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Tension tents hold their ground while offering an aesthetic edge
November 1st, 2017
One of many crucial questions tent rental providers must help clients planning upscale outdoor events answer is whether they want a tension or frame-supported tent. Several factors influence the decision, from aesthetics to weather and space restraints to pricing. And while more clients are choosing the latter, tension tents are not without significant advantages. Center […]
Designing with natural decor brings tented events to life
July 1st, 2017
According to the color gurus at Pantone®, Greenery—the Pantone Color of the Year 2017—emblematizes our intrinsic desire to restore, revitalize and reconnect. Pantone calls the naturally neutral shade “symbolic of new beginnings”—a description appropriate to the thousands of weddings and other social events that occur under tents every year. “Green is a happy color,” says […]
Tents, trends and technology
June 1st, 2016
From RFID to GPS, Mike Holland uses all the newest tools to keep Chattanooga Tent Co. at the leading edge. "We embrace technology here,” says Mike Holland, president of Chattanooga Tent Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. “Especially when it comes to material handling, we’re always looking for anything that can help us work smarter and be more […]
Carpa 10 presents new company logo
November 2nd, 2015
Based in Madrid, Spain, Carpa 10 provides marquees for anything from corporate events to weddings to trade shows. The company recently presented a new logo to represent a rejuvenated, fresh and dynamic image as a symbol of its renewal of intentions. Carpa 10 has spent more than a decade providing coverage, either temporarily or permanently, […]
Thinking outside the rectangle
May 1st, 2015
Tent manufacturers, rental companies and event planners are stretching their boundaries with new tent shapes and flexible materials. Consider, if you will, the Pythagoreans, who dissected a sphere as early as 600 B.C. Latecomers like Plato and Buckminster Fuller took the ball and ran with it, so to speak. But in 2015, Platonic polyhedral/geodesic domes […]
Cocktails under the sea
April 1st, 2015
A birthday celebration at a private Beverly Hills estate became a lush, colorful ocean display for an opening day cocktail party, thanks to Revelry Event Designers, Los Angeles, Calif. A 120-foot-long brilliant undersea landscape hung on the side of the large event tent, setting the stage for guests to stroll across the lawn through huge […]