its New York showroom, which...

Classic acquires Atlanta Party Plus and Carolina Party Plus

Aug 21, 2006

Los Angeles-based Classic Party Rentals announced today that it has acquired Atlanta Party Plus, based in Atlanta, and Carolina Party Plus, based in Charlotte, N.C. The deal means that Classic now has 18 locations and generates combined annual...