CategoryLos Angeles Events

Event Industry News: Oscars preparations, Staples Center goes vegetarian and Twitter ups the ante

February 19, 2013

Social media: Beginning on Wednesday, your tweets will have a price sticker on them. Twitter will decide the value of each tweet with a rating system similar to the “Top Tweet” category already on the site. Criteria will likely include number of followers, favorites, and retweets of any given tweet. The Oscars: Next Sunday brings…

Event Industry News: The Grammys — rain, LED dresses and talent, event tech and bar trends

February 11, 2013

The Grammys: Last night the ever-diverse Staples Center transformed from the Lakers’ home arena into the 55th Grammy Awards ceremony. The focus was equal parts awards, talent and technology. From Taylor Swift’s circus-themed opener (“We Are Never Ever, Ever Getting Back Together”) to Best New Artist fun.’s phenomenal performance of  “Carry On” (it rained on…

Event Industry News: Presidential Inauguration, new Los Angeles venues, influenza outbreak

January 22, 2013

Inaugural-ities: The Presidential Inauguration went off with nary a hitch on Monday. The U.S. Capitol welcomed the jaw-dropping talents of Beyonce and Kelly Clarkson to sing the National Anthem and My Country Tis’ of Thee respectively and President Obama gave his inaugural speech, fast becoming known as “his most progressive speech he has ever made”…

Event Industry News: The Golden Globes, the parties that followed, Facebook reveals new element, CES recap

January 15, 2013

Event Season: Sunday marked the official start of the event season in Los Angeles with the Golden Globes. Tina Fey and Amy Pohler made for brilliant hosts, Jodie Foster’s speech is fast becoming infamous and Argo took a lot of awards. So did Les Miserables.  Next up are the Grammys and the Oscars. P.S.: In…

Happy Birthday to the Sheraton Fairplex Conference Center!

January 10, 2013

Today marks the Sheraton Conference Center’s first birthday! The first event held here was a year ago today. Currently we are hosting CalSpas and we are more than happy to have them here! Open first for B2B (business-to-business) between CalSpas and their corporate partners and later this weekend for B2C (business-to-consumer) the conference center will…

How To: Choose Food and Wine Pairings

January 9, 2013

“Anyone can choose food to go with wine,” you might think. “After all, the suggestions are right there on the bottle, and last I checked, crackers, cheese and wine were always a win.” That’s true. But why be a boring host? There are several elements to take into consideration when pairing wine and food together.…