Gas Shortage Plagues Atlanta Event Pros

It's the secret ingredient in appetizers, decor and guest lists--gasoline. If there's no gas, then the caterer can't deliver the food, the decor pieces sit on the loading dock, and guests can't get to the party....

30 Top Rental Companies Note Economic Chill

The respondents to Special Events Magazine's 11th annual "30 Top Event Rental Companies" list predict an 8 percent boost in revenue this year, but the forecast for 2009 is not so rosy....

11th Annual 30 Top Event Rental Companies List

The Olympics, U.S. presidential elections--2008 has been a big year for big events. ...

Event Pros Weigh In on Financial Crisis

Businesspeople are holding their breath this week as the U.S. Congress wrangles over the astonishing $700 billion bailout proposed by the Bush Administration to save the sinking financial sector....

Houston Event Business Steadies After Ike

The event industry in Houston is beginning to resume normal operations in the wake of Hurricane Ike, which reached landfall in Texas on Sept. 13....

Politicos Pause But Parties Don't at GOP Convention

The threat of Hurricane Gustav on the Gulf Coast put the damper on appearances by some politicians at the Republican National Convention, but the party pace continues unabated....

Rental Essentials: You Can Rent That? Unique Inventory

By Christine Landry

What's old news to the event industry can be a new discovery to clients. After all, not everyone is familiar with the term Celebration Party Rentals in...

Rental Essentials: Rental Companies Create Beautiful Tabletops

By Christine Landry

Last month, we showed how rental companies develop attention-grabbing trade-show booths. In Part II, we zero in on the tabletop and dish on the details...

Faces & Places: New York

By Natasha Garber

The event insider's guide to local faces in New York...