B-to-B Events
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B-to-B Events
Watch: January 2026 Experiential News Commentary
From a Netflix Zoltar to an FX beauty lab to a Dogfish Head time bank, we weigh in on this month’s experiential news.
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B-to-B Events
Field Report: Six Trade Show Booth Ideas from World of Concrete 2026
How much beer was consumed during the recent World of Concrete? That we don’t know, but hopefully it was a measurable KPI. The world’s largest concrete construction and masonry trade show brought together about 48,000 professionals to the Las Vegas Convention Cente, Jan. 20-22, as well as about 1,300 exhibiting companies, including 280 first-time brands, […]
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B-to-B Events
Experiential Marketing Trend of the Week: Push Buttons
Despite the rise of touch screens and other sophisticated gaze and gesture technologies, experiential brands this year are choosing analog-style mechanisms for their activations. Think: Push buttons and turn dials that feel purposeful, participatory and nostalgic. But let’s push pause for a moment, and look back at one place where the trend bubbled up. Reddit’s […]
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B-to-B Events
2026 Perspectives: Brand Marketers Share What’s New, Next and ‘No Thanks’ in B-to-B Events
The class of veteran brand marketers serving as our Experiential Marketing Summit Advisory Board members are some of the industry’s most respected practitioners, and their collective expertise runs the gamut. So with the new year chugging ahead at full steam and events on a continued upward trajectory, we asked the board to share which tactics […]
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B-to-B Events
AI-Driven Keynotes: Four Tips from AMD’s Cutting-Edge Production at CES
Brands across every industry and discipline are laser-focused on harnessing AI, but as one of the world’s biggest chipmakers, AMD has some serious skin in the game. So when the company delivered a keynote at CES 2026 to position itself as a leader within the AI ecosystem and illustrate how its technologies are already driving […]
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B-to-B Events
The Brief: Scent Labs and Hotdog Races
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover scent labs, Pinterest Platz and hotdog races.
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B-to-B Events
B-to-B Attendees are Demanding More Value—Eight Brand Marketers Weigh In
It’s a good problem to have. With the event industry thriving and market forecasts pointing to sizeable growth, the vast array of conferences and meetings to choose from has made attendees more judicious than ever about where they’ll spend their precious time and money. In response, event marketers have been digging deep to build the […]
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B-to-B Events
Goat Yoga, Cat Cafés, Zen Gardens: 11 Veterinary Exhibits that Shined at VMX 2026
Last year, VMX was all about the arts. This year, NAVC went all in on a theme inspired by the upcoming Winter Olympics with “World Classic: Champions of Care.” Medal and podium imagery, as well as snowy décor and settings, was all over the Orange County Convention Center for the annual veterinary conference in Orlando, […]
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B-to-B Events
CES 2026: Editors’ Picks for the Best Brand Showcases and Suites
Lounges are becoming more and more common at CES, as brands move away from exhibits on the show floor to private hotel suites that cater to its established and prospective clients.
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B-to-B Events
CES 2026: An Insider Tour of the Reddit Conversation Bar
At CES 2026, where AI dominated exhibits and sessions, Reddit instead raised a glass to the power of human conversation… literally. Inside Reddit HQ at the Aria Resort and Casino, the brand created the Conversation Bar to serve up personalized beverages crafted to suit attendees’ focus areas, moods and goals for the new year, and […]