Davos 2024

Client: Various

Take 12 huge projects for ten clients, happening in a mountain resort in temperatures of -12C with the toughest construction and derigging times, and you have a massive production challenge on your hands. Then consider that the five-day forum is attended by heads of state, politicians, celebrities, campaigners, journalists and many of the world’s most influential business figures amid the tightest security, and the scale of the challenge only grows.

Welcome to the World Economic Forum 2024 - and to the epic task managed by an 11-strong Production team for some of the biggest global brands in Davos, Switzerland. Over two weeks in January, our 251 onsite Production crew and 114 Fuellers created six pavilions and one nightclub, providing the perfect venues for countless roundtables, panel discussions, breakfasts, dinners, lunches and parties. The projects required months of meticulous planning, including travel arrangements, crew accommodation, and permits for 17 HGV trucks. A detailed build and de-rigging schedule was mapped out for each event, with nine dedicated Production managers, and other managers and crew switching between venues as tasks arose. Each project entailed multiple sub-projects as pavilions were repurposed several times a day for different activities, such as talks, receptions and livestreamed panel discussions. In all, the Brandfuel team created more than 100 events in five days and five nights. Such was the success of Brandfuel’s work that two of our existing clients have taken on more venues at the next forum and we have gained 6 more clients for Davos 2025.