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The principles of tent heating and cooling
August 1st, 2007
Learn the principles of tent heating and cooling to deliver more comfortable events for your clients. By Tom Markel The event business never gets any easier, and heating or cooling our temporary structures and tents is no different. The standards and codes for heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) are primarily developed by the American […]
Big Top Party Rental offers holiday decorating workshop
August 1st, 2007
Big Top Party Rental is offering a two-day training workshop to help tent rental companies add a holiday decorating business for winter profits. Bobby Cooper, president of Big Top Party Rental, started the Christmas Light People in 2002 to help manage off-season cash flow. His company provides holiday decorating services for commercial accounts as well […]
Eventective expands online venue search engine
August 1st, 2007
Eventective, a comprehensive meeting and event space search engine, has announced expanded capabilities for planners, including new search tools and a function that allows users to export venue lists. Users can look up a venue based on state, city, metro area, venue type, number of attendees, square footage and availability of venue images. The export […]
Award for Best Rental Management Software
August 1st, 2007
Orion Software and its flagship product, Sirius Pro, have received an award for the Best Rental Management Software from Rental & Staging magazine. The award was given at the InfoComm show in Los Angeles, Calif. “We’re very proud to receive this prestigious award on behalf of our whole team, who have worked hard to create […]
Overnight install leads to successful white-tie gala
August 1st, 2007
A mid-winter, overnight tent project on a bustling road in Philadelphia leads to an event fit for a prince. On a cold night at the end of January, EventQuip loaded up its carefully ordered trucks and headed for downtown Philadelphia. The white-tie gala EventQuip was preparing for was the 150th anniversary celebration of the Philadelphia […]
Creating eco-friendly events
August 1st, 2007
The latest event trend is sustainability: Prepare your business for green opportunities ahead. When the bombardment of global-warming headlines first began, event professionals may not have given them a second look, aside from maybe vowing to recycle more at home. But today, there is a strong movement to “go green”—and it’s no longer just for […]
Risk management: The best-laid plans
August 1st, 2007
Managing risk in the tent rental industry is difficult, but not impossible. By Jessica Sellers Even in the face of external forces outside your control, managing risk appropriately is not an impossible task. Risk management is a process that all reputable event companies take seriously. “Experience can tell you what the risks are,” says Tom […]
Tents at the races
August 1st, 2007
By Jake Kulju Nascar’s Nextel Cup Series events in New Hampshire draw more than 120,000 spectators, 20,000 of whom use tents provided by Christian Party Rental. Last year, as the July and September races drew near, traffic from vendors, drivers and race officials made installation difficult, but the team at Christian Party Rental already had […]
Kiddie polo fundraiser sports numerous tents
August 1st, 2007
By Jake Kulju Each year, the Children’s Home Society holds one of its most popular fundraisers, the Polo Classic. The event is one of the society’s longest running fundraisers and has collected more than $2 million in its 18-year history. For the fundraiser in 2006, Skyway Event Services of Minneapolis, Minn., provided tents, including a […]
Styling the perfect small event
August 1st, 2007
Choosing the right tent and accessories can make or break small events. By Sonja Hegman Most everyone would love to have an elaborate, large-scale event, but not all events (or budgets) fit this bill. Sometimes, small events require that big-event feel. For smaller events, it’s important to provide the right tent layout dressed with the […]