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Winners Unveiled: The 2025 Ex Awards

The editors of Event Marketer announce the winners of the 23rd annual Ex Awards, the experiential marketing industry’s most prestigious recognition program.

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Six Slam-dunk Strategies that Engaged Basketball Fans at the 2025 NCAA Women’s Final Four

Sunday’s NCAA Women’s Basketball National Championship game between UConn and South Carolina drew a sellout crowd of 19,777 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, FL, and 8.5 million viewers, making it the third most-watched women’s Division I title game on ESPN platforms. In the days leading up to UConn’s 12th national championship win, tens of thousands […]

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Field Report: Top 12 Activations from the NCAA Women’s Final Four Tourney Town in Tampa

For a record fourth time, Tampa, FL, hosted the NCAA Women’s Final Four basketball tournament, and fans turned out, hitting the bay from April 3-6 to support their teams and enjoy all of the sporting events and brand activations that led into the big game at Amalie Arena, where UConn clinched the 2025 national title […]

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B-to-B For Me

In light of the recommendation era and the acceleration of AI tools, b-to-b event marketers this year are focused on taking personalization from buzzword to practice, customizing content, and making connections with attendees that speak to their business needs and the individual at every step of the journey. It’s an imperative that’s coming from the […]

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Sponsors Deliver Dream Courts, Holograms and Ladders at the 2025 Men’s Final Four Tournament

College sports fans are their own breed, and it’s a fact sponsors took to heart during the 2025 NCAA Men’s Final Four Tournament weekend in San Antonio, TX, with activations designed to place attendees at center-court. From April 4-7, across the official Final Four Fan Fest presented by Capital One at the Henry B. González […]

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The Brief: Hot Dog High Teas and ‘The White Lotus’ IRL

This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover Hot Dog High Teas, “The White Lotus” IRL and sweet-smelling takeovers.

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Strange Encounters

At a time when streaming services are overflowing with content and movie theaters continue to see attendance down 35 percent, film and TV studios are getting more and more creative with their marketing campaigns to capture the attention of audiences. But it’s not just that they’re standing up an eye-catching billboard or an engaging pop-up, […]

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Brand Collabs: How Milk-Bone and Jif Activated a Dog-friendly ‘Museum’

There are brand collaborations that make headlines, and there are brand collaborations that make sense. In the case of Milk-Bone and Jif’s latest venture, both circumstances apply. The two J.M. Smucker-owned companies recently teamed up to create new Peanut Buttery Bites dog treats, then leaned into collab and drop culture to promote the product with […]

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How the Event Industry is Responding to New U.S. Tariffs, from Prices to Pivots

After weeks of conjecture and swirling rumors around how U.S. tariffs would shake out, the specifics around the levies were revealed on April 2 during a briefing at the White House. In addition to previous tariffs imposed last month on Mexican, Canadian and Chinese goods, the Trump Administration announced a baseline 10-percent tariff on all […]

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Field Report: Things We’ve Never Seen at Trade Shows Until Shoptalk 2025

Disco balls, a dj, fog and lasers… This wasn’t going to be a regular trade show. Shoptalk 2025, a global event for retail and e-commerce, owned by Hyve Group, took over the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, March 25-27, bringing together more than 10,000 attendees and more than 225 senior-level speakers from top […]

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