ISES New York Metro

ISES New York Metro Chapter President, Howard Givner won big with his new mobile business application. “Super Planner” beat out 6 other finalists in the largest category of the awards show to win the BizBash Event Style Award for Best New Product.

Super Planner contains a number of useful calculators to quickly evaluate event needs and costs for food & beverage, audio visual, and venue. Additional diagrams, facts, and tips make Super Planner a concise compilation of information and tools useful in areas critical to event planners.

Levy Lighting NYC took home the Best Lighting Design award for their work on the Preston Bailey Book Launch at the 69th Regiment armory. Inside the raw space, Levy Lighting used larger-than-life projections and lighting to created three-dimensional versions of designs and installations illustrated in the book, “Preston Bailey Celebrations: Lush Flowers, Opulent Tales, Dramatic Spaces, and Other Inspirations for Entertaining.

Click here to read the full BizBash Event Style Awards story.

Eight designers decorated holiday themed tables for the ISES New York Chapter 2nd Annual Tabletop Design competition displayed on the show floor of the BizBash New York Expo October 27th. A panel of industry leaders judged the designs. Winners were announced at the Expo’s morning keynote session.

PRIVATE RECEPTIONS "Vintage Valentine" designed by Nerissa Balland

Visit Gustavo Campos to view more photos of design details. © Photos by Gustavo Campos.

Thank you to Party Rental Ltd. for providing designers access to their full range of table linens, chairs, china, glassware, and flatware.

Read the BizBash story for more photos and details.

NEW YORK POST columnist, Cindy Adams featured PROPS FOR TODAY in her October 18th column titled “Prop & Circumstance” and described Dyann Klein’s 30 year old business as “…one of this city’s major places”. Read the story filled with the names of popular productions (The Good Wife, Gossip Girl, Wall Street 2) famous performers (Billy Joel, Hilary Swank, David Letterman, J.Lo, De Niro) and colorful descriptions that communicate the range of clients and items assembled from auctions, garage sales, trade shows, and flea markets in Asia, South America, Africa and more to provide “One-Stop Propping” at PROPS FOR TODAY.

Click here to vote for your fellow chapter members who have been nominated as finalists for the first BizBash Readers’ Choice Awards. Spread the word and show the value of being part of the ISES network.

EVENT CATERER OF THE YEAR
Cheryl Kahn-Brocco, The Glazier Group

EVENT DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Debra Roth, Pink Powered by Moss
Michael Reese, Barkley Kalpak Associates

EVENT PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Mark Addison, EVENTSTYLE
Reed Baker, SOPHIST Productions
Joan Jeanne Lamberti VizzaV Events
Adam Sullentrop, Barkley Kalpak Associates