News about venues for special events, including hotels, restaurants, catering halls, banquet halls, museums, cultural institutions and dedicated event spaces.
Losing 100 apple-green napkins at the last minute was a problem. Yet it was a tiny problem in light of how big the event was. On July 18, Stamford, Conn.-based contract caterer Centerplate served a sit-down dinner to more than 17,600 Alpha Kappa...
The exuberant predictions for year-upon-year increases in event business at hotels and resorts have checked out. Last year, a whopping 60 percent of our respondents expected a jump in event business in 2008, a figure that has fallen to 13 percent...
The 2006 movie “An Inconvenient Truth” made many people want to go green. But those newbies were only catching up to the eco-friendly operations of San Francisco-based Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants. Founded in 1981, the company began its eco...
The blank canvas has its place. A plain-Jane space can be anything event planners imagine: Tuscany, Times Square or outer space. But these days, many clients want event venues with built-in style. A unique setting makes decor — and decor costs —...
Although the exuberant predictions from last year of big gains in event business for 2008 have faded, 71 percent of respondents to the Special Events seventh annual Hotel Event Survey expect their event business this year to be equal to or better...