Las Vegas Welcomes CaterSource & Event Solutions 2009

What do you get when you combine thousands of people; chefs, catering professionals, event planners, designers, entertainers, decor suppliers and more and bring them to Las Vegas?

You get an amazing 4 day event filled with education, inspiration and fun called "CaterSource/Event Solutions 2009". It's sponsored by National Association of Catering Executives (NACE), of which I am a member, Event Solutions and Catersource Magazines.

Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge will be attending this conference this week. I'll be out of the office Sunday through Wednesday learning new ideas to better my business and planning, creative skills, getting inspired by professionals from all aspects of the catering and event planning business. On the trade show floor, I'll be seeing amazing new ideas in decor, tasting and experiencing great new food and beverage products and presentation ideas, checking out cool new event rentals, lighting and more and attending some cool events to see how it all amazingly comes together. 

Oh, and meeting tons of other incredibly talented, creative and dedicated wedding, food and catering & event professionals from around the country and beyond; sharing stories, ideas and more. 

Very lucky to have this opportunity on annual basis here in Las Vegas to attend for another year.  

So excited to bring back more great ideas for all of you. Have a great week!

TSE in 5-4-3-2-1 Minutes

A fabulous wrap-up video of the The Special Event Show from the sessions, to the showcasing events and the trade show floor to the behind-the scenes; the fabulous Michael Cerbelli of Total Entertainment, featured this very cool video by in his  "Hottest Event & Entertainment Ideas (tm)". 

The video (loving and downloading all the amazing music from it too) was produced by the fabulous Celebrity Videographer, Brett Culp. He has been featured on "Get Married" TV and his work is just gorgeous & I am head over heels with his work. Brett, call me:)! Seriously though, it would be a dream come true to work with this man.

I love the format of this video as it counted down from the beginning to the end of the event and encapsulated the energy of what TSE attendees experience. 

Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge would like to thank the ever awesome Sasha Souza for graciously providing the link to the video and you should all check out her Sparkliatti blog; one of my "must-read", favorite daily blog reads. Ok, I admit it Sasha, I blog-stalk you;). 

Wedding Concierge Headed to The Special Event in San Diego

Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge is headed to San Diego Monday for The Special Event Show, 2009!

I will be out of the office the entire week of January 26-Jan 30th. I'll be back to office hours on February 2nd. I'll be checking & responding to email & voicemail on a limited base due to the busy schedule conferences entail.

This show, is THE event conference for event professionals in the events industry and includes people who are the best of the best (and learning to be) and features education, trade show and showcasing events on the best & brightest new ideas, trends and style setters in the industry. 

This will be my third "Special Event Show". The first two I attended (Las Vegas & LA), I took part in an amazing volunteer program called "Hands on Hundred" that offered a break on education costs in exchange for helping out with events. It was an amazing experience and highly recommend it but I am excited to attend as a full attendee this year.

The show is partnered and associated with leading professional organizations in the Special Events Industry such as ISES (International Special Events Society), NACE (National Association of Catering Executives) and WIPA (Wedding Industry Professionals Association). I am proud to be a member of all 3.

This show encompasses EVERY kind of event from Weddings to Bar Mitzvahs, Corporate to Festivals and even people who plan Inaugural Balls!

Of course, Weddings will be well represented with educational sessions on new trends in weddings and a fabulous Wedding Luncheon that always is a big hit. This year it will feature the founders & owners  of The Knot at the Hard Rock Hotel, San Diego.

In addition to the Wedding Luncheon, I will also be attending The NACE Welcome Event representing my fabulous Las Vegas Chapter as Secretary of our 2009 Board of Directors. This year the Welcome Event will be a fun beach party style event that is literally a display of the best food in San Diego co-sponsored by my friends from San Diego NACE.

You will also find me Thursday morning volunteering at the WIPA booth (#218) on the Trade Show floor and probably visiting with my NACE friends at the NACE booth (#525) as well, so please make sure to stop by and say "hello".

I look forward to seeing all my friends in the industry; those I have known for years, those who I have "met" online & seeing you in person and meeting new ones. I can't wait to absorb it all come home inspired and full of Event "Verve" ready to share with you many exciting things. 

I will also try to provide some updates from the show as well when possible.

Have a great week!

Catering, Conferences & Colin Cowie!! OH MY!

Take a look at the pictures to see where Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge will be over the next week!

I am off to the elegant and luxurious Ritz Carlton, Lake Las Vegas Resort from February 22-24 to participate in the National Association of Catering Executives (NACE) Regional Leadership Summit so that I continue to learn how to contribute to my wonderful Las Vegas NACE chapter and the national organization. "NACE" has been a very big part of my success both personally and professionally. I am excited to learn a lot and see old friends and make new ones.

Then, on the 24-28, it's right into an exciting week of food, flowers, decor, ice..if Caterers and Event Planners can think it or do it, it will be featured at The Catersource/Event Solutions "Idea Factory Conference & Tradeshow 2008" show right here in Las Vegas!

My "hero" style guru, Colin Cowie will be a keynote speaker and I'm so excited to see him speak again in person! There will be lots of interesting and inspiring seminars I'll be attending to learn about new food and beverage and presentation trends, wedding decor,cultural weddings an food and how to better collaborate with all the dedicated and talented catering managers so I can do what I do best, even better. And that's better for my brides and grooms as they ultimately get the benefit!

I'm hoping I'll have a chance to post during this whirlwind of a week with some cool things I have learned and seen, but I'm sure I'll have all kinds of great wedding advice and weddding style ideas to share (probably weeks worth) after the show.

Stay Tuned, have a fabulous and Stylish weekend (and week ahead)!

Off to the WPPI Photographer's Convention at Paris, Las Vegas

I am off to attend the tradeshow at the WPPI (Wedding and Portrait Photographer's International) Annual Convention & Tradeshow. Its at Ballys/Paris, Las Vegas this year.

I'm excited to see all the new and exciting things in wedding photography.

Stay tuned for all the news...Oh and i'll also include a review of the new Monty Python musical "Spam-A-Lot" at the Wynn, Las Vegas Resort as well!

Have a Stylish day!