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Swag That Works: The New Rules for Trade Show Giveaways

When Middesk set out to build trust with Money20/20 attendees, it transformed its booth into “The Trust Club” filled with custom-designed merchandise created specifically for the trade show experience. From heavyweight crewnecks to limited-edition duffles, the brand designed exclusive items to drive engagement at different levels, all leading back to the overarching message. “Trust is […]

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How Beverage Culture is Weaving its way into Trade Show Programs

A Watermelon Basil Refresher? A frothy Strawberry Matcha Latte? An… IV? Beverage culture is exploding, and exhibitors are turning to unique hot and cold non-alcoholic sips to deliver deliciousness along with engagement throughout their trade show programs. Here are some of our favorite flavors and activations.

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Eat up 7 Exhibit Trends from the Summer Fancy Food Show

Across the sea of culinary items presented at the 2026 Summer Fancy Food Show in New York City (June 28-30), nearly 1,000 of them officially debuted at the event.

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Five Mid-Year Trade Show Exhibit Trends to Watch

Things are moving fast in trade shows and events, and we love being in the middle of it all. Over the past six months, EM’s team has logged in tens of thousands of steps around top shows across the nation. We sampled, shot hoops, and made perfumes, and, of course, mostly scouted the floor for […]

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How Brands Honored People in Exhibit Designs at ASCO 2026

From precision medicine to cell therapy and advanced diagnostics, oncology is rapidly evolving, improving patient outcomes and bringing hope. At the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2026 Annual Meeting, which took place at McCormick Place in Chicago May 29 through June 2, science was paramount but another narrative was just as important—celebrating patients, clinicians […]

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Experiential Marketing Trend of the Week: Creator Summits

The brand trip is evolving. It’s no longer just about whisking away influencers to a luxury destination for a vacation filled with product sampling, demos and gifting. Now, brands are collaborating with content creators on summits that fold them into the marketing engine as brand ambassadors and partners. The itineraries are stacked with brand-focused educational […]

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Yahoo’s Explorers Society Rewards Attendees for Being Curious at Cannes

When Yahoo dropped anchor at Cannes Lions 2026, it was equipped with its most ambitious festival activation strategy to date, and one very large purple submarine installation.

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Experiential Marketing Trend of the Week: Time is Luxury

Consumers are embracing tools to help automate their lives and their work, because while today they enjoy an economy of endless choices, the biggest luxury in a culture moving at warp-speed is… time. Experiential marketers are uniquely suited to ensure time is well spent, which is why they’re basing entire event strategies on the clock. […]

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How Oatly Built a B2B Event Inspired by its Beverage Trends

As beverage culture explodes, Oatly is ensuring it’s not only a key ingredient within the conversation and the concoctions, but that it’s also leading them. With the goal of creating “the Davos of beverage,” Oatly’s recent AFTERTASTE event in New York City immersed 300 leaders, operators, tastemakers, creators and journalists in the coffee, f&b and hospitality industries in presentations and sampling inspired by the brand’s latest strategic Look Book Vol. 3.

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Watch: Leah Stark of Ecolab in The Studio at EMS 2026

Welcome to Studio Sessions, interviews filmed in the field with the minds behind the moments. In this episode, Leah Stark, director of experiential marketing at Ecolab, joins us at the 2026 Experiential Marketing Summit to discuss what it means to be a bold-thinker and risk-taker in the industry, and what that looks like in practice. […]

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