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In the adjacent Godiva-sponsored lounge, the confectioner worked with Abel McCallister to create chocolate installations inspired by romance and film moments.

At a 40th birthday party, Susan Holland Events filled the Stephan Weiss Studio in New York with disco ball lights and projected French surrealist films, while a swing hung near the dance floor.

Several events brought decorative tents inside venues to house seating groups and bars. The Recording Academy’s Grammy after-party had colorful, Indian-themed tents, and at Cash Money Records’ Las Vegas-themed pre-Grammy party (pictured), Colin Cowie set up a section of black-and-white Hollywood Regency-style cabanas as lounge areas.

Pink and amber lighting decorated the club space and adjacent patio.

"Us Hot Hollywood Style" gobos decorated the walls at Eden.

Models gave guests samples of sponsor Trident's Vitality gum.

The Ritz-Carlton Orlando used the food-truck concept for the first time at an event in early March. Four trucks lined the hotel's Da Vinci Lawn, and string lights overhead added to the casual feel.

Shiny beaded curtains created a defined center section.

Metallic paillettes topped tables and disco balls hung overhead.

Flat-screen TVs anchored the center bar.

Smaller disco balls decked buffet stations.

For a new twist, Riviera Catering also set up stations that resembled food truck exteriors with splashy chrome finishes at the WTC860 event. The mock trucks served iconic New York foods, including baos and mini pizzas, and were approximately 10 feet high and 8 feet long.

At the Elton John AIDS Foundation Oscars benefit bash earlier this year, the after-party included espresso milkshakes topped with mini doughnuts on straws.

The Bosco offers video confessionals and photo booths with unique functions like a booth that creates images that appear in 3-D when viewed with 3-D glasses. The animated GIF function takes four pictures, then prints a physical copy and combines the photos into an animation that instantly uploads to the Web. The Bosco is available to rent throughout the world, and the company can design custom options, too.

Social Booth offers enclosed and open booths with accessories that can be custom-printed or wrapped with graphics and logos. The open Party Booth setup (pictured) can accommodate more than 15 people; photos can be printed on site, or guests can use nearby tablets to share photos online. The enclosed Duo Booth seats two people; printed photos arrive through an opening in the side of the booth, and guests can share photos online via a touch-screen. The company has specialists based in Charlotte, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington, and the booths are easily shippable to other locations. Basic packages start at $850.

Photoboothless recently launched Instaboothless, a photo system that prints out physical copies of photos taken on Instagram at an event. Guests take photos on their smartphones, then tag them with a specific hashtag which automatically uploads them to the Instaboothless printer. Designated event photographers also roam the crowd taking pictures of guests with the Instagram app and sending them to the printer. The prints include space for custom graphics and messages. Pricing starts from $650, and the system is available nationwide.