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In this, the Internet of Things era of smartphones, smart homes, smart cars and smart everything, event marketing has gotten smarter, too. Savvy event marketers of all stripes, from automotive to retail, banking to beverage, are incorporating virtual reality, biometrics, wearables and more into engagements. The result: events that are more personal, measurable and relevant than ever before.

As part of its strategy to connect with millennials, HP powered up interactive experiences that got music- and art-loving Coachella attendees hands-on with its technology. From an 11,000-square-foot dome called “The Antarctic” to additional activations in the HP Lounge, attendees tinkered with HP’s inking capabilities to create custom bandanas and toyed with light designs in […]

Our special report on the Best Places to Work in Events offered an inside look at the top office environments and cultures in the industry, including a rare peek at the internal strategies driving Facebook’s events team.

American Express, in the fourth and final of its All for Dub Nation Watch Parties this season, put its merchant partners—rather than cardmembers—front and center at a gathering on San Francisco’s Pier 35 on The Embarcadero to cheer on the Golden State Warriors as they defeated the New Orleans Pelicans. As official card of the […]

May 3rd-5th was the annual EM Summit produced by Event Marketer.  Hype attended and was a sponsor of the event, so I thought I would share some of my learnings. Every year Event Marketer puts on the ultimate training conference on the ultimate marketing discipline: Experiential Marketing. It is an opportunity to soak in a year’s worth of insights and ideas in a just a few short days. Hype joined more than 2,000 marketers from around the world as emerging trends were predicted and dissected, best practices were explained and some of the biggest case studies were shared. Continue reading for some of our favorite take-a-ways from the conference.