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This issue contains 60 pages including covers. 4 April 2013, EXPERIENTIAL MARKETING 04 CONTENTS Event Briefs 06 - 11 Cover Story 18 Promo Power | MICE | Live | Sports Rush | Media Active Showtime sets new standards with it’s debut IP Jodhpur One World Retreat Industry Watch 12- 13 Destination | Events | Developments | Venues In Focus 38 - 49 OML’s debut festival in Mumbai Market Pulse 14 features Norah Jones “Since our core TG is the youth, we at 9XM have done many on-ground activations across colleges and youth hangouts” - Amar Tidke | 9X Media Group Percept Live and Submerge bring the World’s No.1 DJ Armin van “Malaysia’s unique selling points make the Buuren to India country an ideal business events destination” - Manoharan Periasamy | Tourism Malaysia Also Featured 25-37 Submerge partners Future Music Change is the only constant Festival Asia for the second time Top execs of Project:Worldwide and GPJ discuss the future of Experiential Marketing A tryst with 92.7 BIG FM and what the brand stands for Robert G. Vallee Mike Amour Rasheed Sait Project: Worldwide Project: Worldwide George P. Johnson Asia Pacific India Glimpses 53-57 4 April 2013, EXPERIENTIAL MARKETING 06 Promo Power Vibgyor launches multi-brand Mahindra promotes Quanto sampling platform - Go Try through road shows Go Try is said to be India’s first and only multi-brand Mahindra organized a multiple city road show in order to sampling platform present at high promote Quanto as a weekend car. Positioned as a holiday car footfall environments and is in following the theme of ‘Live the Weekend expansion mode. The brainchild of Life’, Quanto is being promoted in experiential marketing and brand Maharashtra, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh. activation agency Vibgyor Brand Services uses technology at its It is being managed by Craftworld Events, core to make the sampling process more intelligent and effective. which manages events for Mahindra on a regular basis. The agency had to create a theme-based concept Dhruv Kalra, Director, Go Try Marketing said: “Go Try which would connect well with the audience. started out with a pilot kiosk at Pacific Mall, Delhi NCR and then expanded to Mumbai at Oberoi Mall. It will be present at Manoj Mahla, MD, Craftworld Events said: “Quanto being Bangalore and Hyderabad in two months. The target for the end a weekend car, we suggested a beach holiday look on the canter of the year is to be operational at leading malls across the top 10 so that people can personally experience a weekend feel. The cities in India, giving a pan India reach to its clients.” toughest part was communicating the same to the prospects which we ultimately managed quite successfully.” Raymond launches deodorants with fragrance diffusing arches Bajaj Commercial Vehicles conducts multi-city campaign Raymond recently launched its new range of premium deodarants. Hansa Events & Activation was appointed The Bajaj Health + Mileage Campaign started in March to create unique ‘fragrance diffusing and is covering four cities - Kochi, Kollam, arches’ across malls. The activity started in Pathanamthitta and Kottarakara. Tamarind Event February and will end by April. It is being Management Solutions is executing the BTL held in two or three malls in each city - Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata. activity, promoting the RE-445 as a high mileage commercial auto with numerous health benefits. The objective is to generate trials and induce consumers to buy the Sujit Kote, GM (West, South & East), Hansa Events & Activation Vipin Das, MarCom Head, Tamarind Event Management said: “Promoters encourage people to pass under the arches and Solutions said: “The campaign focuses on the vehicle’s high mileage sample the deodorant. The remote-controlled diffusers are then capacity and design to give relief to the major health ailments autos activated and a spray of deodorant is dispensed. The placement of the caused to the autodrivers. The campaign intended to create a deep arches near the entrance of shopping malls enables everyone entering connection with the autodrivers in the state, while communicating the mall to get a whiff of the fragrance as soon as they pass under it.” brand values. There are also test-drives and mileage competitions organized in each city with around 80-120 test drives taking place each day. Post-combing activities which consist of taking feedback of the vehicle and the campaign are also taking place.” ITC engages students at college fests for Fiama di Wills and Vivel Oral-B conducts mall activation For latest updates on events and on-ground promotions from across India, log on to www.eventfaqs.com across from promotions and on-ground updates latest on events For It was the season of college festivals in February and for Smile India Movement 3 ITC made sure it engaged students to ‘look fresh, smart and confident.’ The activations were held at The two-day mall activation for Oral-B Smile India college fests In Mumbai and Bangalore Movement (SIM) 3 took place at Oberoi Mall in Mumbai and like Crossroads at SRCC, Mecca at Hindu, was executed by Encompass. SIM was Quintessence at Lady Irwin, Lashkaara at launched in 2010 with a mission to Khalsa, etc. The activations ended on March educate consumers about the importance 15 and were executed by Vibgyor. of proper health care regime. Continuing this mission, Oral-B came up with a two day mall activation which Ankur Kalra, Founder & CEO, Vibgyor Brand Services focused on departing the right health education and engaging Pvt. Ltd. said: “The two main activities were a talent contest for consumers through interesting activities. girls and a motion sensing game for boys. About 500 students were engaged in each college. These products have already been Anirudh Bhagtani, Sr. Manager - Client Servicing, launched in the market, so the objective was to increase awareness Encompass said: “Visitors at the mall were asked to submit their about the product and generate maximum trials.