Around this time last year, the world was opening up, Covid restrictions were loosening and many people were prepared to put the pandemic in the rearview mirror. Then the Delta variant hit. Then Omicron. Then BA.2—and everything in between. For event marketers, keeping track of these ever-changing variants is like keeping up with the Kardashians....
The world, and the event industry, entered a new reality last year when the U.N. climate panel announced that global warming is growing dangerously close to climbing out of control.
Inspired by the millennial and Gen Z adage of being “on the struggle bus” when dealing with life’s obstacles, Pizza Hut offered the young demos a remedy: comfort food aboard an actual struggle bus. Yep, a bright-red, Pizza Hut Struggle Bus embarked on a road trip beginning with an April 2-3 debut at the NCAA...
The industry gathered with an extra spring in its step at the 20th annual Experiential Marketing Summit in Las Vegas, which spanned workshops, meet-ups, breakouts, drone shows and our biggest-ever keynote lineup.
A two-year hiatus on one of the world’s most celebrated festivals finally came to a close last month as the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival made its grand return to Indio, CA, April 15-17 and 22-24. Months of pent-up energy was unleashed at the event, which notably dropped its mask and vaccine mandates, where...