News about venues for special events, including hotels, restaurants, catering halls, banquet halls, museums, cultural institutions and dedicated event spaces.
The Spirit of Philadelphia offers cruises on the Delaware River with views of Philadelphia and Camden, N.J. A lunch or dinner buffet is offered on every cruise; the boat accommodates groups as large as 450 people. On-board entertainment includes a...
Located in Orlando, Fla., the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort and Convention Center boasts 2,000 rooms and the recently renovated Grand Ballroom. The ballroom features 38,000 square feet of venue space, 22-foot ceilings and an in-house sound...
The latest venue from Rande Gerber's After Midnight Co., the Stone Rose Lounge, recently opened in Los Angeles. Located in the newly renovated Sofitel Los Angeles hotel, the 5,000-square-foot lounge features an outdoor patio with a fire pit and...
The “Rock Star” program, offered at the upscale Rock Resorts chain, provides experts from specific fields to share their knowledge with a group. For example, the Lodge and Spa at Cordillera, in Edwards, Colo., employs a snowshoeing expert to guide...
Washington-based hotel giant Marriott International announced today that all of its lodging brands in the U.S. and Canada will become 100 percent smoke-free beginning in September. The new policy covers more than 2,300 hotels and corporate...
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times … it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.” ...
IT'S a tough award to win. Being named “catering manager of the year” at Hyatt Hotels means hitting sales targets, winning the support of management and constantly delivering quality. This year's winner — Cheryl Martin, catering manager at the...
LOOKING for flexible event space can be a challenge. Hotel ballrooms land convention center spaces offer many amenities, yet often come with restrictions such as existing decorative features, rigging, high costs for accessing power, and catering...
WEDDINGS are one occasion when the right location is a requisite. In the current event market, that often means taking the festivities out of traditional wedding locations such as hotels and private clubs. But with the move into unconventional...
