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Turning the tables
April 1st, 2024
Covered or bare, cocktail or farmhouse-style, tables are transcending their conventional role as pillars of support, serving as integral components for fostering connection and awe among event guests. CORT Party Rental’s 8-foot-by-40-inch king banquet tables are intermixed with 72-inch rounds for a wedding at The Admiral’s House in Seattle, Wash. This particular layout maximizes the tent’s […]
Growing demand for tent graphics
December 1st, 2022
This tie dye graphic was incorporated throughout all the bars and food stations, adding to the boho theme at a private wedding reception. Photo courtesy of All Occasion Party Rental and Joey Kennedy Photography. While ushering the world into a new digital era, the COVID-19 pandemic also rekindled a desire for bigger, bolder in-person connections. […]
Classical Tents satisfies savvy shoppers
April 1st, 2022
Katherine Lockridge bought Classical Tents and Party Goods 27 years ago with co-owner Ben Naylor while completing her Master of Education degree. She didn’t pursue teaching in the traditional sense, but Lockridge has since educated herself on an industry she and Naylor knew nothing about at the time of sale. “Buying the company felt like […]
The spice of life
December 1st, 2021
For this May 2021 wedding, Colorado Party Rentals supplied the tents, chairs, tables, tabletop decor, dance floor and linens. Photos courtesy of Tayler Carlisle Photography. Colorado Party Rentals specializes in ‘a little bit of everything’ to offer a variety of services and inventory items. by Holly Eamon Business strategies often aim to narrow a company’s […]
Disaster shelter design competition tests engineering students
June 1st, 2020
John Brown University’s disaster shelter contest challenges students to develop and demonstrate solutions for emergency scenarios. by Holly Eamon Global economic losses from natural disasters topped $232 billion last year, rounding out a decade that cost the world nearly $3 trillion, according to the 2019 Weather, Climate & Catastrophe Insight Annual Report published by global […]
Creativity CUBED
June 30th, 2019
Electra’s inventive flat-top temporary fabric structure helps it keep pace with Dubai’s fast-evolving event industry. By Holly Eamon In a world where customers increasingly expect their demands to be met instantaneously, companies that don’t prioritize active listening—or engagement—risk being left behind. Based in the competitive market of Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), event and exhibition […]
Streamlining tent rental through operations management
April 1st, 2019
Focusing on internal processes has helped Made in the Shade create a better experience for both clients and employees. From elegant peaks and dazzling light displays to generators and ballasts, the success of a tented event is often measured by its visible result. But before the poles hit the ground, what happens within company walls […]
Making it easy: Keder advances tent technology
October 1st, 2018
From speedy installs and airtight seals to creative, new applications, the benefits of keder remain key to industry progress. Hidden within aluminum extrusions, shaping both simple tents and extravagant clearspans, lies the years-old invention that continues to help advance the success and technology of the tent industry today: keder, a bead or core that attaches […]