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MWC Barcelona was the catalyst, but a wave of event cancelations are being announced in real time as the coronavirus (Covid-19) continues to spread at an unprecedented rate. Many cancellations pertain to global shows like MWC and Cisco Live: Melbourne, but U.S. cancellations are also beginning to crop up as reports of how the virus […]

Sometimes, a billboard is too flat and a static car display doesn’t tell the whole story. To support the March 7 launch of its new, all-electric MINI Cooper SE, MINI transformed a proposed media buy into a live event program that took advantage of one of the brand’s top markets: Miami. Aligning with the lead […]

Before Jennifer Lopez and Shakira shook the house down with their halftime performance and before the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers, a plethora of Fortune 1000 brands took over Miami to score points with football fans in the week prior to the big game. From Bayfront Park, where the Miami Super Bowl […]

As a 17-year partner of ESPN and the Winter X Games, Jeep knows that the weather at the base of a mountain resort is predictable—predictable in the sense that it will be cold and there will be snow. For some brands, that might mean facing limitations on how a sponsorship is activated. But for the […]

[Updated Feb. 18] Being part of an industry that thrives on face-to-face interactions and global travel makes the coronavirus a concerning issue for event professionals. The illness on Jan. 30 was declared a global health emergency and on Feb. 12, the GSMA officially canceled MWC Barcelona, the world’s largest mobile show—and other brands followed suit, […]