Tag: wearables

American Express has been partnering with the USTA-owned US Open tennis tournament for a quarter of a century. And yet somehow, year after year, the brand continues to produce activations that delight—and comfortably cool off—consumers throughout the event’s two-week run. Its secret? Creating a program with a sound, strategic foundation informed by the latest trends […]

Amid the throngs of tennis fanatics, scorching temperatures and epic lines at the 2018 US Open, Aug. 27 to Sept. 9 in Queens, NY, a refuge awaited fans and cardmembers alike at the American Express Fan Experience. For 25 years, the financial services giant has partnered with the USTA to deliver exclusive cardmember benefits and […]

From the creators of EventTech, the industry’s largest learning lab on event technology and live events, we bring you EventTech 411, our periodic roundup of effective event technologies. In this installation, we take a look at the smart badge market. As wearable technology continues to advance, a growing number of event marketers are leveraging the latest […]

For the first time, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) exhibited at its own show, CONEXPO-CON/AGG, the international trade show for the construction industries. The 75,000-square-foot Tech Experience, activated in Silver Lot 3 under the monorail at the Las Vegas Convention Center, March 7-11, was designed to shift the perception of CONEXPO-CON/AGG as an “equipment show” […]

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.