News about venues for special events, including hotels, restaurants, catering halls, banquet halls, museums, cultural institutions and dedicated event spaces.
Located in San Francisco, the restaurant Roe launched a freshly renovated space this month. The updated color palette features gray and white hues. Leather booths, exposed brick walls and large windows decorate the 80-seat dining room. With three...
OFTEN numbers speak for themselves. In her 28 years with Hyatt Regency, Pat Fabijanski, CMP, LES, has catered more than 80,000 events, which translates to nearly 3,000 functions and 160,000 meals a year. Her big break came when she took over as...
Audubon International and its educational division, the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary System, have designated the Evergreen Marriott Conference Resort in Stone Mountain, Ga., as a "certified Audubon cooperative sanctuary for business." The resort...
This month, Equator Books, located in Venice, Calif., will turn over one-third of the venue's space to new business Equator Vinyl, which houses approximately 1,500 records. The bookstore and permanent gallery offers 3,000 square feet of space for...
The Jewish Museum in Munich, Germany, opened on St. Jakobs Square in March. Both permanent and rotating exhibits will be shown in the three-story building; long-term exhibitions "Voices," "Places" and "Times" are situated on the main floor. The...
Scheduled to reopen in May as a Renaissance hotel, the Battle House Hotel in Mobile, Ala., is located on the site of U.S. president Andrew Jackson's military headquarters during the War of 1812. The 238-room hotel features 37,000 square feet of...
The Dublin Convention Bureau has announced its newest member hotel, the Park Plaza Tyrrelstown, in Dublin, Ireland. The hotel's meeting rooms are on the ground floor and enjoy natural light. With space for 450 guests theater style, the Greenwich...
The Atlanta-based Flashpoint Group has transformed 180 Peachtree Street, an old Macy's department store building, into an event venue. The venue features a large foyer with chandeliers; the main room accommodates 500 seated guests. Other features...
The fondue restaurant The Melting Pot has opened a new location in San Clemente, Calif., measuring 6,400 square feet; the private banquet room accommodates 52 guests and has a private patio. Decor elements include glass chandeliers, and charcoal...
