Designers of the 2009 Bell Gala in Toronto evoked a fairytale theme with oversize flowers and playing cards hung from the ceiling.
Photo: Gary Beechey for BizBash
An over-size picnic table continued the warm-weather motif and provided a creative setting for the brand to showcase the brightly colored tableware in the Sandra by Sandra Lee collection.
Photo: BizBash
Long, communal tables and lounge-like configurations provided more relaxed seating on the upper level. For centerpieces, the designer incorporated square-shaped canopies, illuminated by candles that hung from the leaves in glass cylinders. Gift bags from sponsor Cartier were placed on guest's seats prior to the start of the event.
Photo: Nadia Chaudhury/BizBash
Spa at Red Rock by Well & Being
The Spa at Red Rock by Well & Being opened June 6 at Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas. The facility can accommodate 230 spa treatments per day, and planners can reserve the entire facility for 450 people. In addition to traditional treatments for the face and body, the spa offers fitness classes, nutrition guidance, mind-body therapies, and integrative medicine. Management can also create a custom program that includes activities such as vertical wall yoga, outdoor hiking, and stress-management workshops.
Photo: Courtesy of Red Rock Resort
Each year, a local caterer in the host city sponsors the evening party on the second day of the conference. This year, at the Capitol Fare party held at Dock5 on August 16, Occasions Caterers served a variety of dishes via buffet tables, food stations, and its new revolving ferris wheel of appetizers, such as caprese salad and gazpacho shooters.
Photo: Alex Quijano/Catersource
The guests seated at We Create NY and Input Creative Studio’s golf-theme picnic setting had the option of playing a quick round of putt-putt.
Photo: Becky Yee Photography
Bunting hung over 170 tables for 700 guests in the V.I.P. picnic space within the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic in Los Angeles in 2013.
Photo: Claire Barrett Photography
For the HBO Emmy after-party in August 2010, event designer Billy Butchkavitz concocted a “summer safari” theme that featured animal-print tablecloths in preppy pink and banana and palm trees as high as 30 feet.
Photo: Gabor Ekecs
A fire pit next to the arrivals area kept HBO's guests warm at the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles.
Photo: Gabor Ekecs
Kehoe Designs transformed the Fairmont Hotel's ballroom into a tropical setting with lagoon-colored lighting, leafy centerpieces, and giant cutouts of animal silhouettes for the Goodman Gala, which was held in Chicago in May 2013 and celebrated the theater's production of The Jungle Book.
Photo: Ryan Sjostrom
Fanciful props topped tables, which had six different looks.
Photo: Erik Voake
