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!!! 

Low Budget High Class! Annual Dinner Event at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel

March has been a fantastic month for us and we are thrilled to post about our Low Budget High Class which really means a happier client with a higher Net! As always, the Millenium Biltmore was gorgeous so, just a splash of color and we were set. We had a bit larger than expected silent auction, but it was fantastic to present attendees with the items upon entrance into the ballroom. Since we wanted to give our guests more time in front of the silent auction in addition to a closer proximity to each other we combined the reception and ballroom space. We simply placed rope and stanchions and cleared once we were ready to invite guests to be seated. We went with all hotel linens to save on budget but spent a few hundred on purple napkins, along side the centerpieces and accent purple lighting. We were able to bring enough "polish" to the space to make it seem produced above your standard in house event (not that the Biltmore isn't already glam!)

It was also a pleasure working with all of our honorees, but it was fun working with the Good News Foundation! It's really nice seeing strong and successful women giving back to the community. This was the case with all of the event's honorees - Evon Gotlieb, Yolie Flores, and Wells Fargo for their corporate leadership.

We are very much looking forward to next year's event! Remember - Make sure to take part in civic leadership, register to vote, and make democracy work! Follow our client on Twitter at @LWVLosAngelesEF

MME at Castle Green in Pasadena!

One of our client's wanted a unique venue for their annual Tribute Dinner - and that's completely what we found with the Castle Green in Pasadena. This was not your everyday dinner event, we incorporated elements of the event and honoree into various aspects of the 200+ "intimate" dinner event.

The entrance to the beautiful Castle Green where the Tribute Dinner reception was held.

So, the fun giveaway.. Porsche thumbdrives were given out to attendees in honor of our honorees love of racing and cars. It was a fun touch that really made it unique and personable.

The Romanesque Room was a fun place to light! We used very little additional decor elements allowing the lighting to dictate the decor.

The President of the National Health Foundation, J. Eugene Grigsby, III (left), pictured with the honoree, Dr. Richard E. Yochum (right).

Our Mumtaz Marketing & Events team! Special Thanks go out to all of our vendors for making this event happen! We doubled in size and it was an overwhelming success for our client. Stay tuned for this weekend's post on the next event...  

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!   

ISES LA's: Speed Pitching...

Hey everyone... I am becoming a regular now. It's Minzey reporting in for ISES LA. As the VP of Programs & Education, I was able to produce another education based event,  ISES LA’s Speed Pitching, last week at the Luxe Hotel on Sunset.  The real idea behind this education session came straight from The Special Event Conference Speed Pitching education session. I figured that people who didn’t make it out to Florida for TSE this year, could still have some part of TSE here in Los Angeles!   I was right!  We landed up selling out the room and everyone really enjoyed themselves. 

I was lucky enough to have Andrea Michaels, Extraordinary Events, to agree to be the Presenter for this education session.  She brought on Greg Christy, BriteIdeas, Inc., Liese Gardner, Event Solutions, Cheryl Fish, Someone’s in theKitchen, Greg Jenkins, Bravo Productions, Lisa Hurley, Special Events Magazine, Ian Seeberg, a Creative Director and Writer and Ruth Moyte, Red Dandelion Creative to judge the Speed Pitching. 

I was part of one of the winning tables and we were able to present our 2 minute speed pitch to the rest of the group.  One of our first time attendees, Ned Shapiro, At Any Event, said of his first time at an ISES LA event, “What a great introduction to a great organization for a First Timer like me. I'll be back again at Lawry's.”  I couldn’t have said it better myself! 

Hope to see you at our next event on March 28^th at Lawry’s where we are featuring John Klymshyn, The Art of Living: Connecting Your Life's Work to Work You Do Every Day"

It's Official... We're Mumtaz Marketing & Events

We are proud to introduce Mumtaz Marketing & Events (MME) as the next installment of Simply Mumtaz Events, Inc. We are thrilled to announce that due to an overwhelming demand, we have expanded our services from our award-winning event and meeting management to include strategic marketing solutions. Our latest development comes to fruition as a result of hard work and dedication to our client's overall success. We have broadened our services to include event marketing, experiential marketing, and small business/association strategic marketing. More specifically some of the new services include acting as our client's online presence via social media, developing blog content, branding, website design, media campaigns, strategic planning, and execution of overall strategic marketing activities. For additional details, please visit our new site www.MumtazMarketing.com.

 We have a unique perspective on Marketing Strategy... we come from the "details" and work towards fulfilling the big picture. We understand that the details and experiences our customers/clients/attendees feel are worth their weight in gold in developing brand loyalty and ultimately long-term relationships.

 

Please visit the first edition of our new website at www.MumtazMarketing.com.

REPORT: 2012 The Special Event Show Conference (TSE)

Hey everybody! Minzey reporting in...

My trip out to Florida for The Special Event was nothing short of FANTASTIC! I had a great time meeting with colleagues from all over the world and seeing familiar faces that I get to see once a year!

My trip started this year with ISES Leadership Meetings, where I felt energized and inspired to bring home tools for both my job here at Mumtaz Marketing & Events and back to my ISES LA Board and my Programs Committee.

The highlight of the conference has always been the wedding gallery and the wedding lunch. This year wasn’t any different. My favorite wedding gallery was none other than Youngsong Martin’s of Wildflower Linen. Her design of “The Seasons” were impeccable! My favorite tabletop was the “Spring” Twilight inspired table.  It was absolutely gorgeous! 

The wedding lunch this year, was actually a Wedding Dinner and was a presentation of the design behind this massive space of the size of an airplane hangar!  It was great to see how much effort was had to put it all together. Check out these amazing photos!

Here are some tips from The Special Event Education:

·       Pay your interns!  You will get a more productive intern and they will take pride in their work.   They are creative and you can mold them into you!   

·      Don’t judge a book by its cover.  Finding the right person for the job is hard in our industry, you never know what might walk through your door! 

The relationships that you build at TSE, can carry you through for the next 10-20 years. You never know when you might need.  You might have to call up someone in London, Chicago or Canada.  So get to know your industry colleagues The Special Event and throughout the Special Events industry, cause you never know when they will need your help or vice-versa.

We also had the opportunity to play hookie for an afternoon and went to see the Manatees! So, here's one saying Hi!