L.A.-based Classic Party Rentals, the biggest event rental company in the U.S., continued its acquisition spree with the announcement last week that it has acquired Ducky-Bob's Party & Tent Rentals, a major player in Texas, and Montebello...
FROM the tallest party tent to the red carpet beneath guests' feet, it seems that virtually every event element requires a permit nowadays. To get some perspective on how to navigate the permit maze, this month's “Rental Essentials” offers a Q&A...
IT'S no party, that's for sure. Yet the tents and generators that shelter guests at fancy weddings have at many rental companies been providing vital shelter in areas devastated by hurricanes Katrina and Rita in late summer...
Where's the party? Right here! Taken as a group, the big event rental companies profiled here predict a 9 percent boost in business over last year. While some clouds on the horizon threaten to crash the party--including rising fuel and labor costs...
THE way Richard LoGuercio tells it, he never wanted to leave the thrill-a-minute world of event rental in the first place. Even when the prospective buyers of his Los Angeles-based Classic Party Rentals offered him “all the money I could ever...
WITH an intricate inventory management system at work amid rows of colorful linen, stacks of white wood chairs and piles of folded canvas ready for the next special event, multimillion dollar event rental company Abbey Event Services counts on...
A gust of wind blows a poorly secured inflatable into the street. A moon bounce deflates while children are jumping on it. A woman falls from an inflatable rock-climbing wall and dies. Frightening stories about accidents involving inflatables are...
The story of a business is often the story of a family. And the one behind the Shipper family and their event businesses is a success story...
