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Field Report: Top 10 Beachy Booth Builds that Made Waves at Surf Expo

As the Florida heat was raging outside, Surf Expo brought cool, beachy vibes from the watersports and coastal lifestyle industries to Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center (OCCC), Sept. 5-7. More than 6,000 qualified buyers from global retailers explored 650-plus exhibitor booths that showcased products from surf, beach and resort categories, ranging from swimsuits and sportswear to marine plush and souvenir gifts.

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Small Conference, Big Thinking: How Quest Software Breathed New Life into its Sales Kickoff

It was out with the old and in with the new at Quest Software’s 2024 internal sales conference in Anaheim, CA, as the brand overhauled the annual event with a festival-inspired theme designed to support its forward-looking company vision.

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Field Report: Walls, Wellness and Art at the MAGIC / Project Shows

MAGIC, Project, and Sourcing at Magic, three fashion trade shows run by MMGNET Group, returned to the Las Vegas Convention Center from August 19-21, bringing unique perspectives on fashion and activating for diverse apparel markets. “Each new season gives us an opportunity to bring fresh perspectives and new topics to explore within the fashion industry, […]

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Design Inspiration: 10 A/V Ideas for Your Next Event or Experience

Lighting effects can greatly impact your mood and, thus, the moods of your event attendees. It may affect how they take in information, their energy levels and their overall happiness. But beyond mood lighting (which, side note, MGM Resorts International studied extensively as it developed its Stay Well Meetings program), a/v elements within experiences create […]

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Free to Nominate: The Event Industry ‘Watchlist’

We’re naming the most influential experiential marketers this fall, and you’re invited to nominate them…

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A Look Inside the AI Evolution at Trade Shows and Events This Year

A little over a year ago, AI was largely a buzzword in experiential. On the heels of Open AI’s release of ChatGPT, marketers everywhere began to dabble in its potential for smarter, more personalized campaigns. Fast forward to today, and brands have made serious strides in unlocking new brand engagement frontiers with this tech. “I […]

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Inside Bloomberg Green Festival: Q&A with Jessica Webber, Global Head of Bloomberg Live

The inaugural Bloomberg Green Festival took place July 10-13 in Seattle with a full schedule of indoor and outdoor sessions and events focused on putting forward actions and solutions for a greener future. More than 13,000 participants came through the Seattle Center campus and joined the festival’s community programs, exceeding Bloomberg’s attendance goals.

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News: Force Majeure Clauses and a Financial Firm’s Lawsuit Victory

It wasn’t long ago that force majeure was commonly perceived as insignificant boilerplate language added to the end of an event contract. Then 2020 and a global pandemic hit, and the provision was suddenly viewed as an instrumental clause that could shield event hosts from legal action as a sea of cancellations was sweeping the […]

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Case Study: How Ricoh Made a Smaller Booth More Impactful with Live Theater

At the much-anticipated return of Drupa, May 28 through June 7, in Düsseldorf, Germany, Japanese multinational imaging and electronics brand Ricoh maximized a booth space that was 30-percent smaller than previous years by leveraging live theater and heritage-inspired imagery based on the Japanese life principle, HENKAKU, which translates to “transformational innovation.” The centerpiece of the […]

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Three New Resources to Make Your Trade Show Program Greener

As companies get serious about reaching the 2050 Net Zero goals, trade show industry partners and organizations are also leveling up their practices and coming up with guidelines that help reduce the environmental impact and increase climate-related transparency, mandated by the recent rules from the Securities and Exchange Commission. California has already taken a strong […]

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