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  • Quiet, Fast, Sustainable: How Convention Venues Are Leveling Up

    From private meeting pods to underground transit upgrades to green certifications, convention venues are raising the bar on the attendee experience. Here’s a look at what’s new at some of the industry’s busiest facilities. Private Meeting Pods at Moscone and GWCC ZenSpace has installed four semi-permanent meeting pods at Moscone Center in San Francisco, giving […]

  • How Wood from a Trade Show is Helping LA-area Communities Rebuild

    After a recent trade show, the Los Angeles Convention Center was strapped with more than 8,000 pounds of wood, about 60 percent more than an average LACC event, destined for the landfills. But that wasn’t about to happen. Thanks to a partnership with the ANE Foundation, a local crisis care organization serving vulnerable populations, the […]

  • How Hospitality Workers are Creatively Filling Event Roles Amid the Labor Shortage

    Signing bonuses, valet parking, all-time high wages and greater flexibility on scheduling. These are just some of the enticements for hospitality and other service workers in a labor market where demand is exceeding supply. At a time when many marketers begin returning to in-person events and venues start to reopen, they’re being confronted with a […]

  • Balcony Party: Freeform Hosts an Outdoor Screening for the Premiere of ‘Cruel Summer’

    The hottest event space is no longer the ballroom, it’s the balcony. For Freeform’s “Cruel Summer” premiere event on April 15, the network booked 80 hotel rooms at the Beverly Hilton hotel and invited talent, executive producers, press and influencers to watch the show on a giant screen from their balconies.

  • How Mohawk Flooring’s In-person Roadshow is Impacting How it Exhibits in the Future

    Throughout the last year, Mohawk Flooring North America’s offices and manufacturing facilities remained open, which meant when it was time to showcase the new products and innovations its 20,000 retailers expect each year, the company was prepared to meet the demand, but didn’t have a way to reach them. Important Q1 shows for 2021, like […]