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The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain, a new luxury property in Southern Arizona, opened it’s doors to guests on Friday, December 18. Situated northwest of Tucson in the town of Marana, the 250-room resort is spread out over 850 acres of Sonoran Desert in the Tortolita Foothills. In attendance for the ribbon cutting ceremony were Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and community leaders.

Los Angeles-based lighting company Elation Professional was awarded the Best Big Booth Design award at the recent LDI Show in Orlando, Fla. Elation received the award for its innovative use of video and lighting in its massive display, which featured some of its advanced EVLED Series LED video panels.

Get them while you still can! These entertainment acts are currently available for your New Years eve bookings. But hurry, they won’t be around for long.

When the American Freedom Foundation, an organization that raises awareness and funds for various veteran support organizations, needed someone to handle the video production for their sixth annual festival, they turned to Quince Imaging.

When Mowalla Productions was looking to give their client Southern Comfort an exciting look to their underCOVER concert tour, they contacted UV/FX about their flexible and lightweight dual-image scenery. UV/FX customized it to allow for two scenes to be incorporated into only one piece of scenery so the backdrop could change with little effort.

The same innovative investment group behind Catersource Magazine Conference & Tradeshow announced that it has acquired the assets of Event Solutions. Event Solutions encompasses leading events industry publication Event Solutions magazine, top-rated website event-solutions.com and the award-winning Event Solutions Conference & Tradeshow.

Making an event a compelling branded experience is one of the very best ways to generate loyalty. We’ve examined five high-profile events that have been so successful in branding, they’re more than just events. They’re brands in their own right. Here’s what we discovered.

Should event planners pay attention to social media? To find out, we went to the experts. Here, writer Marion Renk-Rosenthal investigates what you need to know about the evolving online world. Below are the highlights of her interview with marketing expert Allen Weiss of the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business.

What’s in and what’s out for event design this fall? To find out, we got in touch with top designers — from the mind behind the new Encore hotel from Wynn Resorts to the designer of Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas’ wedding.