Festivals & Fan Cons

It’s not always easy to engage consumers in financial services, but Prudential helped spark conversations surrounding saving early, investing early and participating in workplace benefits with a life stages-themed escape room, as part of the Fast Company Innovation Festival, Oct. 22-26 in New York City. The Prudential Escape Room, a 1,056-square-foot multi-room activation, took place […]

To increase its presence in the U.S., Australia-based vitamin and supplement brand Swisse activated a destination for its “wellness warrior” target at Wanderlust 108, Sept. 9 in Brooklyn, NY, offering consumers a soothing lounge, garden and detox center. Wanderlust 108, a one-day event series as part of the larger Wanderlust festivals, is described as “the […]

Traveling to a music festival is fun, but the quest to find nearby lodging? Not so much. For one sweepstakes winner, however, HomeAway, an online vacation rental marketplace, changed the game. During the first weekend of the Austin City Limits Music Festival at Zilker Park, this year Oct. 5-7 and Oct. 12-14, Austinite Zach Moses […]

Intel is a technology brand best known for powering the PC. But a key company directive is to expand consumers’ perception of the brand far beyond that familiarity. Enter the Fast Company Innovation Festival. During the five-day festival that attracts futurists, entrepreneurs and change-makers, the brand created the Intel House pop-up event space in New […]

Wandering down a crowded street, a man dressed as Mario physically holds a replica Nintendo coin box above his head. Nearby, scores of consumers wait in a three-hour line to participate in a 10-minute escape room experience. No, we’re not in an alternate universe. This is Comic-Con International: San Diego, the original event platform for […]