Richard Byford
President/Producer
Byway Events & Entertainment, Palm Springs, CA
http://www.bywayentertainment.com/
What is the single most important thing attendees discover at your session?
It isn’t that we cannot afford to adopt sustainable and green ways and programs, it is that we cannot afford NOT to…

What do you believe is the greatest innovation to affect the events industry in the past year?
Lower budgets it has given birth to greater creativity in our industry and in the production of green events.

Where do you find inspiration?
From people who have a positive attitude and a great sense of humor towards life.

What excites you most about the year ahead in the events industry or your personal business?
That slowly, very slowly people are getting the idea that change must happen in America and that people talk about sustainability and mean it.

What is the best piece of business advice you’ve ever been given?
Get to know your client, talk with them and then always always follow up.

BIO
Richard Byford, owner of Byway Events & Entertainment, Inc., a green global special events and entertainment company, is a singer/songwriter/musician with hit records in several countries; an actor (graduating from the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art); part of the entertainment duo Richard and Mary for 30 years; a stand-up comic, producer, radio talk-show host, race car driver, bull rider and police officer. Born in England, Richard has traveled into every country in Europe, all around South America, China, Singapore, Hong Kong and Russia and has owned and run Byway for more than 30 years!

Richard has designed and booked entertainment packages for conventions, concerts, casinos and special events throughout the US and internationally in the UK, China, Mexico and the Caribbean.

COMPANY
Byway Events & Entertainment, Inc. is a green global special events and entertainment company dedicated to becoming the only event, entertainment and production company you will ever need. From concept to completion we produce events, concerts and galas specializing in celebrity acts and the design of branding and marketing events to meet the developing corporate needs.
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