Destination service
Custom branded coconuts in Chicago.
McCormick Place booths, corporate events, and private celebrations across Chicago. Your logo hand-branded on chilled coconuts by the team behind Neutrogena and 818 Tequila at The Surf Lodge.
The biggest halls in the country
The booth with the line at McCormick Place.
Chicago is where the country's biggest trade shows set up. McCormick Place is the largest convention center in the United States, with about 2.6 million square feet of exhibit space and roughly 2.6 million attendees a year, and its calendar runs from IMTS and the National Restaurant Association Show to RSNA, PACK EXPO, and the Chicago Auto Show. Rosemont adds the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center next to O'Hare. Every one of those halls is full of booths handing out the same tote bags and pens. A chilled coconut with your logo hand-branded on the husk is a different kind of giveaway. Attendees line up for it, hold it for the next hour, and carry your mark across the floor past every competitor's booth.
We serve Chicago as a destination market. Branding is proofed and planned by the team behind our New York and Miami operations, and fulfillment runs through our traveling leads with vetted local partners under our quality standards. Same coconut, same cold chain, three weeks of notice.
A typical McCormick Place order runs from a few hundred coconuts for a single booth to a thousand a day for a sponsor activation, refrigerated to the floor each morning and served by our attendants in your booth. The palm-leaf band or straw sleeve can carry a QR code that lands on your lead form, so every coconut that leaves the booth is a scan your Chicago sales team can follow up on the next week.
Where they shine in Chicago
Three Chicago plays.
Convention booths
McCormick Place and Rosemont. The giveaway that draws a line, captures a badge scan, and walks your logo across the largest show floors in the country.
Corporate events and activations
A town with about 30 Fortune 500 headquarters and a Lollapalooza season. Product launches in Fulton Market, client hospitality in River North, summer programs on the lakefront.
Weddings and private events
Monogrammed welcome coconuts for lakefront venues, River North lofts, Gold Coast and Lincoln Park celebrations, and North Shore estates.
Chicago FAQs
Chicago questions.
How does Chicago service work?
Chicago is a destination market for us. Your branding is proofed and planned by the team behind our New York and Miami operations, and fulfillment runs through our traveling leads with vetted local partners under our quality standards. The coconut in your attendee’s hand meets the same spec we serve at The Surf Lodge.
Can you supply a booth at McCormick Place or in Rosemont?
Yes. Convention centers are our kind of venue. We coordinate the hall’s food and beverage rules, the loading dock, and floor refrigeration, deliver chilled to your booth, and staff it with attendants who crack and serve all day. A QR code on the straw sleeve turns the giveaway into a captured lead.
How much lead time do Chicago events need?
Three weeks standard, four to six for large conventions. Show calendars are booked far ahead anyway, so loop us in when you confirm your booth and the timing takes care of itself. Artwork proofs come back within three business days.
Do you handle corporate events and brand activations in Chicago?
Yes. Product launches, client hospitality, sales kickoffs, and summer brand programs get the same treatment as our Neutrogena and 818 Tequila activations at The Surf Lodge. Chicago is a headquarters town with a busy festival season, and a branded coconut travels well from a Fulton Market launch to a Grant Park afternoon.
What about weddings and private events?
Monogrammed welcome coconuts for lakefront weddings, River North loft parties, and North Shore estates. The minimum order is fifty coconuts, quotes come back within four business hours, and on-site attendants are available for the full event.
Other markets
Plan your Chicago event.
Booth, activation, or ballroom. Destination quotes within four business hours.
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