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B-to-B Events

  • Finalists Announced: The 2021 Ex Awards and EDTAs

    The editors of Event Marketer have announced the 2021 Ex Awards and Experience Design & Technology Awards finalists—the best experiential marketing campaigns of the year, and the best use of design, social media, A/V and event technology, produced by the most innovative brands and agencies.

  • Six Brand Ambassador Roles for Events—Plus, How to Keep Staffers Safe

    Forget ‘warm bodies’—these brand ambassador types are essential staff members Brand ambassadors have always been a valuable part of the experiential ecosystem, and perhaps now more than ever, their ability to manage crowds, give direction, add context to an experience and make people feel at ease is essential. We’ve come a long way from recruiting […]

  • Southwest Throws Itself a Hybrid Birthday Bash to Celebrate 50 Years in the Biz

    Southwest Airlines’ birthday week festivities are always a big to-do for employees, but as the brand approached the big 5-0 this year, grander celebrations were in order. Rising to the occasion, the airline hosted a hybrid 50th anniversary rally at a massive airplane hangar in Houston that included the reveal of its newest aircraft, Freedom […]

  • Q&A: Panasonic’s VP of Marketing on Pandemic-era Pivots for B-to-B Marketers

    Most are familiar with the consumer side of Panasonic’s business, but not necessarily its thriving B2B enterprise in the manufacturing, retail, entertainment and mobility sectors. Like so many others, the company was not immune to the challenges of keeping its business customers engaged during the pandemic. But the marketing insights it gained are invaluable. Most […]

  • How Major Fall Conferences are Betting on the Return of In-person Attendance

    This fall, major user conferences, trade shows, music festivals and other gatherings are banking on attendees being ready to return to in-person events. For some, it’s a return to business as usual, with the events looking and feeling as they did in fall 2019. Others—like Salesforce—see it as an opportunity to reset and come back […]