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Tips for sustainable event planning
August 1, 2019 | News
We have all heard, “Reduce, reuse, recycle.” The experts with furniture rental provider CORT Events offer ideas for sustainable event planning, backed up with the company’s sustainability report on its rental model. “For outdoor events, having lush greenery is very trendy right now—r…
A ‘starry night’ tented gala
August 1, 2019 | Showcase
A tented art museum gala glows with an elaborate lighting design. To celebrate a major expansion, gala planners at Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Fla., envisioned a tented affair with a black, gold, cream and white palette and lots of light. “The tent was our first source to bring in light…
Experience TRD at Tent Conference 2020
August 1, 2019 | News
Connect with tent professionals while enjoying a ranch lifestyle at Tent Conference 2020, Jan. 22−24, 2020, at Westgate River Ranch Resort & Rodeo in River Ranch, Fla. Registration opens in August. The biennial event of the Tent Rental Division (TRD) of IFAI features robust education, valuab…
E-commerce for tent rental
August 1, 2019 | Products
Alert Management Systems has added e-commerce to its suite of web services. Available in Alert EasyPro v.19, e-commerce allows rental operations to implement a customized online shopping store on their website. Rental companies control the site, choosing which clients may use the feature, ensuring t…
InTents “5 under 40”
August 1, 2019 | Features
Meet five young professionals who are working toward a vibrant and forward-thinking tenting industry. by Sigrid Tornquist Tent Expo 2019 in January kicked off with a young professionals happy hour, where Ramsey Duqum, CEO of AAble Rents, gave a spirited message to those gathered about advancing the …
Multilevel structures raise the roof for major events
August 1, 2019 | Features
When there’s nowhere for a tented event to expand outward, multilevel structures help the festivities to go up. by Pamela Mills-Senn When Traube Tents and Structures entered the double-decker market this past spring, the Columbia, Ill.-based rental provider had exactly one contract for the t…
Starting up or expanding a business? Here’s what you need to know about taxes.
August 1, 2019 | Management
Tax laws can help or hurt new and expanding businesses. In today’s economy, it’s not unusual for an existing event business to branch out, or for an owner or self-employed professional to start another business in the same or a different field. Few realize, however, that Uncle Sam stands ready t…
Inspired food and wine festival
August 1, 2019 | Inspired!
Marquee Event Rentals, Austin, Texas (with additional locations in Texas, Illinois and Kansas), supplied more than 53 tents totaling more than 50,000 square feet for the Austin Food and Wine Festival in April. In addition, Marquee provided a vintage look for the annual event with custom furniture fa…
Celebrating 100 years of head protection
August 1, 2019 | Business
Hard hat manufacturer Bullard celebrates the 100th anniversary of its revolutionary invention. Women got the vote. Prohibition began. The Treaty of Versailles ended World War I. And worker safety was advanced with a new device—the hard hat. The invention of the hard hat is credited to E. W. Bull…