You might get to leave that gaudy jingle bells sweater or Christmas light tie in the back of the closet this year. Company holiday parties, whether opulent black-tie affairs or awkward karaoke fests fueled by free booze and appetizers, are taking a hit this year, and the county's banquet centers are getting left out in the cold.
They're not all nightclubs. Some are bars, some are strip joints, restaurants and even banquet halls. But they all host dancing in Prince George's County. Something else they have in common: Police have blamed them collectively for more than 60 homicides in the past six years.
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Eyeing North Jersey's growing ethnic population, banquet hall owners are wooing Asian couples in love. The Teaneck Marriott at Glenpointe ramped up efforts last year to attract ethnic weddings, especially Indian and Korean, as the hotel's business for mainstream weddings began to "dwindle," said Matt Vargas, the hotel's director of sales and marketing.
Sales managers for a company that operates banquet halls were "administrative employees" exempt from federal overtime requirements, the 1st Circuit has ruled in affirming judgment. The plaintiffs worked as sales managers for the defendant, a company that operates "high-end" banquet halls in Boston, Mass. and Newport, R.I. Their duties involved securing event business for the company and fashioning scheduled events to suit the client's needs.
A moment of triumph, undercut by frustration. A silver cloud, with a dark lining. Rocco Termini unveils Tuesday his greatest success. The developer officially opens the revived Lafayette Hotel, downtown's newest restaurant/residential oasis. In 12 months, the 1904 landmark morphed from eyesore to icon. Inside are apartments, a hotel, banquet halls, shops, bars, restaurants. It is a seven-story beacon in Buffalo.
Over the last few years, prom has become an extravagant event involving grand ballrooms and banquet halls, expensive designer tuxedos and gowns, limousines and fun day-after post-prom events. But it hadn't always been like that. According to Pretty for Prom, proms began in the late 180Os in the elite colleges of the Northeast. The prom (which is derived from the word "promenade." meaning a ceremonious opening of a formal ball consisting of a grand march of all the guests) originated from the debutante balls of the wealthy, and soon middle class parents who admired this event instituted this same type of formal dance to help introduce social skills and etiquette to their children. Back then, no one went to prom by themselves," [Angela Reed] laug heil "Everyone was paired up. But now it'...
Still, some banquet halls are doing well with traditional parties. Holiday party bookings "are definitely better than last year," said Kristie Pappas, senior corporate sales manager at The Palace, a banquet hall in the Somerset section of Franklin. The economic slump has more companies cutting out or paring back their holiday parties, according to the annual nationwide survey by the staffing firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Several different companies can hold their office party at the same time, and everyone gets the discounted per-person rate that goes with a larger affair, said Lori Chiazzo, account executive for Jersey Street Furniture Rental, of Clifton, which is decorating the Wilshire ballroom for these joint office parties.
LAS VEGAS - Churches, banquet halls and other wedding venues across the country were extra busy Sunday as couples seeking a perfect 10 rushed to tie the knot on a once-in-a-century milestone: Oct. 10, 2010. In Las Vegas - long a destination for weddings - one marriage license bureau extended its Sunday hours from 6 p.m. to midnight to accommodate the rush. Hotels and churches in New Hampshire's Seacoast area were booked long before Oct. 10.
NEW YORK -- Airfare wars and room-rate promotions are usually aimed at vacationers, but airlines and hotels are resorting to similar tactics to regain their traditional cash cow -- the business traveler. Corporate travelers, who pay higher airfares when they sit in the front cabins of planes or book close to the date of travel, are flying coach more often -- or not traveling at all during the recession. And their employers are booking fewer banquet halls and blocks of rooms, leaving many hotels pining for the sizable and reliable revenue that business meetings used to generate.
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