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Venue, Lead Time and Security Biggest Challenges During Pope Visit

Posted May 07, 2008 |
Showcall had three days to prepare for the 47,000 people who attended Mass for the pope's visit.

When Global Event Partners (GEP) was contacted with just four months lead time regarding a visit by the pope to Washington DC, GEP turned to Showcall Inc. knowing they could rely on the company’s experience in production of high profile, intense security events.

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Attendees Navigate New Trend Landscape with Trend Guru Robyn Waters

Posted Feb 28, 2008
Trend guru Robyn Waters, formerly of Target, addresses the crowd gathered for the Closing Session.

“We are living in an ecstasy and echinacea generation,” trend guru Robyn Waters told the crowd gathered for the Closing General Session, quoting British Elle to characterize today’s contradictory trend environment in which, for example, the same people who insist on eating only all-natural, organic food think nothing of getting Botox injections.

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From the Magazine Archives

The Simplified Life

Independent producers are on a mission to make you look good

by Terah Shelton | Published in April 2008
Margarita Heinzel of Meetinghouse Companies says independents give corporate planners “the specialty focus where you need it.”

As an event manager for LTeventions, Travis Dudley is accustomed to working with corporate planners. Based in Las Vegas, he has planned everything from grandiose corporate events with large budgets to more personalized, intimate events, and learned to respond quickly to last-minute changes and avert near disasters. So, when a tool manufacturing company from Iowa got in over its head, he knew exactly how to help.

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CORT Blitzes Super Bowl Shindigs

Posted Feb 05, 2008
The red Ray daybed can be folded out and used as an over-size ottoman, as it is in this setting.

CORT Event Furnishings put big points on the board at Super Bowl 2008 as all across Phoenix, Scottsdale and Las Vegas celebs and VIPs celebrated the top game in luxuriant CORT style.

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