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Rene Palacio, banquet manager at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress Hotel may not be advising his guests to stand on the banquet tables, but he knows full well the capabilities of his banquet equipment. Palacio manages over $14 million in catering business and according to him, "the banquet tables take a banging." He is confident in their ability to do so and continue to perform because in his words, "they are built well, reliable, and the leg locks are durable."

Maywood Furniture started over 70 years ago making quality hotel folding tables, and they continue to offer durable, hard-working products for the hospitality industry. Maywood is known for their use of a crimped edge that protects the tabletop where it would normally suffer damage. Maywood Furniture can create just about any shape or size banquet table needed.

Palacio has been very satisfied with Maywood's service and says "they are great to work with." Due to the high volume of catering and frequent movement of the banquet tables at the hotel, he replaces his equipment about every four years, but he buys only Maywood's Classic banquet tables.--KB

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