World Balloon Convention 2012
"Mind-blowingly awesome!" "Phenomenal." "A wealth of ideas and inspiration." These are just a few of the words that delegates used to describe the World Balloon Convention 2010. We missed seeing you there, but now you have another chance to attend this incredible Qualatex event! Pioneer Balloon Company is excited to announce that a […]
Planning and Design by Lena Malouf
PARTIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS: Planning and Design by Lena Malouf: http://www.chipsbooks.com/parties.htm is a "must have" professional book for every event, banquet and catering professional. PARTIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS is the number one event design and management book, the professional "bible" for the event and banquet industry. Order your copy now: http://www.chipsbooks.com/parties.htm or by fax: 979 […]
National Balloon Time “Put A Face On Fun” Contest Now Open
Search for new “Face of Fun” to run through Nov. 14, 2010 It’s time again for parents to break out their cameras and capture the essence of “fun” on their children’s faces. The fourth annual “Put A Face On Fun” contest is now open, and the reward is even greater this year. In addition to […]
Retail Container Traffic to be Up 16 Percent in September
Import cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to be up 16 percent in September over the same month last year, but 2010 has already hit its peak and numbers will decline through the remainder of the year, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released today by the National […]
Start a New Holiday Tradition with Bow Stickers
Bow Stickers are eco-friendly gift bows that can be recycled along with your gift-wrapping paper McNaughton Incorporated wants everyone to remember Mother Nature this holiday gift-giving season by using new Bow Stickers instead of standard ribbon bows. Unfortunately, common gift wrapping fundamentals carry a high eco-price in the form of plastics and harmful chemicals in […]
Vol. 23 No. 1
Mark’s Rant: Coming Soon To A Computer Screen Near You…
Very soon I will be launching two new initiatives through our magazine. First will be a semi-weekly video blog (that’s a vlog right?) with my thoughts on the industry. This will be a collection of quick tips to (hopefully) help you make better business decisions and some of my own crazy ideas just to make you […]
Design Solutions: 60’s Smile
60’s Smile Peace and love are what this “groovy” centerpiece is all about. It’s big, it’s bold’ it’s colorful and it is all 100% balloons. Ingredients: 4 – 11” latex balloons with polka dot print. You could substitute any colorful agate balloons as well. 14 color 5” latex balloons. 4 – 360 (or 350) balloons, bright colors […]
Donald D. Barrucci – A loss to our Industry
It is with a heavy Heart that I write to you all in regards to the very sudden death of Don Barrucci. Don died Thursday December 17th. Don and his loving Wife Bernie, have been involved in our great industry for many many years. Veterans to many IBAC conventions and participants of many Industry events […]
Feature Article: US Sale of Helium Criticised
Article reposted from NewScientist.com Was selling off US helium reserves a good idea? Physicists thought it was a bad one in 1995 but Congress nonetheless passed a bill to phase out the reserves over the following 20 years. Now a report from the National Research Council agrees it was a bad idea, although it's a […]