FROM HER START renting her spare white wood chairs to fellow caterers in the mid-'90s, Betsy Stone built South San Francisco-based Sisters Party Rentals into a booming rental business. She sold to Classic Party Rentals in August 2003, but came...

MAKING A SPECIAL event come alive — even long after it's over — is the duty of photography and video services. Here, three experts give tips on using their services effectively...

NEARLY THREE DECADES in event rental have taught Tom Brown a thing or two about how to sustain success. First off, when a good opportunity presents itself to you, take it...

Every kindergartner loves to color, but now kids and adults alike can take part in some coloring fun with large-scale tarps and wallpaper from Salt Lake City-based The Monster Mural. The company, which has created murals for events from festivals...

EFX light columns from Orlando, Fla.-based Design Concepts Manufacturing have a secret: While they look as though they're filled with water and dancing bubbles, in fact they contain no water at all. The acrylic columns use airflow systems, digital...

VIRTUALLY ALL EVENT rental operators have seen a client damage inventory — from china filthy with food to linen spotted with mildew and candle wax. But their responses to the problem vary widely, from imposing fees on every offender — even major...

EYE-CATCHING ATTRACTIONS, from classic fireworks to high-tech visual effects, bring an element of surprise to — and enhance the message of — events...

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...

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...