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Mary Spellerberg, Associate Director of Sales, and Alisa Walsh  It may be fall in most of the country but summer continues in Southern California. Alisa Walsh recently visited the newly remodeled roof top location right off the legendary Sunset Boulevard. The London West Hollywood at Beverly Hills offers three roof top space possibilities with pools and views!  The London Penthouse is the largest suite in Los Angeles. We can't wait to produce an event in this luxurious, hip space overlooking the L.A. skyline and Hollywood Hills. The best season for clear skies and amazing views is about to start. Alisa Walsh: "I am accustomed to seeing impressive sites in Los Angeles. However, the London West Hollywood offers three different gorgeous roof top spaces for any size and style of event. The expanse, location and level of luxury of the newly remodeled Penthouse Suite at The London West Hollywood at Beverly Hills definitely raise the bar. L.A. skies are the clearest ...

We put down our phones and just had fun! Report from our visit to the new Two Bit Circus, a VR Powered micro-amusement park in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles. Two Bit Circus invites visitors to put their electronics down and play, 21st century style and opened it's doors on September 7th. The tech world has taken notice. TechCrunch, CNet, Bionic Buzz, Rich DeMuro and Forbes Magazine all published positive articles. Forbes Magazine comments: "Two Bit Circus is a multi-faceted celebration of the new wave of out-of-home entertainment: custom escape rooms called Story Rooms, VR Cabanas (private rooms), VRcades, re-imagined arcade games, free roam VR, and live interactive game shows". We checked it out. Alisa Walsh: "I am not a gamer by any means so I was surprised that my favorite game was a VR game that was both technical and physical and competitive on top of it. We had to dance and move as we waved our sabers to fight off objects that were flying at us....

As of January 2018 marijuana has been legal in California - and we do notice changes in the hospitality world. While it is definitely a niche market, we get many questions from event attendees about California cannabis. We compiled the Does and Don'ts for you. As of January 1, 2018, "Green" has earned a whole new meaning in California. It is no longer just associated with environmentally friendly practices in the tourism industry. "Green" is trending because the recreational use of marijuana has been legalized in California and the new law has become effective at the beginning of the year.. Celebrities have joined the ranks of growers in droves. The Coachella Valley city of Desert Hot Springs is booming. Tuff Gong, Snoop Dogg and Mike Tyson are among the local farmers. Does cannabis play a role in tourism? Absolutely. Visitors started asking as far back as October 2017 how and where they could buy legal weed. Some individually owned hotels offer marijua...

Brynne Peña, Alisa Walsh and Mary Leist Vandergoot had fun adding some very inspired twists on regular aspects of a hospitality industry conference. The Event: A 3-day conference in Atlanta, GA. The Task: Bringing "Atlanta" indoors Creating a fresh feel to routine aspects of any conference. Add more interactive touches to the process. Give us a challenge and we love to work! We redesigned the check-in and registration area to make it more interactive and welcoming. Inspired by Apple stores, we brought sleek work stations to begin the process but we added the real human touch. Guests were greeted by staff and handed their badges. Another staffed station provided information and lanyards. A third stop was designed to engage guests in a conversation as hosts explained the mission of the beneficiaries of the corporate social responsibility activity. All of this socializing will make one thirsty so we added beverage stations as well. Alisa Walsh: "In curren...

Alisa Walsh recently had the pleasure of touring a very exciting addition to local hotel and event space offerings, the Sheraton Los Angeles San Gabriel. The 288-room Sheraton opened a little earlier this year and it has already achieved a peak occupancy rate of 85% as well as nationwide media attention due to the most modern staffers; 8 TUG robots. The Sheraton L.A. San Gabriel is currently the only U.S. hotel to feature these high tech "staffers". The hotel also offers a lot of extra features to accommodate Asian visitors' specific wishes and needs. We are happy to share more details. Above: the Sheraton Los Angeles San Gabriel. A lot of expansion is underway in the City of San Gabriel, just East of Downtown Los Angeles, and a hub for Asian communities. The Valley Boulevard Specific Plan, an urban redevelopment project for this thoroughfare, was launched in December 2006. Nearly 12 years later the area is booming.  The new Sheraton is a cornerstone of this ex...

We first wrote about OZ Application event industry specific software 5 years ago. A lot has happened since. OZ has grown and got even better to fit our industry specific needs.  Not surprising since creator Carmen Tomasetti crowd sources development ideas and suggestions from all of us. If you are interested in putting your business in the cloud and have all of your projects, contracts, invoices and contacts accessible to all of your team member in one application, check it out. Worried about switching? Carmen will travel to set you and your team up and train you. We googled independent reviews to see how OZ fares with users. OZ gets a top 5-Star rating on Capterra. Users love the overall ease of use and the incredible customer service. https://www.capterra.com/p/158953/Oz-Software/#reviews OZ achieved a whopping 4.8 out of 5 on GetApp. https://www.getapp.com/hospitality-travel-software/a/oz-software/ Reviewers on both platforms would recommend OZ 100% to friends an...

We love working in iconic baseball stadiums. Guests will always remember this night. However, there are challenges to conquer. The Event: the Closing Night of a multi-day conference. Date: August 4, 2018 Guests: 2,600 Location: AT&T Park, San Francisco, CA Our Assignment : Decor, Themed Entertainers and Activations Challenge 1: The Ground During baseball season it is all about the turf. We had gained a lot of experience working at Petco Park in 2017. The whole outfield has to be covered with special flooring to protect the turf. It has to be put in last minute since the less time the turf is covered the better. We coordinated with park staff to return the field to its baseball ready status in record time. Our event concluded Saturday night. We started to strike immediately and park staff pulled up the flooring literally right behind us as we were removing event decor and furnishings. The Giants played a home game on Monday. The turf was as green as it should be. ...