“ANY size party, banquet, conference or festival routinely uses folding tables,” says Craig Clarke, vice president of Lexington, Ky.-based PS Event. New trends in the shape, design and components of portable tables mean more options for...
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...
The sights! The sounds! The thrill of it all! Pyrotechnic and special effects experts offer exciting new innovations and advice on using them to best effect...
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...
“A typical 40-truck fleet can be paying as much as a million dollars more for fuel now than they were two years ago,” according to Alex Walker, CEO of Toronto-based Cube Route's on-demand logistics management service. Party rental companies feel...
IN the “What did we ever do before we had …” category, room-diagramming software claims a spot near the top of the list. And in this arena, no programs have given event pros a better tool both for creating winning proposals and for avoiding design...
Joe Valente has a big job handling big events. As general manager of DC Rental in Arlington, Va., he oversees a $13 million operation that serves some 6,500 events a year, including U.S. presidential inaugural balls, big-time sporting events and...
SPECIAL EVENTS MAGAZINE: When we interviewed Fred in 2002, we talked about how the party rental business was perceived by the investment community as a fragmented moneymaker with no clear-cut leaders. How would you describe it now...
