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Skyline Tent Co. installation featured on Martha Stewart website
August 1st, 2010
A wedding featured on the Martha Stewart Weddings website included an installation by Skyline Tent Co., Charlottesville, Va. See a picture of fireworks illuminating the reception tent here.
Aztec blog covers installation crew safety
August 1st, 2010
The team at Aztec Tents, Torrance, Calif., collaborated on a blog post about installation crew safety.
Rick Bisesto blogs about 2010 Greenwich Concours d’Elegance
August 1st, 2010
Rick Bisesto at Stamford Tent & Event Services, Stamford, Conn., blogged about the 2010 Greenwich Concours d’Elegance, which featured elegant cars under elegant tents.
Partytime Productions creates artful installation
August 1st, 2010
Partytime Productions pulls off a delicate installation at the Art Institute of Chicago. Last March approximately 500 of Chicago’s “who’s who” gathered for a gala fundraiser to celebrate the opening of the “Matisse: Radical Invention 1913-1917” exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago. Planners for the event hired Partytime Productions of Addison, Ill., to bring […]
Temporary structure creates modern-day pyramid
August 1st, 2010
Lonas y Estructuras contributes to a massive temporary structure that recalls a piece of Mexico’s history. Mexico City’s main square, Plaza de la Constitución, commonly known as the Zócalo, has been a gathering place since the days of the Aztecs. In September 2009, thousands of Mexicans assembled in the square to kick off a year […]
Bob Mutton has a passion for parties
August 1st, 2010
Like many party rental operations, Bob Mutton Party and Tent Rental, Fort Wayne, Ind., began as a tool and equipment rental business. With a passion for entertaining and throwing parties, Bob and his wife Linda added a few tents, tables and chairs to the inventory. In 12 years, party rental grew to 70 percent of […]
The beauty of tent liners
August 1st, 2010
Tent liners are an easy upsell when customers see the way they dress up a tent. By Meleah Maynard When it comes to tent liners, the photos sell them every time, says Gabriel Backlund, creative director for Bloomington, Minn.-based Ultimate Events. First-time tent renters such as many brides may have no idea what tent liners […]
Selecting and caring for chairs
August 1st, 2010
By Jennifer Sellers When viewing a spectacular event’s decor, chairs and seating arrangements flow with other design elements to convey mood and tone to guests and participants. Whether the event is a wedding, a conference or a backyard party, the chair is one of the most pervasive design elements in a tent. After all, every […]
Disaster relief shelters
August 1st, 2010
The disaster relief tent market is unpredictable, but the rewards can be satisfying—professionally and personally. By Jill C. Lafferty The market for disaster relief shelters is a good news-bad news scenario. A sudden demand for relief tents usually means that in some part of the world, people are suffering. This was certainly true the first […]
Expanding your tent rental business beyond the local market
August 1st, 2010
By Janice Kleinschmidt After 52 years, Daniel Hooks expanded the family business. Given Party Reflections Inc.’s already dominant share of the tent rental market in Charlotte, N.C., and an economy still in the doldrums, the president’s move could be viewed as surprising. “To increase revenue, we had to do one of two things: buy our […]