Röder wins two International Achievement Awards

June 1, 2008  |  Industry News, Project Briefs

By Dionne Cordell The Smart ForTwo car can be seen all over Europe, and it was finally brought to the United States in early 2008. Smart cars are smaller than a MINI Cooper and are known for their gas efficiency. To celebrate the newly designed Smart ForTwo, nearly 2,000 dealers and journalists were…
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Chicago Party Rental wins IAA award of excellence for party tent rental

June 1, 2008  |  Industry News, Project Briefs

By Dionne Cordell For the 2006 Lexus Dealers’ Conference, Chicago Party Rental (now Classic Party Rentals), Countryside, Ill., created three distinct areas—75,426 square feet of tents and structures, complete with climate control. After guests were greeted on the red-carpet entrance surr…
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Carpas y Lonas wins three International Achievement Awards

June 1, 2008  |  Industry News, Project Briefs

By Dionne Cordell Jurassic Park met the tent industry when a company built dinosaur robots and needed a tent large enough for its traveling musuem. That’s when Animatronix hired Carpas y Lonas el Carrousel S.A. de C.V., Mexico City, Mexico, to provide a traveling tent for Tyrannosaurus Rex and…
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Pacific Domes wins IAA award of excellence for tent manufacturing

June 1, 2008  |  Industry News, Project Briefs

By Dionne Cordell When Santa needed to come to Plainview, Ind., Premier Properties hired Pacific Domes, Ashland, Ore., to give him a unique home. Most of Pacific Domes’ clients want and expect something unusual, says Mark Hanson, Pacific Domes’ operations supervisor. Premier Properties d…
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Custom tent provides alternative to permanent pavilion

June 1, 2008  |  Project Briefs

A client loves its last-minute tent enough to make it a permanent fixture. . To the average client, the tent resting on a country club’s patio looks sleek and simple. But as Sean Scheidle knows, this tent is anything but simple. Nearly everything on the tent had to be customized to fit the cou…
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Tents provide vintage elegance

June 1, 2008  |  Project Briefs

Beautiful banners adorn three 1920s-themed tents after a tough install. When University of Texas event planner Rod Caspers called on Marquee Tent Productions to tent a 500-person celebration dinner, his needs were specific. Caspers gave Marquee six weeks of planning to execute the event—but on…
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Tent company stays calm despite uncertain forecast

June 1, 2008  |  Project Briefs

A wet spring in Minnesota makes clients extra eager to hash out a rain plan for their June wedding. On a cold, wet Friday in April, Jim Bach, Apr‘s Party & Tent Rental, donned galoshes and rain gear to go mark up the site for Sarah Oehler’s upcoming tented wedding. Bach and Oehler we…
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Moroccan-themed event features triple-peaked tent

June 1, 2008  |  Project Briefs

Guests at a posh debutante ball party under three peaks. When a family in Houston, Texas, was ready to throw a debutante ball for their daughter, they knew exactly who they wanted to hire to help put together a magical event: Ben Bourgeois. And when the clients decided on a tent and lavish dé…
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Creating cool lighting design for events

April 1, 2008  |  On the Job, Trend Watch

By Jill C. Lafferty Well-designed lighting can set the mood for a tented event—from whimsical to romantic to dramatic. “People are realizing what an impact or component lighting can bring to an event to establish the overall ambience,” says Doc Waldrop of Infinite Designs LLC, Atla…
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Summer holidays impact Canada’s tent industry

April 1, 2008  |  Project Briefs

By Jill C. Lafferty Canadians are proud of their multicultural heritage, but their cultural celebrations can be challenging for tent rental companies. For example, June 24 is Fete nationale du Québec—the Quebec national holiday—and July 1 is Canada Day. “Because only seven d…
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