Industry News
March: Event Industry People, Deals, and Moves
Welcome to this month’s event marketing industry news digest, featuring updates on new hires, promotions, acquisitions, and launches. Submit your news here. Acquisitions OBE Worldwide (parent of On Board Experiential) has acquired a majority stake in London-based agency Playmaker Experiential, led by managing partners Ian Hayne and James Hogben. With the deal, OBE expands...
HPE Will Hold the Industry’s First Corporate Event Keynote at the Las Vegas Sphere
Step aside, U2. The corporate event marketing world is ready to take the Las Vegas Sphere and reimagine the general session experience for the industry in the process. Today, Sphere Entertainment Co. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced that Sphere will host its first keynote for a corporate event on June 18 as part of...
Four Business Travel Trends and Forecasts Impacting Events in 2024
Your attendee travelers are eager to hit the road, but thanks in part to economic challenges like inflation, companies are cutting back on T&E. Those able to travel freely are combining remote work with longer leisure trips. Higher air fares are replacing the flight delay challenges of 2023. And amid it all, sustainability watchdogs are...