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Case study · Bangkok

Taco Bell Taco Talks Conference in Bangkok

Taco Bell's Taco Talks at The St. Regis Bangkok: high energy event production, live polling and AV for 80 regional leaders, rated 4.9/5.

CLIENTTaco Bell
DATEFebruary 2025
GUESTS80 guests
LOCATIONBangkok
Project overview

Taco Bell at a Glance

ClientTaco Bell (Yum! Brands), Quick Service Restaurants
Event typeInternal leadership conference
DateFebruary 2025
VenueThe St. Regis Bangkok
Guests80 regional leaders and franchise partners from across Asia
ScopeEvent production, staging, AV, audience engagement technology and show calling
The brief

The Challenge for Taco Bell

Eighty people, one room, and a brand personality bigger than most stadiums. Taco Bell wanted its "Taco Talks" conference to feel like the brand: bold, high energy, playful, inside the refined setting of The St. Regis.

The production had to bring the energy without clashing with the venue. A five star ballroom has rules, and a brand like Taco Bell has attitude. Our job was to make those two things work in the same room for a full day.

AV control area with a Midas mixing desk, wireless receivers, laptops and a Taco Talks screen at the conference in Bangkok
Event photos

Photos from the Taco Bell Event

Wide view of the main ballroom set with round tables, chandeliers and two screens for the Taco Bell Taco Talks conference in Bangkok
Round tables dressed in white and Taco Talks screens either side of the stage in the ballroom while the crew sets up in Bangkok
Audio and video cables, interfaces and a laptop on a black-draped AV table during technical checks at the Taco Talks conference in Bangkok
Taco Talks screen on the floor facing the speakers beside a round table while the crew finishes setup in the Bangkok ballroom
Our scope

What We Delivered for Taco Bell

  • High energy event production: punchy stage design, branded backdrop builds, concert style audio and dynamic lighting states that shifted with the agenda
  • Interactive session formats with live polling and audience engagement tech
  • Themed breaks and F&B styling in partnership with the hotel's culinary team
  • Show caller and event director running a tight, broadcast style rundown, with full AV operated in house
The venue

Venue Facts

  • The Astor Ballroom at The St. Regis Bangkok, one of the city's most refined event rooms
  • Overnight transformation window, with full room reset before hotel breakfast service
  • Strict house rules on fixings, rigging and sound pressure, all cleared with the hotel in advance
  • Production manager Pim led the room transformation; Shawn called the show
Run of show

Run of Show: Conference Day

TimeWhat happened
07:30Crew call and full rehearsal
08:30Doors, coffee and arrival playlist at full energy
09:00Opening video and first Taco Talk
10:30Interactive session one with live polling
12:00Themed lunch, Taco Bell style
13:30Talks continue, lighting states shift per session
15:30Panel with audience Q and A
16:30Closing session and awards
17:00Close and group photo on the branded stage
Compliance

Permits and Compliance

All staging, rigging and AV installations were documented and approved under The St. Regis house engineering rules, with crew insurance and method statements submitted before load in.

Lessons learned

What We Would Do Differently

"I would schedule ten minutes more between the polling sessions," says Shawn. "The energy was so high the room wanted to keep playing. Next time we build the overrun in on purpose."

Results

The Results for Taco Bell

A 14 person crew, six programmed lighting states, live polling across 80 leaders from 11 countries, and an overnight room transformation that respected every house rule The St. Regis has. From the first talk to the group photo, the show caller kept broadcast pace and the room never sat still.

"The most fun we have ever had at a work conference, and the slickest production we have had in Asia," said Yum! Brands' regional director.

A conference that felt like a launch party, in the best way. Post event surveys rated the production quality 4.9 out of 5, and the regional team has since recommended us as their preferred event agency in Bangkok for brand led internal events.

Services used

How We Delivered It for Taco Bell

Taco Talks combined three of our core services. Event production designed and built the stage and branded backdrops; our in house AV team supplied the concert style audio, the lighting states and the live polling screens; and our event agency Bangkok team ran the rundown with a show caller and event director. Themed breaks were planned with the hotel's culinary team, so the brand showed up in every part of the day, not only on stage.

Planning tips

Planning an Event at The St. Regis Bangkok

The St. Regis Bangkok stands on Ratchadamri Road beside BTS Ratchadamri, overlooking the Royal Bangkok Sports Club. Its Astor Ballroom, on the 14th floor with floor to ceiling windows, seats up to 360 theatre style and takes up to 500 for a reception, so a group of 80 has generous space for a stage, interactive zones and themed breaks in one room. The daylight is beautiful but works against projection, so plan blackout or LED for screen content and agree fixing and sound rules with the hotel early.

FAQ

Taco Bell Taco Talks Conference: FAQ

Can you make an internal conference feel exciting?

That was the entire brief here. Strong staging, lighting that changes with the agenda, interactive polling and a show caller who keeps the pace up. Internal audiences are the toughest crowd, and the most rewarding.

Do you work within five star hotel rules?

Constantly. The St. Regis, Mandarin Oriental, Four Seasons and similar venues all have strict build, rigging and sound policies. Our crews know how to deliver full production inside them.

What audience engagement tools do you provide?

Live polling, Q and A platforms, gamified scoring and interactive screen content, all operated by our AV team so presenters never touch the technology.

Is 80 guests too small for full production?

Not at all. Smaller rooms often benefit most, because every guest is close enough to notice quality. We scale event production to the room, not the other way around.

Can you brand a five star hotel ballroom without damaging it?

Yes. We use freestanding backdrops, ballasted truss and printed fabric fixed to our own structures, never to the hotel's walls, and we agree every fixing with the engineering team before load in.

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