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ExperientialGulf16 Nov 2022

Meta Pickl at GITEX Global

With Commercial Bank International, Pickl built a virtual restaurant on the Portals platform and ran it at GITEX Global. Around 100 visitors made an avatar, ordered at the virtual counter and were handed a real burger from a Pickl food truck at the CBI stand minutes later.

The brief
Visitors to the GITEX Global tech show, for Pickl and Commercial Bank International, showing a virtual store serving a real meal.
The idea
With CBI, Pickl set up a virtual restaurant on Portals; about 100 visitors made avatars, ordered at its counter and minutes later picked up an actual burger from Pickl's truck at the CBI stand.
BrandPickl
AgencyNot named on the source
TalentNot named
Channelson-ground, digital
SourceTime Out Dubai

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