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This issue contains 60 pages including covers. 4 June 2013, EXPERIENTIAL MARKETING 06 CONTENTS Event Briefs 08 - 13 Cover Story 20 Promo Power | MICE | Live | Sports Rush | Media Active Audio-Visual evolves to Experiential; Takes centre-stage in brand activations Industry Watch 14- 15 Destination | Events | Developments | Venues In Focus 37 - 49 The 6th edition of TCS World Market Pulse 16-19 10k Bangalore sees nearly 23,000 “Most of our initiatives allows our readers participants and potential customers to get a firsthand experience of our on-ground initiatives” - Nydia Dias | Haymarket Media Group Showtime Group creates a “BTL has always given us more visibility and ‘Not Normal’ launch for MINI acceptance amongst our audience” Countryman - Rajeeb Dash | Tata Housing Development Company Ltd. Also Featured 32-33 Rajasthan Fashion Week – a mix of fashion, glamour and the What is the most innovative on-ground activation colours of Rajasthan you have done in the past year to connect with your target audience? Adrenaline junkies experience kitesurfing in India at the first edition of the Red Bull Quila Surf Shyju Varkey Rajat Uppal Ashit Kukian Ashwin Padmanabhan 94.3 Radio One Red FM 93.5 Radio City 92.7 BIG FM Glimpses 52-57 4 June 2013, EXPERIENTIAL MARKETING 08 Promo Power Belvedere Vodka hunts for an High Street Phoenix oragnizes Indian inspired cocktail ‘Masti Ki Pathshala’ Belvedere, a Polish vodka brand produced and distributed Given a ‘Green Carnival’ theme by Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy, this year, this event aims at bringing recently held the ‘Belvedere Rasa about social awareness and concern Competition’ in pursuit of a Belvedere amongst kids and teaching them to be responsible. The event was cocktail infused with an Indian element. This event was an organized and executed by High Street Phoenix itself and took outreach initiative aimed at bartending talent across night-clubs, place from May 20 to 29 at High Street Phoenix in Mumbai. lounges and restaurants in Mumbai and Delhi. 65 bartenders from leading nightclubs, lounges, bars and restaurants across Rajendra Kalkar, Senior Centre Director, High Street Mumbai and Delhi participated in this contest. Phoenix, said: “High Street Phoenix provides a plethora of experiences to its customers by creating and driving unique Gaurav Bhatia, Marketing Director, Moët Hennessy India, content not only to entertain its audience but also to create a said: “Our annual outreach programme for bartending talent platform for budding talent in the city. With the sixth edition in the country is a prime example of our focus on strong trade of ‘Masti Ki Paathshala’ this year, we shall be using our reach partnerships to build new consumption cultures across India’s and success to teach responsible childhood to the young kids top metros. The objective of this competition was to educate in the mall. This year, we intend to make this event interactive, bartenders on new international trends in luxury mixology and participative and educative at the same time.” nurture their skills to build a community of cocktail evangelists.” DLF Emporio Luxury Shopping Bajaj promotes its RE 445 Diesel Festival reaches its fourth year Max autos through activation DLF Emporio, a luxury shopping mall in New The Bajaj Rider Challenge, a unique endeavour Delhi, recently held a six-week long Luxury by Bajaj Commercial Vehicles to promote their Shopping Festival from April 1 to May 15. RE 445 Diesel Max autos, took place at Calicut Executed by DLF Emporio itself, this shopping in Kerala. The event was planned and executed fest concluded with a grand finale comprising by Tamarind Event Management Solutions Pvt. a mega lucky draw. This is the fourth edition Ltd. Auto drivers were invited to test drive the vehicle on this of the festival. Throughout the festival period, obstacle track, with the aim that this would give them a hands-on shoppers were given the opportunity to win prizes such as experience in driving the vehicle in extreme conditions, enabling designer gifts, luxury getaways, phones, cars, etc. them to feel the stability the vehicle. Dinaz Madhukar, SVP, DLF Emporio said: “The 45 days long Vipin Das, Head of Marcom, Tamarind Event Management luxury shopping festival had many interactive elements to it. DLF Solutions Pvt. Ltd. said: “This was designed in such a way that the Emporio along with its brand partners focused on creating the auto drivers, who were the target group, got to test drive the vehicle right ambience and the mood within the mall. All brands got the and feel its power for themselves. Tamarind’s role in the event was as chance to showcase their products outside their stores. Each of an executor of this ground-level activation.” the displays was strategically positioned and designed.” HUL organizes campaign for Toyota Kirloskar organizes India, log on to www.eventfaqs.com across from promotions and on-ground updates latest on events For Magnum ice cream exchange bonanza Magnum, an ice cream brand was Toyota Kirloskar Motors’ division launched in Chennai as a part of organized the Toyota Exchange Bonanza a pilot campaign by HUL and was from May 11 to May 19 across all 12 managed by Cream Events. The post launch activity was carried Toyota showrooms in Mumbai. Swastika out at Phoenix Market City and Express Avenue, two of the Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. managed the leading malls in Chennai. Cream Events was given the mandate nine day activation. Toyota reached out to conceptualize and execute the activation. to about five lakh plus consumers through this activation. Arun Varghese, Senior Manager - Activations, Cream Events Amit Verma, Director, Swastika Entertainment said: “The said: “The idea was to ride on the brand’s international image main aim of the promotion was to make the public aware about and create a campaign which would ensure maximum ROI along the lucrative offers from Toyota and in turn increase the footfall at with brand awareness on ground as well as online. The idea was the showrooms. The bonanza was set to facilitate sales, purchase to tempt customers to buy Magnum on the spot.” and exchange of Toyota and non-Toyota cars.” 4 June 2013, EXPERIENTIAL MARKETING 09 MICE Parsvnath organizes US Embassy organizes first ever motivational event for its dealers NDMA - CDC Atlanta Conference Parsvnath Developers Ltd. organized ‘Champions Summit’ Initiated by the US Embassy in association in a bid to motivate its employees with NDMA, the first edition of the NDMA - and dealers, on May 10 in Delhi. The CDC Atlanta Conference was held on May motivational event was executed by 7 and 8 at the India Habitat Center in New Rashi Entertainment which has worked with the brand in the past Delhi. TEC India Management Pvt. Ltd. on different projects. Around 2,700 people attended the summit managed and executed the conference which including employees and dealers from across India.