WTUI - Palm Springs - Loving the Air Museum!

This was our 6^th year producing our client’s annual conference and with over 1100 conference attendees from over 20 countries represented.  It seems every year, that this conference grows a little bit more each year!  The conference  is for 4 days, from Sunday to Wednesday and features an 80,000 square foot exhibit hall, 4 breakout sessions and is a whirlwind for us all and this year was no different! 

Monday is always a huge hit from the spouse to the Monday Night Reception event.  This year, the Spouse Tour was a great way to talk the spouses on an adventure in Jeeps with Desert Adventures.  The spouses were taken on a personalized tour of the Palm Springs Canyons in a Jeep followed by a hike through the canyons.  They experienced and learned about the source of the Springs in Palm Springs, the traditions of the Native Indians where the canyons were discovered and the area’s vegetation and florals. 

When it came to their Monday Night event, this year was themed “WTUI Top Gun Academy” and was an event that will soon not be forgotten.  Held at the Palm Springs Museum , it was a HUGE hit for the guests, the Board of Directors and Officers. Taking up both hangars of the Palm Springs Air Museum was no small feat.  With over 1000 people attending the event, both hangars were filled with people, airplanes and historical artifacts.   One hangar was dubbed “The 40’s Hangar”, where we featured Andrews Sisters singers on the Bob Hope Stage surrounded by planes and artifacts from the 1940’s and 1950’s.  The other hangar “The Top Gun Hangar” featured 80’s music, and more recent planes featured in major motion pictures. 

Outside of the hangars, lined up ready for their close up, was over 20 planes for our guests to view and talk with docents who actually flew these planes from WWII to the most present planes, of Desert Storm. 

You know you pulled off a fantastic event, when the client says, “… I agree that the team of Mumtaz Marketing & Events being led by Jennifer, pulled off one of the best ‘Monday Reception’ events in the history that I have been attending WTUI!” 

A HUGE thank you to all of vendors for that nights event J & M Entertainment, Hilton Palm Springs, Signature Party Rentals, The Swing Dolls , Fresh Ivey Photography and The Palm Springs Air Museum.  

MUMTAZ Spring 2013 Highlight Reel!

Can't believe we missed posting this! It's our super cool Spring 2013 Highlight Reel. We are expanding and doing new things this Fall... Stay tuned this December for our Fall post! Special shout out to all of our amazing clients for allowing the opportunity to do what we do! And, to all of our vendor team members - couldn't do it without your help. 

Zev at Mumtaz' DTLA March Association Meeting

Mumtaz Marketing & Events started March contributing to the development of transportation in Downtown L.A. by organizing a very interesting presentation by Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky on March 7 at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM). It is amazing to see the relentless business growth of Downtown L.A. throughout the past 15 years and continue to be part of this bloom while observing the impact it has powering our economy, specifically in Arts & Culture.  The number of people attracted to Downtown LA by large venues such as LA Live and Staples Center between many others has a strong impact on restaurant, hotels and other types businesses for which the development of transportation is necessary. New projects were presented and discussed during this meeting in order to facilitate the flow of people coming in and increase the business success even more during the next years to come.

We will have more Mumtaz news for you coming up, stay tuned!

Mumtaz Fall 2012 Highlight Reel!

Yay baby! Take a look at the cool stuff we were up to this past Fall. There will be more to come, stay tuned and don't forget to follow us on Twitter at @MumtazMarketing.

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You Can Now Catch Us On The Big Island... Kona, Hawaii!

Hey everyone! We're stoked to announce that we now are available to work your special events, meetings, conferences, incentive, and experiential events on the Big Island! Mumtaz' own President is originally from the islands so she is thrilled to announce our new island ventures... We're able to serve as your planner on the ground! We are able to with local venues and destination management companies to service our clients needs.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us!

75-5660 Kopiko St., Ste. C-7 #246
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740
808.430.1239

Mumtaz' Spring 2012 Highlight Reel!

Hey everyone. We get a kick out of creating our "small-shop" videos of our work...Please check it out!

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WTUI Conference in the City of Roses!

Mumtaz Marketing & Events was honored to produce the WTUI Annual Conference once again this year one of California's many prides, the Pasadena Convention Center! It was a great space, and all the users really enjoyed their classroom-like atmosphere for the conference. The four day conference included a large exhibit hall featuring vendors from all around. We must say... The folks in Pasadena were fabulous! Thanks to the complete on hand to help us produce another great year!



Every year we have one showcase event for all conference attendees and that is the Monday Night Reception and we had the wonderful challenge of converting the Convention Center's Conference Center into a "WTUI Cabaret"... We had to provide seating for 800+ plus enough space for buffets, bars, and attendee networking! As the sun went down the lighting got better and better! Lighting is always key in producing phenomenal events! Thanks to Jorge at J&M Entertainment and his team for throwing in the "kitchen sink" on a budget!

Hand-Carved Meat Station - Where's the Beef?

Martini Mashed Potatoes - LOL Not with this manly crowd. We just dished delish mashed potatoes onto plates... The martini glasses were for decor!

Our dessert station was definitely the biggest hit of the night! It featured over 8 different desserts and was the center of attention for the most of the night. It was also a biggest hit because there was an aerialist centered in the middle of the dessert table who provided amazing entertainment to our guests during the night, check it out below!



The board members of WTUI take a moment to pose for a board picture before the reception begins! Top Hats to Match the evening's theme and allowed them to stand out as the event's hosts. Plus, it also makes every man more handsome!

 

Special Thanks to the Whole Team! We are thrilled to be in San Diego in 2013!!! 

Not your usual Board Meeting! It's FIDM Style

Unique Board Meetings at FIDM... Association members, Fashion Institute of Design Merchandising, also known as FIDM, hosted one of our client's March board meeting. It's always a great experience when FIDM hosts! This year in conjucntion with the meeting, FIDM is also hosting the 20th Annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibition from Februrary 14th - April 28th, 2012. This year's exhibit featured costumes from movies such as J. Edgar, Water For Elephants, The Help, Super 8, and Captain America.

Members enjoyed exploring the exhibit and seeing the exceptional work of the award-winning costume designers, some of which are FIDM alumni and associates. This fashion school is always great about showcasing it's students and alumni, whose work is always top of the line. FIDM strives to stay ahead of current trends and innovation within the fashion industry. This exhibit for example, started with less than 40 costumes, and has grown to be a "critically acclaimed event featuring well over one hundred costumes per year-making it the largest annual curated exhibitation dedicated to the presentation of film costumes in the world." Below is a gallery of pictures featuring our members enjoying the exhibit, take a look!   

Can't Beat A Meeting On Stage at The Orpheum

This past week it was a blast producing an association's monthly board meeting on the stage at The Orpheum Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles. The historic theatre was and always has been gorgeous. There is nothing like just standing in awe of the theatre. LA. County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky took time from his schedule to serve as our guest speaker.

 Special thanks to Steve Needleman for hosting yet another fantastic afternoon.

2011's Best Events at Simply Mumtaz!

Hey everyone! So, we are thrilled and excited to post the most memorable, fun, thought-provoking events of 2011... So, here goes

Our first event that was more challenging and fun than anything else... It was at the super cool Natural History Museum in Los Angeles and we had a 4pm load in for a 6pm start... For technical production, dropping tables, chairs, linens, florals - you name it! It was really cool though as guests walked in the main entrance and were able to do an abbreviated tour of the museum - the bone skeletons were striking!

Our annual signature event was awash in purple and Farmers Field... We are excited about producing this coming year's event... more purple? We'll see... It was also fun to coordinate the opening act with three mayoral candidates. It really was an awesome act and there has been no better rendition of Downtown!

Next up was one of those events that happens to just run as smooth as possible... At least that's how we want to remember it...  LOL, so I never recommend client's to have someone sing the national anthem since it's not a sporting event type of thing, but with this audience and client it seemed like an interesting idea... It was a smash hit! Alex bolted it out and you couldn't stop your jaw from hitting the ground. Miscommunication with florist and we ended up 3 centerpieces short - literally found 3 on the fly (like 1 1/2 hours), and then the technical production worked like a charm and it all came together fantastically!

This summer was fun because we got to work with our clients again from last year's Centennial Aviation Day event. It was a fun, down-to-earth family reunion. So, our client and I have had some words over the last few years and we put $200 on the line for 3 balls to get him on the Dunk Tank! Needless to say, it was all in good fun but boy did it feel good taking this photo!



Next to last was this event where we internally like to brag as our logistical accomplishment! We had everyone that was attending stop before they got to registration by being greeted by hosts, take headshots, then those headshots were quickly edited with a graphic designer on-site into this program where we put them (everyone's headshots) into the above image... The whole theme of the event is individually we can come together and make a difference... So, together there is an image. Over the course of dinner we scrambled to get the artwork done, off to an off-site printer to print 11X17 posters for 250 attendees, back, rolled, ribboned and handed out as their departing gift! This image was also presented in a framed image and the on screens by the last speaker! It was a feel good event that really made you proud to be a part of an organization that truly cared about being a true corporate citizen.

Finally, in 10 days we produced an outdoor event with the makings to take your breath away... High pressure gourmet meals that spoke to the excellence of high class, weather that caused the temperatures to drop, last minute details, and everything else... LOL, this was an accomplishment for all of us at SME and our partners.

And, with that... Those are our favorite events for this year...  Here's to an outstanding 2012 for all of us personally and professionally! May the best be yet to come...  Happy New Year!

Sneak Peaks of Farmers Field and FIGat7TH

Also recently, SME had the opportunity of having some of the finest architects in one room discussing their plans to revitalize downtown LA at our client’s event!

More than 150 guests got sneak peaks at LA’s soon be football field, Farmers Field, the reinvention of 7th & Fig to FIGat7TH, and many more projects in and around downtown LA. There was definitely lots of excitement in the room when plans for a Target in downtown were brought up! Commercial interior design firms and other businesses were able to get face time with guests as well before lunch was served.

Below Michael Maltzan, FAIA of Michael Maltzan Architecture presents at the luncheon. We were also excited to work with him because he designed the Carver Apartments for Skid Row Housing Trust and which we managed the Grand Opening for... It is a small world.