Author archive for Rachel Boucher
Netflix Recruits 200 Cafés for a ‘Gilmore Girls’ Pop-up Program
To generate viewership for its revival of the cult classic “Gilmore Girls,” Netflix on Oct. 5 transformed more than 200 local coffee shops across the country into Luke’s Diner, the fictional “hangout” in the series. Netflix and agency Allied Experiential recruited shops based on location and neighborhood in order to reach super fans and the...
How Corona Elevated the Beer Garden Concept
Corona kicked off a three-year partnership with Live Nation as the exclusive beer sponsor of several of the country’s leading EDM music festivals with activations of its Electric Beach program, a five-year-old proprietary platform. Corona brought Electric Beach to life this year at Hard Summer at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, CA, on July 30,...
Best Practices from LEGO’s Quest2Ninjago Summer Tour
LEGO’s Quest2Ninjago summer tour, based on its highly successful franchise Ninjago, wrapped on Sept. 10 with an “American Ninja Warrior”-style finale competition at Legoland in Carlsbad, CA. The finale was a culmination of top performing “ninjas” from a seven-market tour where LEGO fans could compete using their ninja skills in an action-packed course that activated...
One Way to Target Baby Boomers? Focus on Adventure
Millennials are often characterized as the generation of adventurers and experience seekers. But according to new survey data, Baby Boomers share these traits, too, and their preferences for travel may very well influence how event marketers build event experiences and develop engagement strategies targeted to them. Conducted by international luxury travel network Virtuoso, the survey...