Rental company owner plans daughter’s wedding

June 1, 2007  |  Project Briefs

How one rental company owner made his daughter’s dream wedding come true. By Chuck Hobart Unless you’ve fathered a daughter, there’s no explaining the mesmerizing power they have over you. My daughter’s desire for an outdoor wedding reception in December inspired a whirlwind …
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Backyard wedding features unconventional clearspans

June 1, 2007  |  Project Briefs

With over 35 years of event experience, Chicago Party Rental Inc. in McCook, Ill., would normally view a standard backyard wedding as a relatively simple event to do. There are the usual challenges, such as weather problems, site layout issues and tight timelines, but these can be fairly easy to pre…
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Event company designs one-of-a-kind event

June 1, 2007  |  Project Briefs

Perfect Surroundings Inc. of Newport, R.I., is specifically in the business of making events feel extra special by using unique designs and décor items. When the company was hired to produce an event for Roger Williams University in the summer of 2006, the team was given nearly free rein to d…
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Rental company creates the party of the century

June 1, 2007  |  Project Briefs

For an event dubbed the “party of the century” in downtown Columbus, Ohio, the Columbus Metropolitan Library hired Lasting Impressions Event Rental to put up a clearspan and fill the tent with all those extra special details. Lasting Impressions considers itself a one-stop shop, so makin…
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Stamford Tent & Event Services wins two TRD awards

June 1, 2007  |  Industry News, Project Briefs

When a private yacht club approached Stamford Tent & Event Services, Stamford, Conn., U.S.A., to install a tent for an exclusive fundraiser, president Steve Frost and his team initially said no. The club wanted Stamford Tent to do the impossible: to fit an 80-by-70-foot tent into what was essent…
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Chicago Party Rental wins TRD Award of Excellence

June 1, 2007  |  Industry News, Project Briefs

George P. Johnson, a large event planning firm, hired Chicago Party Rental, Chicago, Ill., U.S.A., in June 2006 to provide more than 75,000 square feet of tents and structures for the annual Lexus dealers’ conference. Around 1,250 guests attended the conference and enjoyed entertainment from n…
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Röder wins TRD Award of Excellence

June 1, 2007  |  Industry News, Project Briefs

Around 1,800 journalists and Smart Car dealers came to Stuttgart, Germany in November 2006 to see Dr. Dieter Zetsche, CEO of DaimlerChrysler, unveil the newly designed Smart ForTwo. For the presentation, Röder Zelt-und Veranstaltungsservice GmbH, Büdingen, Germany, provided a 35-by-40-mete…
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Dual-story tent houses NBA after-parties

June 1, 2007  |  Project Briefs

A tent with two stories of glass sidewalls provides a high-class touch for a celebrity venue. “There aren’t many companies in the U.S. that use glass walls,” begins Todd Barrett of Global Clearspans Inc. in Tempe, Ariz. “Our client base demands it, I guess. We’ve had gr…
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