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Making News
ISES
ROLLS OUT THE RED CARPET FOR EVENTWORLD 2005
Thanks to a Hollywood location, the movie-star quotient
was high during the opening day of ISES Eventworld 2005, held Aug. 11-13
at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles. Almost 450 attendees
from around the world made the trip to L.A., marking the best attendance
in the conference's history ... For more, click
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ON THE WAY? COMP COSTS EASE FOR CALIFORNIA OPERATORS
Two years of overhauls to California's workers'
compensation insurance system are beginning to ease costs for California
employers, including party rental operators. Rising costs for workers'
comp coverage have hit the party rental industry hard in recent years,
and particularly so in California, where workers' comp is often listed
as the most onerous aspect of doing business in the Golden State. Since
July 2003, rates for workers' comp policies have dropped an average of
26 percent, according to state Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi. A
spokesman for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has pledged to reduce
the burden ... For more, click
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SAN
FRANCISCO HOTELS BLAST LATEST UNION OFFER
The San Francisco Multi-Employer Group -- a group of 14
hotels including such landmark properties as the Fairmont, Four Seasons
and Westin St. Francis -- last week blasted a counteroffer by striking
Local 2 to resolve the nearly year-old labor dispute.
The hotel group said the union's counteroffer "failed to address any of
the significant issues affecting hotel employees." The statement added,
"Today's [Aug. 10] proposal by union leadership shows a lack of respect
for us, our employees and the people of San Francisco."
Local 2 of Unite Here wants a contact that expires in 2006, which would
align with contracts of its sister unions in major cities including Los
Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta and Boston. Such a change would make it harder
for hotel chains to snuff out local job actions by ... For more,
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Going Places
GOING PLACES
Event Professionals on the Move
ERIC KARTER has been appointed president of ART OF THE
PARTY, an event production company in Orlando, Fla. Call
888/607-7474; www.artoftheparty.com ...
ROBYN GILLESPIE joins JON ELLMS as co-healthcare practice
director at Boston-based event marketing and management firm ACCESS
TCA. Call 800/509-9791; www.accesstca.com ... ROGER
GRAGG has been named director of operations at CAPERS and
ADDED ATTRACTIONS in San Antonio. Call 210/223-9740; www.added-attractions.com
... San Diego-based PRA DESTINATION MANAGEMENT has appointed
CHRISTINA BURCHETT as national sales manager at its
Phoenix-Scottsdale (Ariz.) location. Call 480/893-0988; www.pra.com ... JEFF FOX, formerly
of CLASSIC PARTY RENTALS, Los Angeles, has joined ATLANTA
PARTY PLUS as purchasing manager. Call 404/351-9222; www.atlantapartyplus.com
...THE RITZ-CARLTON, LAKE LAS VEGAS has hired RICK
BLACKBURN as director of sales and marketing. Call 702/567-4700; www.ritzcarlton.com ...
CHRISTOPHE DAVID has been hired as executive chef at Park Hyatt
Chicago's NOMI RESTAURANT. Call 312/239-4030; www.nomirestaurant.com.
Do you have a job change to announce? Send information about new
hires or promotions in the event industry to Special Events
Magazine assistant editor Kelly Wardle at kwardle@primediabusiness.com.
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Venue News
VENUE NEWS YOU CAN USE
High Style on Rodeo Drive
Two Rodeo, an outdoor venue space that sits amid luxury
retailers, salon services and restaurants on the corner of Wilshire
Boulevard and Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, Calif., offers a unique
ambience for special events. With cobblestone paving and limestone
sidewalks, the 38-foot-wide European-style street can accommodate 200
guests for seated events and 500 guests reception-style. McCormick &
Schmick's grill, which is located on the property, offers 11,416 square
feet of indoor space and can accommodate 135 guests in its Wilshire room
and 390 guests in the main restaurant. Catering for cocktail parties at
Two Rodeo is available from the 208 Rodeo restaurant. For more
information, call 310/247-7040 or visit www.2rodeo.com.
Hyatt Sits Above the Mile High City
Skyline
The Hyatt Regency will open a new 37-story, 1,100-room,
$355 million hotel overlooking the Denver skyline in December. Located
adjacent to the Colorado Convention Center, the Hyatt Regency Denver
will have 60,600 square feet of meeting space, including the
30,000-square-foot Centennial ballroom, the 14,000-square-foot Capitol
ballroom and 22 meeting rooms. For more information, call 303/295-5928
or visit www.denverconventioncenter.hyatt.com.
Ritz Shines After $19 Million
Renovation
The Ritz-Carlton, Huntington Hotel & Spa in Pasadena,
Calif., has undergone a $19 million renovation that includes the
restoration of all 33,000 square feet of meeting and historic ballroom
space. The three ballrooms -- the 11,220-square-foot Ritz-Carlton and
the historical Georgian and Viennese ballrooms -- and meeting rooms
feature updated carpets and wall coverings, as well as arched ceilings
and crystal chandeliers in the Georgian and Viennese ballrooms. The
392-room hotel also offers 29,000 square feet of outdoor venue space
with the Horseshoe Garden and the Japanese Garden. For more information,
call 626/568-3900 or visit www.ritzcarlton.com/hotels/huntington.
Double the Fun at Anaheim
Doubletree
Conveniently located a short walk from the Disneyland
Resort, Anaheim Convention Center and Downtown Disney, the Doubletree
Guest Suites Anaheim Resort/Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif., will
open its doors in December. The 252-room hotel will have more than 9,000
square feet of banquet and meeting space to accommodate up to 550
guests, including eight conference rooms. The resort also will offer
complete banquet and conference services staff and an audiovisual team.
Additionally, with the Hilton HHonors Event Planner program, event
planners can earn points and miles for events held at Hilton hotels. For
more information, call 800/215-7316 or visit www.doubletreeanaheim.com.
Product Gallery
PRODUCT GALLERY
Burnin' Large
Events get lit up in a big way with Canoga Park,
Calif.-based Giant Candle Co.'s collection of colossal candles.
The super-sized, handcrafted candles are available in eight sizes, 53
colors and more than 375 scents. Weighing from 7 1/2 pounds to 33
pounds, the candles are made with the fragrance concentrated in the core
of the candle to prevent an overwhelming aroma. With more than 160,000
combinations of colors, scents and sizes to choose from, the candles
give ample opportunity to add a personalized touch to any special event.
For more information, type in Reader Service Card No. 101 at www.freeproductinfo.net/se
5...4...3...2...1...Event Time!
Anticipating your next event and want to be prepared
down to the second for it to start? With Ottawa-based T-Minus
Enterprises' Countdown Clock software program, photographs and sound
effects count down the years, months, days, hours, minutes and seconds
until the event. The countdown can be viewed as a computer screensaver
or displayed as a window on the desktop, and can be added to the bottom
of outgoing e-mails to alert recipients about the event. Music also can
be added to customize the countdown.
For more information, type in Reader Service Card No. 102 at www.freeproductinfo.net/se
Marriage Contracts Get Personal
Sarasota, Fla.-based MP Artworks, a fine art
studio that specializes in wedding certificate and chuppah designs,
offers two lines of ketubot -- decorated marriage contracts that couples
sign on their wedding day -- for couples looking to commemorate their
special occasion. Both the premier Ketubah Studio line and the
budget-conscious Ketubah4less line offer personalized, giclee-print
ketubot that incorporate names, wedding date, location and other details
on 100 percent cotton paper. Since almost any text can be paired with
almost any design, couples have the option of using Jewish, interfaith,
nonreligious and custom texts. Additionally, couples can customize and
mix and match the designs and texts.
For more information, type in Reader Service Card No. 103 at www.freeproductinfo.net/se
Quiet Riot
With the line of Crawford studio generators from Rancho
Dominguez, Calif.-based MQ Power, long-lasting, quiet power
keeps lights, sound and air conditioning working throughout special
events. The generators come in custom colors, are mounted on tandem-axle
trailers for easy moving, and have an exhaust silencer and two layers of
acoustic insulation that keeps noise to a minimum during event
entertainment. In addition, the generators feature weather-tight
enclosures and come in 250-, 200-, 800-, 1400- and 2400-amp models
powered by Volvo engines.
For more information, type in Reader Service Card No. 104 at www.freeproductinfo.net/se
Note: Act fast--information on these products is available online
only through Aug. 30
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