Welcome to ISES Houston


Greetings from ISES Houston Chapter!

This year, as I take on the President’s roll of our ISES Houston Chapter, we are focusing on going forward with “Motivating, Educating and Having Fun Doing It All!” Our board this year is very cohesive, and we are a family dedicated to helping each other in every way beneficial to our valuable members.
We plan to give them more than in years past and implement better efforts of growing the chapter’s membership threefold. For example, our membership committee has created hands on literature designed to excite and attract potential members. Our student director is working very hard at creating energized campus activities and recruitment sessions. All of these amazing efforts are intended to showcase the benefits and networking opportunities available to ISES members for future endeavors.
This year’s ISES meetings and events are also taking on a new spin with game show themes, speed networking sessions and our lively happy hours. Educating our members on different market segments and recognizing our star players via the annual Crystal Icon Awards are major components of this chapter’s efforts to not only recruit the best, but to BE the best selection of special events experts Houston has to offer!
ISES Houston’s 2011 goal of “Motivate, Educate and Have Fun Doing It All!” has only just begun! We have a number of dynamic speakers lined up and even more fun activities on the agenda—but you have to join to see what’s next.


Hope to see you at an ISES event soon!

Matthew Finnan
2011 President, ISES Houston Chapter

 

CRYSTAL ICON AWARDS

 

 

 

Houston, Texas (September 8, 2011) The Houston chapter of the International Special Events Society (ISES) presented the Crystal Icon Awards show on Sunday, September 18th at the downtown Houston Hyatt Regency Hotel. With a fresh new look and bright colors, the event set the bar high for special events industry. The Crystal Icon Awards recognizes excellence in the special events industry and acknowledges the extraordinary efforts, performance and outstanding contributions of Houston event industry professionals.

The 2011 Crystal Icon Honoree, Chef Charles Carroll of the River Oaks Country Club received the award for his work in creating Operation HOT (Honoring Our Troops) which brought a team of twenty-one celebrities and support team to Bagram, Afghanistan for a seven hour dinner show along with two tons of gifts and two pallets of food to feed four thousand deserving soldiers.

This year's Gala, produced by iCatching Events, featured entertainment by Howl at the Moon, Divisi Strings, Collide, PRP Entertainment and eMotion Bellaire Dance Company.

The outstanding gala award winners are:

Creme de la Crème Category: Hilton Americas-Houston
Entertainment Production: Best Entertainers and J & D Entertainment
Event Design Décor: iCatching Events
Event Videography: A&A Video Productions
Event Marketing: Event House
Non-Profit Over 100K: eEvents
Non-Profit Under 100K: Elias Events
Team Effort: Elias Events, Genesis Photographers, Texas Light and Pyro, Minute Maid Park, Ideal Party Decorators, Elegant Linens and Best Entertainers

The International Special Events Society (ISES) is comprised of over 7,200 professionals in over 38 countries representing special event planners and producers (from festivals to trade shows), caterers, decorators, florists, destination management companies, rental companies, special effects experts, tent suppliers, audio-visual technicians, event and convention coordinators, balloon artists, educators, journalists, hotel sales managers, specialty entertainers, convention center managers, and many more professional disciplines.

For more information contact Richard Hoggatt, VP of Communications ISES Houston Chapter www.iseshouston.org  or communications@iseshouston.org