Minus the Dot-Com Glitz and Glamour, Corporate Parties Are More About Unity and Productivity

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It sounds a little bit like a Las Vegas revue, something you'd find at Caesar's Palace or the Bellagio. Hundreds of people cram a venue where everybody is part of the show. Lions with lavish manes punctuate the lush scenery. The liquor flows. It seems like the night, and the party, will never end. Of course, the party pours easily into the morning hours. Yes, some people may have work in the morning. But at least as long as the music plays, it seems as if tomorrow is Saturday.

That, more or less, describes some of the more outlandish company parties in the heyday of the dot-come era. The business of planning corporate parties in the early 1990s was like debuting a one-day Broadway show. And it wasn't unusual for a company to foot a $10,000 or $20,000 bill just to have a lion on hand.

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Minus the Dot-Com Glitz and Glamour, Corporate Parties Are More About Unity and Productivity

They threw wild, adventurous parties. They were lavish. The things they did were outrageous, said Martin Greenstein, CEO of Ronkonkoma-based Event Pros Group, an event and party planner and producer. Everybody would get in a speed boat an...

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