WHEN YOU HEAR the phrase "backyard wedding," you typically think of a small, garden affair, held perhaps under a tent or canopy. When Therese Forton, owner of Buffalo, New York-based Events To A Tee was hired to produce a "simple backyard wedding...
If it weren't for an Eastern Air Lines strike 10 years ago, Kathy Blount, CMP, might still be a flight attendant instead of the founder of Meeting Dynamics Inc., a full-service meeting and special event planning company in Miami. During the strike...
A BAT MITZVAH signals a young woman's coming of age-but that doesn't mean she can't still act like a kid sometimes. Ronni Kahn Event Designs created a vibrant Candyland for a recent bat mitzvah in Sydney, Australia. The theme kicked off with the...
It seems to me that some of the most important events that happen throughout our lives are the unions we make. Unions of all types form the sort of person we are and, ultimately, the person we become...
MOVING UP Anna Ference has joined Bayard's, a restaurant and event venue in New York, as catering director. 1 Hanover Square, New York, NY 10004; 212/514-9454 t Aztec Tents & Events has hired Alex Kousmanoff as a sales representative. 540...
Trained to Lift In March, new training standards set by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration went into effect, stating that operators of fork lifts or powered industrial trucks used to push, pull, lift, stack or tier material must be...
For event planners of a certain stature and experience, working internation-ally is the seductive call of the siren. But, as most quickly learn, it is like the event business in any city, state or country-more glamorous than it sounds. And when...