Event Marketer

APRIL 27, 2025

Cant decide what your team should wear to a trade show? TentCraft made a splash with its ’80s-themed booth at the Experiential Marketing Summit , pumping the vibe with colorful outfits and glasses that screamed impactful design. Bundle X Joy booth staff at Natural Food Expo West. How about roller skates?

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 7, 2025

Look out for even more coverage as well as exclusive interviews with corporate event trade show marketers on the show floor. Additional reporting by Anna Huddleston, Event Marketer trade shows editor. Event Marketer and its Chief Marketer Network of brands is an Official Media Partner of CES 2025.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 24, 2025

The new partnership gives EDPA members expanded access to the experiential marketing industrys top buyers and provides Event Marketer an elevated position from which to serve EDPA members with content and data. The partnership includes: EDPA @ Experiential Marketing Summit. EDPA + Event Marketer Content.

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 14, 2024

We wanted to take customers outside of the show floor and didn’t want to make them listen to another marketing speech,” says Luiz Pustiglione, marketing director at Caterpillar. “We EM caught up with Pustiglione to talk about this brand-new build, and what’s trending in trade shows.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 17, 2025

The experiential zone strategy for AIAs show floor followed the same path as an architectural project from start to end inspire, innovate, design, build, and prosper. Preston told Convene the guiding mantra for the trade-show journey was Go. Washington Convention Center.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 23, 2025

They call NRF Retails Big Show for a reason. For one, the sheer amount of market innovation and engineering presented at the New York City-based trade show is vast. And, from an experiential marketing point of view, the expo floor is a feast for the senses. Dare we say the scene was whimsical?

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Event Marketer

AUGUST 18, 2024

Welcome to this month’s exhibit industry news digest for corporate trade show marketers, featuring intel on research, trends, people and company updates. People profiles, story pitches and all other trade show coverage: Send us a note.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

When Informa Market’s MAGIC , Project and Sourcing at MAGIC apparel trade shows come to Las Vegas, it’s all senses, all the time. The fact that business is done, and the shows were buzzing, is almost surprising. Here’s what we saw, and did, on the show floor. fill the air.

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Event Marketer

MAY 13, 2024

If standing room only was any indication, leveling up trade show activations was a hot topic for attendees of the “Trade Show Exhibits X Experiential = The Future” master class that kicked off the 2024 Experiential Marketing Summit, held April 24-26 at the MGM Grand Las Vegas. Sustainability steps matter.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 8, 2025

The much-anticipated live-streamed event was open to some 18,000 trade show attendees and Delta employees, and featured Ed Bastian, Delta ceo, as well as a cast of partners and employees, all helping to explore the apex of customer service and innovation in aviation. Learn more here.

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Event Marketer

JULY 21, 2024

From the ripple effects of Las Vegas’ Sphere to the integration of AI-powered engagements, this year’s trade show floors are showcasing a blend of captivating immersive experiences, creative use of technology, and sustainable practices that are adding new dimensions to brand storytelling and setting new standards for exhibit design.

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Event Marketer

JULY 18, 2024

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.

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Event Marketer

MARCH 15, 2024

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE: Three Ways Community Activities Can Bolster Event Marketing Campaigns Exhibit Design: Intel Merges AI and Live Music at AWS re:Invent How is the industry moving forward? Cue in several wide-reaching initiatives and credible action on the show floor. At the GCSAA Conference and Trade Show in Phoenix (Jan.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 24, 2025

The largest and longest-running promotional products trade show, its a great barometer of the industry as the tide shifts towards more personalization, transparency, and experiential gifting. The post Six Trending Swag Ideas from PPAI 2025: Exploding Cakes, Traceable Wear appeared first on Event Marketer.

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StraussCA

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Planning a multi-day trade show can feel like a balancing act—there’s a lot to manage, from educational sessions to networking and logistics. Example: Topics like “Sustainability in Marketing” or “Leveraging New Tech for Growth” are both relevant and actionable. But when everything falls into place, it’s incredibly rewarding.

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Event Marketer

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

–Sean Smith, Show Director, Outdoor Retailer OR’s 2024 format will include a Hosted Buyer program, Design + Innovation Show and Outdoor Adventure X festival. The 40-year-old b-to-b outdoor sports trade show will introduce an updated format for its shows, developed through feedback gathered from exhibitors and retailers.

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Event Marketer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Welcome to this month’s exhibit industry news digest for corporate trade show marketers, featuring intel on research, trends, people and company updates. Show News Outdoor Retailer has discontinued its Nov. show and will hold only one annual show in June, rather than two each year.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 16, 2025

EYES ON THE SKIES Large logos that dangle over trade show booths arent new, but we found that a number of NRF 2025 exhibitors went all in on crafting striking overhead installations that could be spotted from afar. While trade shows tend to be all business, it seemed that this touch of playfulness went a long way.

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

For more than a decade, EventTrack has been the leading and largest annual research study on experiential marketing. Separate surveys were initiated to consumer event marketers, b-to-b event marketers, corporate trade show exhibitors—plus attendees at consumer events, b-to-b events and trade shows.

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Event Marketer

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The world of money is changing fast, and Money20/20 USA , the fintech trade show and conference that took place at the Venetian Expo in Las Vegas, Oct. Our theme this year is Human x Machine,” said Kathryn Frankson, global director-marketing, Money20/20. “Our So, it’s our job to show this interplay.

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Event Marketer

AUGUST 15, 2024

On the heels of Open AI’s release of ChatGPT, marketers everywhere began to dabble in its potential for smarter, more personalized campaigns. at Momentum Worldwide explained during the Experiential Marketing Summit Summer School webinar on Aug. A little over a year ago, AI was largely a buzzword in experiential. Have a story idea?

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Trade shows have been a crucial aspect of the business world for centuries. In the context of trade shows, this means designing the event in a way that minimizes waste and promotes sustainability. Read More : Ditching the Dump Implementing circularity in trade shows is important for several reasons.

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Event Marketer

JULY 15, 2024

A wave of particles whisking you along, favorite characters close enough to touch, precious artifacts and soothing waves…tunnels and other types of staged liminal space may be an established element in trade show exhibits but new LEDs and evolving tech are offering new storytelling opportunities, and brands are going all in.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

How can data transform a trade show exhibit into a powerful driver of brand awareness, engagement, and ROI? In the booth, the gathered leads get ranked and uploaded into Salesforce, enabling the sales teams and leadership to make relevant decisions in real time, as well as facilitate follow-up after the show.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

A staple of European trade shows, coffee bars have made strong inroads onto U.S. show floors, much to the delight of the attendees needing that afternoon “hit.” Image: Adobe Firefly The post Trending: Five Coffee Bar Strategies for Trade Show Exhibits appeared first on Event Marketer. Frothy brand logos?

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Event Marketer

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

At Groceryshop , a trade show for grocery and consumer packaged goods that took place Oct. The post Cast Study: How Instacart Leveled Up Booth Engagement with Gamification appeared first on Event Marketer. Want us to cover your booth? Reach out to EM’s editor-at-large Anna Huddleston.

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Event Marketer

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Welcome to the latest event marketing industry news digest, featuring updates on new hires, promotions, acquisitions, and launches. Acquisitions & Mergers TentCraft, a manufacturer of American-made custom tents and structures for the outdoor event industry, has acquired full-service trade show booth builder World Class Displays.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 9, 2025

Amelia Hay, VP-Startup Programming & Investments, AARP AARP has returned to CES to spotlight the explosive trends in AgeTech and showcase the latest innovations, including the startups and companies in its AgeTech Collaborative from AARP, an ecosystem of investors and other stakeholders working to bring groundbreaking AgeTech to market.

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 18, 2024

At the conclusion of the NACS Show, exhibitors donated thousands of pounds of food to Three Square, a Las Vegas-based food bank.

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Key findings from the report include: Corporate events such as conferences, trade shows, exhibitions and product launches, generating £33.6 As the nation continues its recovery, the industry is paving the way for future growth and innovation.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 30, 2025

Allison Fishman, VP-Marketing, Bosch Power Tools World of Concrete, the annual trade show for the concrete construction and masonry industries, brought over 57,000 attendees to the Las Vegas Convention Center, Jan. Its all about empowering people, Allison Fishman, vp-marketing at Bosch Power Tools, told EM.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 9, 2025

Its a message were seeing play out universally at the show this year in Las Vegas, where technology innovations are often touchless and seamless, inspiring marketers to think beyond talking specs and delivering on spectacular. Pascale Desroches, vp-marketing at EssilorLuxottica, said: You should never do the same thing twice at CES.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Event Marketer, the leading information resource on face-to-face marketing, announced today it would be extending its media partnership with the industrys leading authority on event measurement and analytics, the Experiential Marketing Measurement Coalition. As the official U.S.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 18, 2023

The group pledged to “revolutionize conferences” by “saying goodbye to traditional trade show booths and hello to interactive networking experiences and relevant education.” Destination Marketing Organizations can help you do this in new cities. Share it widely and refer to it often. Make a commitment!

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Event Marketer

APRIL 16, 2025

A cohort of ambitious attendees rose with the sun on April 15 for day two of the Experiential Marketing Summit (EMS) at the annual morning 5K through the Las Vegas Strip, while others kicked things off with a moment of mindfulness during a guided morning meditation inside the MGM Grand.

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Event Marketer

APRIL 11, 2025

In light of the recommendation era and the acceleration of AI tools, b-to-b event marketers this year are focused on taking personalization from buzzword to practice, customizing content, and making connections with attendees that speak to their business needs and the individual at every step of the journey.

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Event Marketer

MARCH 3, 2025

Event marketers are more conscious than ever about excessive waste, and that has led to all-new thinking, and engagement strategies, around a quintessential event and trade show activity: the giveaway. The post Swag-Tivities appeared first on Event Marketer. Catch up on all of this years weekly trends here.

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