Melbourne convention bureau - aime 2022
With Business Events returning to Melbourne, we were tasked with celebrating the first event of the year - the Asia Pacific Meetings and Incentives Event - held exclusively in Melbourne!
Working closely with the team at Melbourne Convention Bureau and our partners Snackable Media, we concepted and delivered an on-the-ground entertainment activation which would translate into various content outputs for the MCB to use to tell the story of how Melbourne does Business Events better than any other city!
When Melbourne hosts business events, the experience is enriched because the whole city comes out to meet you, greet you and support you! From the city’s arts, culture, theatre and live entertainment to its food, hospitality and start of the art venues!
We wanted to translate this concept into actual physical meet and greets for delegates and guests as well as capture these surprise and delight moments in real time.
Our team of entertainers ‘followed’ the delegates to a range of their scheduled events and surprised them with song and dance.
A range of content outputs resulted, and you can see the full video piece below or here.
Services Delivered:
Creative concept
Scripting
Video Production
Stills Production
Talent Management
Partnership Management
Working with Dylan and the team from Kreate is such a joy! How often do you say to an agency upon seeing the first cut… ‘I LOVE IT’? Well that has happened to me both times I have worked with KREATE.
KREATE were able to distill a complex brief and turn it into an end-product that exceeded our expectations. Their approach is to look beyond the immediate outcomes and develop a longer-lasting legacy for the work (which makes their client’s budget go a lot further!). Not only did KREATE develop an event activation for Melbourne Convention Bureau that bought joy to the attendees, but they also created content that we can use now and for future campaigns, all within a tight timeframe and budget.
Director of Marketing and Communications, Melbourne Convention Bureau
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