News about venues for special events, including hotels, restaurants, catering halls, banquet halls, museums, cultural institutions and dedicated event spaces.
The Metropolitan Pavilion in New York has launched a full-service production house called Metropolitan Pavilion Events and Production. Located in New York's Chelsea neighborhood, the building's exterior features beaux-arts and art deco elements...
Velocity 17, located in Maywood, N.J., offers such high-energy activities as indoor kart racing, F-18 flight simulators and virtual racing of Porsches, Lamborghinis and even lawn tractors. The venue's banquet facility has room for 1,400 guests; c...
The 240-room Sheraton Hua Hin Resort and Spa, located in Hua Hin, Thailand, is situated in nine buildings surrounding a swimming pool. Up to 500 guests can be accommodated in the resort's 2,600 square feet of event space, which includes a ballroo...
Located in San Diego, the new restaurant Avenue 5 offers 2,100 square feet of space. The venue's decor elements include exposed brick walls, wood accents and earthy tones such as green, white and beige. A large antique mirror decorates the cockta...
Hotel chain Westin announced last month that it will offer a menu featuring foods from the "SuperFoods Rx" list of healthy items. The "superfoods" philosophy, described in two best-selling books, recommends eating certain food combinations to ens...
Grace Bay Club, in Providenciales, Turks & Caicos, recently completed a $45 million renovation; improvements include a new reception area, entry court, pool and spa. The resort offers such relaxed options for meetings as drinks on the terrace of ...
The Surf and Sand Resort in Laguna Beach, Calif., has completed a $6 million renovation. Improvements include a redesign of the restaurant Splash, which serves California costal cuisine such as swordfish, tuna tartare and gazpacho with poached pr...
Chillout, a new restaurant in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, features furniture, dishes, paintings and sculptures made of ice. Beaded ice curtains separate cubicles furnished with ice sofas and chairs; an ice chandelier hangs from the ceiling. An 1...
Give celebrity wannabes the VIP treatment. A venue good enough for seasoned party animals such as Lindsay Lohan and Jay-Z is sure to please any style-savvy guest. Treat corporate and social guests to a party worthy of Hollywood royalty at these c...
Located in Columbia, Pa., Perfect Settings is an old warehouse built by the Odd Fellows and converted into a reception facility. It fits 125 guests for a sit-down dinner in its 1,500 square feet. Owner Daisy Pagan provides planning services, if d...
