THE NEWS from EventWorks, Inc.

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. ...

DJ Lee Dyson: "2018 is shaping up to be a great year for music. While I don't see a slam-dunk "song of summer" track yet some of these catchy hooks are sure to keep your head bopping in the car or office. Props go to "The Greatest Showman" soundtrack which has dominated the 2018 album charts at No.1 for 28 weeks! It became only the second album in 30 years to spend 11 consecutive weeks at Number 1." Turn up the volume! Wishing you summer fun.

Summer temperatures reach triple digits. Floral decor wilts as fast as we do. Floral Artist Rebecca Motus to the rescue! Rebecca has created gorgeous floral design that survives tropical conditions in many indoor and outdoor locations for us. Her experience working in Hawai'i, Mexico and the Philippines comes in handy any time the thermometer needle goes up. We may wilt but our floral stays fresh! Rebecca Motus: "I adjust my design and work to the season, the location and the event. Another aspect that comes into play is longevity. Does the floral have to survive several days or is this just one night? It makes all the difference in my choices of flowers and materials I will use." Location: Quintana Roo, Mexico. "We worked together with a local vendor. As it turned out, many aspects of floral work get handled very differently in Mexico. For starters, the flower delivery trucks don't have cooling systems. Secondly, the decor style and assembly technique...

'3 Reasons Why SoCal Continues to Attract Incentive Travel Programs' Published July 20, 2018 on The Incentive for Excellence Blog SITE Southern California. The Greater Los Angeles area stands out as a success story in U.S.-bound tourism in 2017, the last year for which we have conclusive data. While overall numbers of visitors to the United States declined, within the first seven months of 2017, the USA had 41 million international visitors, a 4% decline from the same period in the previous year, according to the Commerce Department. Research prepared for the Visit U.S. Coalition by the U.S. Travel Association shows that global travel volume increased 7.9% from 2015 to 2017. But the U.S. slice of that fell from 13.6% to 11.9% in the same period. That is the first drop after more than a decade of consistent growth. However, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and LATCB President and CEO Ernest Wooden Jr. had good news to report. On January 10th, th...

A culinary journey around the world in 6 courses, involving 5 senses and 3D media mapping. We visited our friend David Fischette in Nashville this past Friday to learn more about his very successful new event tool. The first North American public run at The Standard concluded a few days ago. We wanted to find out whether we can bring this experience to the corporate event world. The answer: YES! 'Le Petit Chef in the footsteps of Marco Polo' is a two hour dining show that tells the story of how the world's smallest chef follows the route of Marco Polo. The show’s 6 course menu takes the guest along a culinary journey across the regions visited by the legendary traveler. The unparalleled 3D show is complimented by a unique gastronomic experience full of fun and surprises. Diners engage in a 5-senses spectacle as they savor the tastes of the story along its sights, sounds and aromas. The 3D mapping concept uses animated optical illusion techniques to project a little...