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2026 F1 Miami Grand Prix: Full-Throttle Experiences from TikTok, Diageo, Mobil and More
Now in its fifth year, the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix continues to draw race fans from around the world, with attendance figures estimated at 275,000, and it’s a major activation moment for brands, as the first U.S. race of the season. Every year, we’ve seen more and more brands take advantage of the exploding […]
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Eight Strategies for Reducing Food Waste in Trade Shows and Events
Some 2,600 unserved meals were donated by the Washington Hilton after the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner was cut short on April 25 by a gunman. During a rare and dramatic event, the staff were able to follow the established food-saving protocols and didn’t let the meals go to waste. The Washington Hilton is […]
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Skeletons and Tattoos: How Torq Brings World Building to Trade Shows
If you’re not putting on a show, you’re just paying for a spot on carpet, says Don Jeter, cmo of Torq. At RSAC 2026, the enterprise security company went all in with a 20-foot inflatable skeleton and a fully operational tattoo bus. Insight was sizzling at the Cyber Wok lunch and CISO Karaoke, meetings were […]
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10 Minutes With… Gaby Ferreres, Head of Industry Marketing at AWS
As the media sector experiences rapidly change, Amazon Web Services (AWS) came to the NAB Show 2026 with the mission to empower storytellers to create, distribute, and monetize content at unprecedented scale. To deliver that, the brand leaned into a multi-pronged activation approach that engaged attendees across multiple touchpoints, from high-energy fun challenges to hands-on, […]
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The Brief: Jargon Bars and Il Fresco di Peroni
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover Jargon Bars, smartphone-themed fashion shows and Il Fresco di Peroni.
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How Disney Turned ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ into an Experiential Marketing Machine
In the 20 years since “The Devil Wears Prada” premiered, the love for its characters, sardonic one-liners and cerulean fashion statements has only grown. So for the release of its highly anticipated sequel, “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” how could the marketing team approach, and build on, such a treasured cultural phenomenon? For starters, they […]
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Inside Jeans Country: American Eagle’s First-Ever Stagecoach Activation
“It wasn’t our first rodeo, but it was our first Stagecoach.” That’s how American Eagle cmo Craig Brommers describes the retailer’s grand debut as the country music festival’s exclusive apparel and denim sponsor. To bring the sponsorship to life, the brand activated a “Jeans Country” denim desert-themed experience on the festival grounds in Indio, CA, […]
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How Nikon is Winning Over Creators with a ‘Try Before You Buy’ Experiential Strategy
From Nikon’s perspective, you can’t fully appreciate the power of a camera until you’ve taken it for a test drive. It’s the philosophy that’s been putting the brand’s experiential marketing strategy into focus over the last year as the company strives to meet creatives where they are, get them hands-on with its latest products, and […]
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Stagecoach 2026: 11 Brand Activations that Fused Western Glam with Hydrating Oases
This year’s edition of the Stagecoach Music Festival brought the biggest names in country music to Indio, CA, including headliners Cody Johnson, Lainey Wilson and Post Malone, with a few surprises (hello, Pitbull!) over the April 24-26 weekend. And while temperatures weren’t scorching as in years past, high winds came out in full force, causing […]
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