By Christine Kiesling, VP Customer Experience – As we have all experienced in the last six months, our world has drastically changed, with very few industries impacted as greatly as the live events industry. In order to adapt to this “new normal” we are living in, meetings, events, exhibitions, and conferences have moved to an ...

Remember the Seinfeld episode with the “close talker”? Elaine’s new boyfriend, Aaron, got physically close when he talked. He got so close to Kramer that Kramer backed up until he fell in Jerry’s kitchen. I bet when you saw that episode you felt some level of discomfort imagining Aaron coming that close. Consider that happening ...

Ben Erwin, President and CEO of our parent company PSAV/Encore, provides his perspective on the current state of the events industry due to COVID-19, the impact to the business, the strategic adjustments we have taken, and his vision for the future as our new CEO.   ... Read More

Don’t just plan an event . . . DESIGN an experience! Event producers are being told, “You’re an experience designer.” But what does that actually mean? – especially when it feels like the world turned virtual overnight (even though virtual and hybrid events have been around for years – for more perspective read our recent ...

A Rise in Hybrid Meetings and Events The COVID-19 pandemic has presented new challenges to the event industry. But, with crisis, often comes innovation. As automobile manufacturers have quickly changed their business model from building cars to building ventilators, the events industry is responding with different ways to use technology to connect organizations and people. ...

What will meetings and events look like following the COVID-19 pandemic? For everyone in our industry, that’s certainly been the question on our minds. And while it’s easy to say “I don’t know,” the meetings and events industry as a whole is too important to accept that as an answer – 10 million jobs worldwide directly depend ...

MILWAUKEE—The Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) today announced the selection of the construction and event management teams for the 2020 Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee. The teams will be responsible for transforming Fiserv Forum and the surrounding area for the convention. The DNCC has selected Hargrove to serve as the Event Management Firm for the convention. Hargrove ...

Hargrove, the long established but rapidly growing experiential events, exhibits, and expositions company, is thrilled to announce the hiring of Scott Finlayson as the new Senior Vice President of Operations. Finlayson came to Hargrove with a wealth of experience from world-class organizations such as Disney and Universal Studios.  Scott started his career at the Disneyland ...

New president to drive company’s vision and growth Hargrove announced today the hiring of industry veteran Tara Higgins as President of the growing experiential events, exhibits, and expositions company. Tara brings to Hargrove more than 20 years of experience leading results-driven teams in the events, exhibitions and experiential marketing industries. She spent most of her ...