Announcing Our ELX Strategic Partners For 2026

 

ELX’s strategic partners play a vital role in supporting the community’s year-round program of peer-led conversations, in-person experiences, and research-driven insight. These partnerships are intentionally limited and selected for strategic alignment, member-first value, and a commitment to ELX’s non-selling environment.
 
Across agencies, destinations, venues, production, and technology, each partner brings distinct expertise that helps senior corporate event leaders benchmark decisions, explore new approaches, and strengthen the impact of their event portfolios. Together, they contribute to a trusted ecosystem designed to advance the work of global event leadership throughout 2026.
 
Scroll to learn more about each of our strategic partners below, and the value they bring to the ELX community.
 
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Augeo Experience

Augeo Experience is a valuable partner to ELX for its ability to combine standout creativity with operational rigor, supporting event leaders who need experiences that deepen connection while delivering measurable outcomes at scale. As an end-to-end agency partner, its work aligns strongly with ELX’s focus on community-first collaboration, strategic thinking, and high-impact engagement.
 
Augeo designs and delivers experiential solutions across brand experiences—including experience design, production, logistics, strategic gifting, and creative content. Leading with Experience Intelligence, Augeo elevates this work through experiential and enterprise technology and strategic consulting to drive more impactful and measurable experiential practices. Augeo partners with global brands to create experiences that move audiences and shape what comes next. 

 

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Choose Chicago

Choose Chicago brings a strategic destination perspective into the ELX ecosystem, supporting members who are evaluating how place, infrastructure, and local partners influence attendee experience and program outcomes. As a partner, the organisation helps add clarity to destination decision-making, particularly for large-scale events where logistics and city-wide experience matter.

Choose Chicago is Chicago’s official destination marketing organisation, focused on attracting meetings, events, and leisure travel to the city. The team supports planners with local insight, resources, and connections across venues, hotels, and the wider supplier network.

 

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Cohera

Cohera strengthens ELX through a strong mix of creativity and execution, giving members a view into how distinctive programs are built—especially when organisations need originality without sacrificing precision, scalability, or attendee care. Their approach supports the ELX community’s focus on meaningful, experience-led connection.

Cohera is a creative agency and DMC producing conferences, incentives, and brand experiences across the U.S. With teams in multiple destinations, the agency designs programs that are tailored to audience needs and shaped by local insight, while maintaining delivery confidence for complex stakeholder expectations.

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Encore

Encore adds depth to the ELX partner ecosystem through global expertise in production and event technology, supporting members who are navigating rising expectations around experience design, consistency across regions, and technical delivery. The company contributes practical insight into how production decisions affect engagement, accessibility, and overall program quality.

Encore is a global event production company providing event technology, production, and exhibition services. It supports thousands of events annually across an international footprint, partnering with venues and organisations worldwide to deliver consistent, high-quality event experiences.

 

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Explori

Explori is a strong addition to ELX as it supports event leaders move from anecdote to evidence. Explori turns feedback and benchmarking into insight that strengthens decision-making, internal confidence, and long-term investment. This supports ELX members who are increasingly asked to prove value and demonstrate strategic outcomes.

Explori provides event intelligence through audience feedback, benchmarking data, and research insights. The company supports event and marketing teams in understanding performance, improving attendee experience, and translating data into action across portfolios.



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The Expo Group

The Expo Group brings a strategic lens to exhibitions and trade shows, supporting ELX members who want clearer frameworks for planning, measuring, and improving tradeshow participation. Their perspective is particularly valuable for leaders who manage complex portfolios where exhibition presence must be both brand-forward and performance-led.

The company partners with organisations on exhibition strategy and delivery, supporting the design, build, and evolution of trade show programs. The Expo Group focuses on helping brands approach shows with long-term thinking, consistent execution, and stronger performance evaluation.

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Invision

Invision strengthens ELX by bringing deep experiential expertise and a strategic, audience-first approach that shows how bold creative and thoughtful planning translate into experiences that shape behavior and drive real outcomes. As a partner, we help brands own every moment with their audiences—creating engagement that’s intentional, memorable, and meaningful rather than performative. 

As an experiential marketing agency with more than three decades of experience, Invision partners with leading brands to design and deliver strategy-led programs across in-person, digital, and hybrid formats. We translate insights into powerful moments that spark action, deepen connection, and deliver measurable impact—from events and campaigns to storytelling, content, and digital engagement. 

 

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The Opus Group

As an ELX founding partner, The Opus Group brings deep expertise in creating experiences that engage audiences and drive action worldwide. With a unique balance of global reach and local insight, they help leading brands turn strategy and creativity into meaningful, lasting connections.

The Opus Group is a global network of award-winning marketing agencies—including  Opus AgencyMAS, and Verve—delivering end-to-end experiential, event, and brand solutions. Together, they partner with more than 70 global companies, including many ELX members, to create impactful experiences around the world.   

 

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Visit Orlando

Visit Orlando aligns strongly with ELX’s focus on strategic, high-trust collaboration and adds value through destination expertise that supports complex global programmes. Their contribution helps members think beyond venue selection to the broader destination experience, including accessibility, infrastructure, and attendee appeal.

Visit Orlando is the official destination marketing organisation for Orlando, supporting meeting and event planners with local insight, resources, and destination expertise. The organisation helps showcase Orlando’s venues and city-wide capabilities, supporting planners with guidance across the planning lifecycle.

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RainFocus

RainFocus contributes a strong perspective on event technology infrastructure, supporting ELX members focused on first-party data, lifecycle thinking, and connected systems that improve both experience and measurement. Their expertise supports event teams working to simplify complexity and build more integrated operating models.

RainFocus provides an event marketing platform designed to support the end-to-end event lifecycle, from registration and content management to engagement analysis. The platform integrates with sales and marketing technologies to help organisations deliver consistent experiences and connect event data across broader business systems.

 

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Visit Seattle

Visit Seattle brings a destination partner perspective rooted in long-term value, helping ELX members evaluate how sustainability, infrastructure, accessibility, and local ecosystem support business-critical event objectives. This supports leaders making decisions that must balance attendee experience with stakeholder expectations and responsible planning.

Visit Seattle is Seattle’s official destination marketing organisation, supporting meetings and events through local expertise and planning resources. The team works with planners to shape programs aligned with the city’s venues, services, and distinctive neighbourhood experiences.

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Destination Toronto

Destination Toronto adds value through a destination story that combines global accessibility with cultural breadth, helping members consider how inclusion, innovation, and attendee experience can be shaped through destination choice. Their perspective supports ELX’s commitment to creating spaces where leaders can benchmark decisions and explore new approaches.

Destination Toronto represents Toronto as a leading meetings and events destination, supporting planners with local knowledge across venues, neighbourhoods, and services. The organisation promotes the city’s diverse communities and business strengths, alongside a growing focus on sustainable and inclusive practices.

 

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The Venetian Resort Las Vegas

The Venetian Resort is a strong addition to ELX, offering a venue partner perspective shaped by high-capacity, high-expectation delivery and supporting members who need venues that can host complex programmes while elevating attendee experience. Their role within the ELX ecosystem brings practical insight into how hospitality, space, and service design influence programme outcomes.

The Venetian Resort  features all-suite accommodations and an iconic experience is marked by a commitment to sophisticated play and light-hearted luxury, with world-class restaurants from celebrated chefs including Cote by Simon Kim, Bazaar Meat by José Andrés, and Southern California favorite Gjelina; the rejuvenating Canyon Ranch spa + fitness; and a five-acre pool and garden deck inspired by the Italian Riviera. The Venetian Convention & Expo Center, a premier events and conference center, is home to more than 2.25 million square feet of meeting, exposition, and convention space that offers large-scale flexibility for conferences and exhibitions, supported by ongoing investment in technology and venue enhancements as part of a $188 million convention refresh and a $1.5 billion investment through the resort experience.

 

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Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority

The Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority strengthens ELX by representing a destination built for scale and ambition, offering insight into how capacity, logistics, and city-wide infrastructure can enable complex programs. Their perspective is valuable for members who need destinations that can deliver reliability at volume, without compromising experience.

LVCVA markets Las Vegas as a global meetings and convention destination and supports planners with access to extensive venues, facilities, and services. The organisation also helps planners tap into the destination’s entertainment, dining, and offsite experiences to build compelling attendee journeys.

Thank You To Our Strategic Partners

ELX extends our gratitude to our 2026 strategic partners for their continued support and collaboration. Their commitment helps strengthen the community’s year-round program and ensures members have access to trusted expertise, fresh perspective, and meaningful opportunities to connect.

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