Rachel Boucher

Rachel joined Event Marketer in 2012 and today serves as the brand's head of content. Her travels covering the experiential marketing industry have ranged from CES in Las Vegas to Spring Break in Panama City Beach, Florida (hey, it's never too late)—and everywhere in between.
  • Design Ideas for Outdoor Micro Event Venues

    Enclosed pod structures are helping business owners across the country fight for survival amid COVID-19. They’ve been used by fitness studios this year for socially distanced classes, and they’re cropping up more and more in markets across the country this winter to keep customers and clients warm and comfortable. While the food and beverage industry, […]

  • How Drive-thru Experiential Marketing Became the Darling of 2020

    The drive-thru trend that rolled out across the nation this year provided a lifeline for event marketers searching for a way to safely connect with consumers. An extension of the drive-in trend, drive-thrus take a page from theme parks and allow brands to strategically infuse messaging and multisensory engagements at every turn. Concert properties and […]

  • 2021 Perspectives: Intel’s Events Program Manager Talks CES, Activating Locally and Sparking Joy

    CES will kick off next month for the first time without a physical show floor, but for longtime exhibiting brands like Intel, it’s year two of a pivot strategy already in motion This time last year, exhibiting brands at industry tentpole CES would have been preparing for move-in. Supersized booths and miles of exhibits within […]

  • How Scottish Craft Beer Brand Innis & Gunn Activated Small-scale Photo Ops in Canada

    The beer category is recession-proof, and if the last eight months have proven anything, it’s pandemic-proof, too. But that doesn’t mean marketers are putting the pause on awareness campaigns. On the heels of being named The Most Recommended Beer in the U.K. by the YouGov Brand Index, Scottish craft beer brand Innis & Gunn, the […]

  • How Nutanix Activated a Virtual Environment in the Absence of Industry Shows

    In the absence of industry shows and events, companies like cloud computing software brand Nutanix have turned to virtual environments to engage existing and prospective customers. For Nutanix, the impacts of COVID-19 created a “hole” in its fiscal calendar that needed to be filled as its industry shows and its own events were pushed out […]