News and trends in special events including bar mitzvahs, bat mitzvahs, birthday parties, Sweet 16 parties, debutante balls, corporate events, awards programs, fairs, festivals, galas, fundraisers and green/eco events.
Big-time event producer Melanie Fletcher of Done + Dusted discusses how she oversees huge, televised events such as the 2012 Olympics ceremonies in London
A global technology client kicked off its 2014 international sales and marketing conference by welcoming 3,500 guests from around the world to the Venetian resort in Las Vegas. Ready for something different after years of staging events at the...
With only a shoestring budget, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's in-house event team netted $757,000—nearly 50 percent above goal—by deft management of funds and event space. The 550 dinner guests dined in six different rooms in...
For BC/Vancouver Night—a tourism promotion event—E=MC2 took 1,700 guests on an elaborate cross-province, adrenaline-driven adventure of a lifetime. Highlights included a 150-foot aerial line of athletes sailing overhead, mountain...
The team from Hello Florida helps Marriott stage an unforgettable Association Masters Conference by creating a one-of-a-kind Alice in Wonderland party. The 500 guests were impressed, as was the Special Events Advisory Board--the event won a Gala...
Despite civil unrest and a nightly curfew, the Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital in Baltimore held its Storybook Gala as scheduled, moving the venue but still bringing in guests and even more revenue than the year prior