Experiential
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Agency Life
April: Event Industry People, Deals, and Moves
Welcome to this month’s event marketing industry news digest, featuring updates on new hires, promotions, acquisitions, and launches. Submit your news here. Rebrands Exhibit Partners has announced that, after 20 years, it will now be doing business as Storylink Creative, adding brand development, competitive analysis, data, and video and digital production to its existing exhibit […]
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B-to-B Events
EMS 2024: Inspiring Keynotes, Brand-led Panels and Creativity Take Center Stage on Day Two
Setting the tone for the second day of the Experiential Marketing Summit (EMS) during breakfast on April 25, dj Aaron Smalls played upbeat hits and quizzed attendees with pop culture trivia. Then, Jessica Heasley, group editor and publisher of Event Marketer, had the audience giggling at a funny, but relatable, AI-generated experiment, showing AI’s depiction […]
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B-to-B Events
EMS 2024 Kicks off with Interactive Workshops, Pickleball, Ex Awards and Festival Vibes
The MGM Grand Las Vegas came alive with the sounds of lively networking, industry speak, music and laughter, as attendees took part in day one of the Experiential Marketing Summit (EMS) on April 24. The No. 1 conference for creators of the brand experience immersed a global audience of b-to-b and b-to-c marketers, trade show […]
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B-to-B Events
Winners Unveiled: The 2024 Ex Awards
The editors of Event Marketer announce the winners of the 22nd annual Ex Awards, the experiential marketing industry’s most prestigious recognition program.
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B-to-C Events
The Brief: ‘Tortured’ Swifties and Hot Ones Live
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential cover Chief Tractor Officers, prophetic brainwaves and Hot Ones live.
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B-to-B Events
Six Exhibit Engagement Trends from NAB Show 2024
With artificial intelligence and the creator economy in the spotlight, the 2024 NAB Show brought together more than 61,000 attendees and 1,300 exhibitors in the broadcast, media and entertainment industry together at the Las Vegas Convention Center, April 13-17. “We’re blown away to see over half of our attendees this year experiencing NAB Show for […]
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Festivals & Fan Cons
Coachella 2024 Experiential Marketing: Shower Portals, Manifest Stations and ‘Surpr-ICES’
Festival season has sprung once again and, per usual, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is serving as its launchpad. The Indio, CA-based event at the Empire Polo Club, hosted this year April 12-14 and April 19-21, features headlining performances by No Doubt, Lana Del Ray, Tyler, The Creator and Doja Cat; a new […]
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B-to-C Events
Field Report: Inside the ‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ Mercedes-Benz Experience at the Masters
Tickets to the Masters are some of the most coveted in all of sports. Some golf fans wait years to be chosen by the ticket lottery. But through its exclusive hospitality experience, Mercedes-Benz offers its VIP customers a “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity to attend the Masters, which this year was won by Scottie Scheffler for the second time in his career.
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B-to-B Events
Five Takeaways from Freeman’s 2024 Exhibitor Trends Report
After a successful 2023, almost 80 percent of exhibitors plan to attend the same number of events or more in 2024, and most exhibitor budgets will increase or stay the same, according to the new Freeman 2024 Exhibitor Trends Report released this month. The research focused on the current needs of exhibitors and gaps in […]
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Trade Shows
Q&A: 10 Minutes with Erin Taylor of Oatly
Oatly, true to how we do things, is completely opposite, says Erin Taylor, the brand’s manager for experiential in the U.S., about the 20-by-40-foot Oatly’s Café at the recent Natural Products Expo West. Instead of walking right in, attendees were invited to round the corner of the branded wall to experience the oat drink brand’s […]