Algonquin Studios, a local software and web development company, and Special Touches, a Buffalo based business specializing in corporate gift giving and events planning, have announced a unique partnership to provide Special Touches with access to guests at "Curtain Up!" Algonquin Studios is working with Special Touches to provide funding for a sponsorship opportunity at the event, a one-of-a-kind candy favor, The "Nite Cap," included at each dinner guests' place setting.

Currently, Special Touches is marketing The "Nite Cap" to hotels, banquet facilities and corporate customers nationwide. The favors are composed of gourmet raspberry flavored chocolates inside a first-class gold-cloth bag. "The idea for the 'Nite Cap,' is rooted in a project I was developing for a party with one of my large hotel clients in Texas," said Christine Castro, Special Touches owner. "The candies were sent as a sample, and the cloth bags were a leftover from a different project, the combination of the two seemed perfect."

So the real question is, how do a web and software development company and a corporate gift giving start-up find each other to partner on a project like this? The answer is simpler than you might think, they're neighbors. Both companies are located in the Brisbane Building in downtown Buffalo and the partnership, like so many successful business ventures, started with a chance meeting in the building's lobby.

"There's nothing like the energy and spark that a woman like Christine brings to her business," explained Stephen Kiernan, Algonquin's CEO. "Her enthusiasm and drive to succeed are what really inspired us to work with her on this project." Christine only recently opened the doors to Special Touches after working diligently with Buffalo's Black Capital Network to develop funding for the business.

"So far, so good" was the sentiment from Christine as she worked with members of the Buffalo Niagara Partnership to assemble the favors on Tuesday, "I just hope that the guests at Curtain Up! enjoy them."

About Special Touches

"Imagine the Possibilities" with this eclectic business bringing special touches to your lifestyle. Specializing in gift baskets, the retail shop offers many choices of curiosities to assist you in gift giving from home decorating accents, greeting cards, bath & body, gourmet products featuring local "Taste Buds" and so much more.

Special touches also offers specialty services from event planning and decorating to corporate connoisseurs for their larger clients. For more information please call Christine at (716) 854-2024 or stop by and visit the store located in the lobby of the Brisbane Building.

About Algonquin Studios, Inc.

Algonquin Studios, Inc. unites the complementary talents of business, creative and technical professionals to help our clients realize their business goals. Algonquin Studios can offer businesses the competitive advantage they need to prosper in today's changing marketplace through:

Web Content Management Solutions
Custom Enterprise Application Development
Localization Services and Software
Database Design and Development
Web and Print Design Services
Business & Technology Consulting
Technical Project Advising and Training

Founded in March 1998, Algonquin Studios is headquartered in the Brisbane Building in downtown Buffalo, NY. For additional information, please call (716) 842-1439, or visit www.algonquinstudios.com