Important new products and trends for special event professionals including in FX, special effects, floral, lighting, linens, props, tabletop items, technical support and tents
TO make a special event a success, having the right performers onstage is important. But just as important, professional staging suppliers will tell you, is the staging you build to support those performers. The right staging not only adds drama...
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...
The Liverpool [England] Culture Co.'s Nov. 20 spectacle to turn on the city’s Christmas light display for 15,000 attendees was powered by lively stage acts along with environmentally sensitive, "green" generators from locally based Pyramid...
In our Nov. 23 edition of Eventline, we reported that Los Angeles-based Classic Party Rentals had acquired Aztec Tents & Events of Torrance, Calif. Spokespeople for the companies stress that Classic has acquired only the rental division of...
Wedding invitations go high-tech thanks to Boca Raton, Fla.-based Elegant Invites, which creates custom CD-ROMs that couples can use as their main invitation or to supplement traditional paper invites. The multimedia disks, which play in any...
SO badly did Andy DiRaddo want to get into the sound scene 30 years ago, he was willing to make major sacrifices. The young upstart with a love of music — but, he admits, no musical talent — signed up for one of the only college-based programs in...
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...
LOOK around and you'll find tents everywhere. Once limited to garden parties and golf tournaments, tent structures are showing up on city streets, in public parks, even attached to the sides of exhibit halls. But along with the diversity of tent...
Looking for ways to add an interactive element to your next event? Hamburg, Germany-based Zelfmade has introduced a mobile-to-screen tool that allows guests to transfer images and messages from cell phones onto an LED wall during an event. Guests...
WHETHER they help keep guests dry or give a more permanent appearance to temporary structures, the latest accessories add style and functionality to special event tents...