Sheraton Fairplex Conference Center Variety is the spice of venue life: Venues are focusing on more than just size and practicality. They are also honing their visually unique qualities. BizBash released an article commenting on how conference planners are looking for ways to break out of the mundane in venue choice. Rather than hosting business…
Event Industry News: 3-D tattoos, a giant smartphone and veggie cocktail trends
August 19, 2013
Mashable Augmented reality tattoos: While some tattoos are intricate, detailed and captivating, they are motionless. 2-D. Except for when you put a screen in front of them. Alison Bennett’s “Shifting Skin” exhibit displayed photos of tattoos and used several layers of augmented reality to transform body art into a 3-D experience. Gallery guests only need…
Event Industry News: Instagram and Vine, meet MixBit
August 12, 2013
Instagram and Vine, meet MixBit: Instagram and Vine have been “duking it out” for the title of Top Dog of social media video platforms. Both have pros and cons but it’s still too early to tell who exactly will come out on top. Now a new contender has been added to the fray: MixBit. And…
Event Industry News: ESPN Zone shuts down, Facebook embeds posts and 2014 Oscar host announced
August 5, 2013
Photo from LA Basketball Week Goodbye, ESPN Zone: Sitting directly across from the Staples Center, the ESPN Zone at L.A. Live is closing down permanently. Taking the place of the ginormous playground dedicated to beer, sports and arcade games will be three new restaurants: Smashburger, Live Basil Pizza and Tom Urban 24. Live Basil Pizza…
Event Industry News: Google, you’ve been hacked.
July 22, 2013
Google, you’ve been hacked: Google Glass can be utilized in myriad ways, especially for event planners. Feeding event information and up-to-the-minute updates and reminders via Glass could be both effective and budget-friendly. Event planners could easily keep tabs on their entire event. Guests can capture photos, stream live tweets, Instagram and Vine videos and even scan…
Event Industry News: Twitter’s 3-D Billboard grabs attention at Cannes festival
July 15, 2013
Twitter’s 3-D Billboard: Digital billboards stopped being a novelty long ago, but 3-D billboards have not. Last month Twitter used a 40,000-lumens Barco projector mounted on a roof across the street from the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. For five hours, a 3-D projection of tweets (using the official event hashtag, #CannesLion) was displayed…
Event Industry News: When art meets emoticons…
July 2, 2013
It’s a pool, it’s a tweet it’s a….: When art meets emoticons the result can be awe-inspiring. Every night, Beijing’s iconic Water Cube transforms from an ordinary (albeit beautiful) Olympic pool and into a flashing, high-tech emoticon explosion. Designed from the minds of artist Jennifer Wen Ma and lighting designer Zheng Jianwei, the lighting display…
Event Industry News: Tightrope walking the Grand Canyon, Vine — the endangered app and SnapKidz
June 24, 2013
Tightrope walking the Grand Canyon: Yesterday daredevil Nik Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas circus act did one of the more scary things in life when he tightrope walked across the Grand Canyon, no harness or safety net in sight. Using a two-inch cable rope spanning 1,400 feet across the 1,500 feet chasm, Nik successfully completed…
Event Industry News: Digital De-tox, dronemania, iPhone cleans up
June 17, 2013
There’s a lot to report on the event industry this week, from social media and technology changes to new concepts and emerging trends. Keep reading to get a quick snapshot of a weekend of digital detox, changes on Facebook, drones in QSR and more. Campgrounded.org Digital De-tox: Have you ever wondered what life would look…
Event Industry News: Sharing hotel rooms with strangers
June 10, 2013
Image courtesy of winnond at FreeDigitalPhotos.net Sharing hotel rooms with strangers: Easynest, a new website, allows travelers to book hotel rooms and split the cost… with a total stranger. Creepy in theory, efficient in reality. Someone looking for a comfortable stay in a hotel room can partner with someone else and split the cost of…
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