Rachel Boucher

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

We attended an Airbnb Online Experience. It gave us hope for virtual engagement Among the building blocks of experiential are trial, connection and creation—aspects of the live event essential to memory-making that aren’t as easily replicated in a digital setting. As event marketers shift their focus to digital and to virtual events, the challenge lies […]