Aug 01, 2004

GOOD AS THEY are at servicing the parties thrown by others, many party rental operators throw their own bashes, whether to win new customers or to woo current clients. Here, some tips on putting life into your own rental party...

Wine Country Party & Events announces vendor alliances

Jul 14, 2004

Marshall Bauer, president and CEO of Wine Country Party & Events in Sonoma, Calif., today announced the completion of strategic alliances with five local event service providers...

HSS RentX sells Atlanta event rental outlet

Jul 09, 2004

On the heels of its sale of an event rental outlet in Tennessee, representatives of HSS RentX announced this week that the company has sold its Atlanta event rental operation to ALL, LLC, parent company of TLC Rents in that city. The transaction...

Classic Party Rentals acquires Regal Rents and Tri-Rentals

Jul 06, 2004

Top multi-unit event rental firm Classic Party Rentals released an announcement today that it has acquired Regal Rents and Tri-Rentals. The combined company will serve its clients from 11 locations in California, Arizona and New Mexico...

FUEL SCHOOL

Jul 01, 2004

THE GOOD NEWS: After hitting record highs last month, fuel prices have started to decline, a trend that analysts expect to continue through the summer. The bad news: They won't decline much...

THE BIG BUY

Jul 01, 2004

CHUCK MILLER KNOWS he's had a run of good fortune in his 24-year event career. His industry colleagues know it, too. “I've had a half-dozen competitors say, ‘You always have all the luck,’” he notes. “But to me, luck comes about because you're...

CLEAN MACHINES

Jul 01, 2004

MANUFACTURERS OF cleaning equipment know what clients want: innovative implements to tidy tents, freshen flooring and clean chairs, all with a minimum of elbow grease...

Tri-Rentals' Ralph Stern on the right start

Jun 30, 2004

Tri-Rentals' chief Ralph Stern says he started with the best, and he's kept a good thing going...

All Occasions Event Rental acquires Knoxville unit of HSS RentX

Jun 24, 2004

All Occasions, LLC, the parent company of All Occasion Party Rentals of Knoxville, Tenn., announced Monday that it has acquired the Knoxville event rental location of HSS RentX, also based in that city. HSS RentX will retain its Knoxville tool...

Fuel prices driving up fleet costs for party rental companies

Jun 16, 2004

Thanks in part to record high fuel prices, an informal survey by Special Events Magazine this month reveals that the cost of operating an event rental truck fleet is 16 percent higher than it was a year ago, one more burden for an industry still...