Event Peeps | Podcast

The Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games took the world by storm this summer, and hundreds of event and experiential professionals were on the ground taking in the sights and sounds of the French capital, while making brand activations happen. We spoke with Jeff Handler, vp-Olympic and Paralympic clients, and Dennis Jenders, executive strategy director, from GMR about how brands tied their activations’ storytelling to the Games, how they enhanced the experience of athletes in the Olympic Village and how they stepped up their game since the Rio and Tokyo Summer Olympics.

The music festival experience today expands well beyond the gates, where off-site VIP parties and hospitality-driven estate takeovers accommodate a wide array of celebrities and revelers, brands and partners, looking to capitalize on good vibes and experiential. TAO Group Hospitality, with its portfolio of more than 90 food, beverage and nightlife venues, touches more than […]

No two days are ever the same for Cyndie Wang. As vp-global sponsorships and brand experience at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Wang acquires, manages and activates a portfolio of marketing partnerships with the brand’s sports and entertainment customers, while also working on sponsorships, setting strategy, measuring and reporting on results, and collaborating with internal partners.

Starting as an event coordinator in the health care sector, Sara Gorlick discovered an unexpected passion for planning events and conferences. Now, almost 20 years later, Gorlick is vp-events at Rakuten, where she has worked for 14 years. At the tech brand, she moved from event manager to director-global events before becoming an event executive. […]

For this episode’s guest, Roger Mahusay, the path to events was an unconventional one. He went from the Air Force to biology to retail to now associate events manager at T-Mobile. In this interview, Mahusay dives into how he got his foot in the door at corporate and discovered a passion for creating events that […]