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The best client conversation I had this month started with a book, not a budget.A client told me she wants her event to ...
09/22/2026

The best client conversation I had this month started with a book, not a budget.

A client told me she wants her event to feel like something out of Unreasonable Hospitality, and I will be honest, that one sentence told me almost everything I needed to know about her. Most conversations start with headcount, venue, and a number. She started with a book about giving people more than they expect.

After more than 10 years producing events, I have learned that logistics can be hired anywhere, but attention is much harder to find. Those are the clients we love working with.

What is one small detail from an event that stayed with you for years?

09/17/2026

2027 and 2028 are already being planned. That's why I got on a plane and saw Lisbon for myself before recommending it to anyone.

I don't just look at a venue from the doorway. I sit in the room, eat the food, and watch how staff move when nobody's telling them to.

The experience doesn't stop at the hotel doors. I spend time in the city itself, because that's the part people actually remember.

Planning an incentive trip for 2027 or 2028? Let's talk about what I found.

09/15/2026

I spent a week in Lisbon walking through venues most people never see.

Not because they photograph well. Because they'll actually have to work for the people standing in that room in 2027 and 2028.

Full walkthrough coming Thursday.

Toronto just wrapped its run as a FIFA host city. I finally made it to the Fan Fest at FortYork last week before it clos...
07/24/2026

Toronto just wrapped its run as a FIFA host city. I finally made it to the Fan Fest at Fort
York last week before it closed.
I am not a huge soccer fan. Went to see the production up close.
I wasn't part of planning any of it, just a guest giving credit where it's due.
The security flow: checked, checked again, checked a third time. Never felt like a
bottleneck. Felt like a plan.
At the entrance: a small screen, a patch of grass, people sitting and watching. If
that's all you saw, you'd think that was the event.
It's not. It's a teaser. Keep walking and the real setup hits, sponsor activations
everywhere, giveaways, room to breathe.
Whoever built that entry sequence understood pacing. You don't show everyone
everything at once.
Well done, Toronto.

A client once sent me a brief that said: "something memorable for 200 people."That's not a brief. That's a wish.Every qu...
07/22/2026

A client once sent me a brief that said: "something memorable for 200 people."
That's not a brief. That's a wish.
Every question I didn't ask early became a decision I made later, on less time, with
less room to be wrong.
Clarity at the start is cheap. Clarity you're missing three weeks out costs you budget,
options, and sleep.
I'd rather spend the hour.

07/14/2026

I don't recommend anything I haven't experienced myself.
That's not a tagline. It's the only way I vet a property before I put a client's team on a plane.
This week: Ocean Allure Costa Mujeres. Five months old. The GM greeted me personally at check in, which tells you everything about how they'll treat 100 executives they've never met.
The U shape layout around the pool and courtyard isn't just pretty. It's how you move 50 to 100 people through a program without losing anyone.
Preferred Club tier means a private experience for executive retreats, without losing the scale group logistics need.
Building your 2026 incentive program off a slideshow of properties nobody's walked? Comment SHORTLIST and I'll send you my actual notes from this one.

Ten weeks of procurement training on top of everything else.Because being a Certified Black Business Enterprise is not j...
05/27/2026

Ten weeks of procurement training on top of everything else.

Because being a Certified Black Business Enterprise is not just a credential.

It is the formal infrastructure to be considered for the rooms and the contracts where the best work happens.

As of April 1st, Debonair Corporate Events is officially recognized by the BEBC Society, Canada's national certifying body for Black-owned businesses.

We always delivered at the level those rooms require.

Now it is on paper.

05/21/2026

Being in rooms where real conversations are happening is what moves this industry forward.

Great to see Dwayne Rutherford, DES on stage at Canadian Special Events LIVE EventFest, speaking on a perspective that doesn’t get talked about enough, the value behind the thinking, strategy, and decision-making that shape successful events long before they happen.

The work clients see is only one part of the process. The conversations, guidance, and direction behind the scenes are often what create the strongest outcomes.

These are the discussions that continue pushing the industry forward and helping redefine what true partnership looks like in events.

Proud to be part of an industry that continues to evolve through shared insight and experience.

The event industry has a money problem.Not a lack of it. A conversation about it.We talk about design. We talk about exp...
04/24/2026

The event industry has a money problem.
Not a lack of it. A conversation about it.
We talk about design. We talk about experience. We talk about strategy.
But when it comes to pricing, profit, and what financial power actually looks like for an event professional, the room gets quiet.
That changes on April 28th.
I will be on the stage at Canadian Special Events LIVE EventFest speaking on Money, Power and the Event Professional. A session designed to be exactly what the title says. Candid. Direct. Practical.
We are going to talk about margins. Models. Mindset. And what it actually takes to build a business in this industry that pays you like a professional.
If you are attending CSE Live this year, come find me in that room at 9:55 AM.
If you are not registered yet, the link is in my bio.
See you there.

04/21/2026

Nobody remembers the agenda.
They remember the food.
Every time.
The organizations that understand this stop treating F&B as a line item and start treating it as a brand decision.
We design around that moment.

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