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SXSW 2025: The Top Experiential Stunts, Activations and Events Taking Over Austin

Event Marketer: B to C Events

From March 7-8, consumers could embark on an investigative mission through a ship wreckage installation, where they encountered a containment breach and alien specimens (not all creatures survived the crash intact), and along the way, discovered new details about the series, scored exclusive merch and participated in themed photo ops.

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Hotel event management software: How we helped Hotel Salem boost lead response time, get paid faster and save 62+ hours/ month

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She just updates the details and makes a few changes, and within minutes, she’s sending it off to her client to collect their electronic signature. Our payment installment scheduler and automated payment functionality helps ensure you don’t miss any payments (and that you don’t waste time chasing down overdue payments).

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The Brief: Fast Food Dupes and Train Takeovers

Event Marketer: B to C Events

Reservations for the experience were completely sold out, but NBC instituted a standby line at the event, in addition to making many of the photo ops accessible to everyone, like a “Dun Dun” logo installation outside the station. The only crime here is that we didn’t snag a Kane’s donut. 29 without the brand’s authorization.

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Best Venue Management Software of 2021: Reviews of the Top 4 Solutions

Planning Pod

Because many venues already use another electronic calendar to manage things like appointments, Planning Pod’s calendar conveniently integrates with most other e-calendars (including Google, Outlook and Apple) so you can sync your Planning Pod calendar items to another e-calendar.

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Hotel sales software: How we solved data disarray for a Holiday Inn Express and saved them 80 hours/month

Planning Pod

to track regarding each lead and event, so you also need a way to organize and manage all that information as well as electronic files, forms and other related items. It even integrates with other electronic calendars, including Google, Outlook and Apple, in case you or your staff use those as your primary calendar.

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The Brief: Billboard Races and Bratty Birds

Event Marketer: B to C Events

The pink-hued restaurant interior includes whimsical design touches, like a life-sized carousel “horse” (looks more like a unicorn to us) for kids to play on, sassy neon signs along the walls, a larger-than-life ice cream sundae installation with a rotating cherry on top and a 10-person ice cream bar featuring an epoxy-encased sprinkle display.

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Season Preview: How Brands are Ramping up Tours and Tailgating Events for Football Fans

Event Marketer: B to C Events

COCA-COLA Coca‑Cola Zero Sugar is partnering with Electronic Arts (EA) this college football season as the exclusive CPG sponsor of the new EA SPORTS College Football 25 video game. Naturally, brands are lining up to earn their attention at NFL and college games with tailgating tours, sponsorship activations and pop-up experiences.