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Networking and Community-building Ideas from HLTH USA 2024
Bringing together the health ecosystem, HLTH USA 2024 took place Oct. 20-23 at the Venetian Expo in Las Vegas, urging its participants to “Be Bold” as they explore the future of healthcare and what it will take to live not just longer, but healthier. Take it from Bob, a retired GE Healthcare engineer who spent […]
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Meet the Honorees: The 2024 Watchlist
30 Brand-side Event Marketers Changing the Game for Us All—One Event at a Time The event industry has always been, by definition, a people business. And what our people are seeing is that certain people at certain brands are making big lifts for their companies and, as a result, for the entire industry. There are […]
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Trade Show Industry Updates: News, Data, Trends
Welcome to this month’s exhibit industry news digest for corporate trade show marketers, featuring intel on research, trends, people and company updates. Data The meetings and events industry is projected to flourish in 2025, with meeting professionals expressing confidence in its future and noting planned increases in meetings budgets, as revealed in the 14th […]
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Inside Monster Energy’s Changing, High-Octane Exhibit Strategy at NACS 2024
At this year’s convenience store trade show, NACS 2024, Monster Energy decided to shift gears and rev up the excitement for its brand and sub-brands in an adrenaline-fueled experience that was all about loud, edgy and rebellious marketing, and the energy it brings to retailers. The perimeter of the 70-foot-by-80-foot booth was wrapped in a […]
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Digging Deep into Tech: How Brands Showcased Heavy Equipment at MINExpo 2024
The world’s largest mining event, MINExpo International 2024, more than doubled attendance since its last rendition in 2021, bringing about 45,000 attendees, including 2,000 exhibitors from 148 countries to the Las Vegas Convention Center, Sept. 24-26. The show is the place to see the latest tech in mining equipment and some huge pieces of equipment. […]
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Q&A: 10 Minutes with Luiz Pustiglione of Caterpillar Inc.
It’s not every day that you need a foldout map to navigate a trade show exhibit… Flanked by towering trucks and equipment, the 56,000-square-foot Caterpillar exhibit at MINExpo INTERNATIONAL 2024 invited attendees to the mine site of the future, showcasing the latest in automation, sustainability and energy optimization, among other areas. The footprint layout was […]
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Are Your Events Evolving for Gen Z? Top Findings from Freeman’s 2024 Event Organizer Trends Report
It’s no secret that Gen Z preferences are transforming the workplace by way of collaborative leadership models, work-life balance policies, and purpose-driven missions, among major cultural shifts. But according to new research from Freeman, released Oct. 8 at IMEX, the event industry is not evolving fast enough to meet the needs of the next generation […]
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Field Report: 10 Things We Loved at Dreamforce 2024
Equal parts music festival, cram marathon and family reunion, Dreamforce, Salesforce’s annual user conference and flagship marketing event, welcomed more than 45,000 attendees to its massive national park-themed campus around Moscone Center in San Francisco, Sept. 17-19, with millions watching online. What started as 2,000 people in a ballroom in 2003, has grown into a […]
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From Surfing to Rage Rooms, Five Ideas for Spicing up Internal Events
In the era of remote work and global teams, organizations have to work harder than ever to maintain company culture, motivate employees and ensure they feel connected to one another and to the business. And there’s one strategy that solves for each of those objectives: internal events. Whether it’s a meeting designed to galvanize the […]
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Surf Expo Exhibit Trends: Brands Roll in with Wood Features, Pony Walls, Live Models
We were stoked to attend our first Surf Expo, Sept. 5-7 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, and the exhibitor community proved very friendly and welcoming, eager to show off their products and beach-inspired booths. From wetsuits to bucket hats to flip-flops, we explored the variety of exhibits that made up the largest and longest-running watersports, beach and resort lifestyle trade show, and noticed five exhibit design and build trends that were unique to Surf Expo and the watersports audience.
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