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Events Managed & Produced
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Services
Corporate Events
You bring your team, we’ll bring the fun. From private yachts to lavish ballrooms to cooking classes (watch the knife) to collaborative run-out-the-clock problem solving activities, we have you covered Locally & Globally. We can help you cater a dinner for 500 clients or strengthen the spirit of camaraderie and communication within your workplace.
Hybrid Events
2020 has shown businesses it is possible to pivot from a commute to the office to a work from home model. The need to stay connected in a reliable and secure manner has never been greater. We can link you to a platform that will allow your company to conduct meetings and events with confidence.
Event Consulting
Have a vision but don’t know where to start ? The team at VESTI Events will guide you through a step by step checklist in order to execute your event with peace of mind. Our concierge services include direct contacts at the City of Vancouver, as well as many local business and vendor connections.
Business Shower
It’s hard enough taking a chance on instinct or a dream, but it would be SO much better if we lived in an environment that supported us and made the start-up journey easier.Instead of baby showers, let’s host Business Showers. When a friend starts a business, we all come together, congratulate them and bring resources for their business.
Blog & Media
“EG Tips” – 5 Creative Ways to Entertain a Serious Audience
Hearing event attendees find some of your speakers’ presentations are mellow, boring, or yawn-fests, can feel like a debbie downer catastrophe for any event manager after putting in hours of your own blood, sweat and tears for sometimes up to a year of event planning!...
“EG Tips” – 4 Epic Event Customer Service Fails and How You Can Learn from Them!
Customer service is key in any industry, but in events it can make or break your reputation. Here are 4 fails from the world of events and what all event planners can learn from them. When something goes wrong at an event, the way that you handle it with your...
“EG Tips” – Top 9 Etiquette Tips for Event Planners, Things You Should and Should Not Do
As an event planner there are ways to do things in the correct way and things you should never do. Here is the unwritten event etiquette rules every good eventprof should follow. Event etiquette is important to ensure you do not overstep your boundaries or get a...
“EG Tips” – How to Beat Your Event Competition in 5 Easy Steps
As an event planner, you want and need to constantly stay on top of trends, and keep ideas fresh and creative in order to stand out from the crowd. Here are a few ways you can take your event planning skills up a notch to beat your event competition and look like a...
“EG Tips” – 5 Creative Ways to Entertain a Serious Audience
Hearing event attendees find some of your speakers’ presentations are mellow, boring, or yawn-fests, can feel like a debbie downer catastrophe for any event manager after putting in hours of your own blood, sweat and tears for sometimes up to a year of event planning!...
“EG Tips” – 4 Epic Event Customer Service Fails and How You Can Learn from Them!
Customer service is key in any industry, but in events it can make or break your reputation. Here are 4 fails from the world of events and what all event planners can learn from them. When something goes wrong at an event, the way that you handle it with your...
“EG Tips” – Top 9 Etiquette Tips for Event Planners, Things You Should and Should Not Do
As an event planner there are ways to do things in the correct way and things you should never do. Here is the unwritten event etiquette rules every good eventprof should follow. Event etiquette is important to ensure you do not overstep your boundaries or get a...
“EG Tips” – How to Beat Your Event Competition in 5 Easy Steps
As an event planner, you want and need to constantly stay on top of trends, and keep ideas fresh and creative in order to stand out from the crowd. Here are a few ways you can take your event planning skills up a notch to beat your event competition and look like a...
Biography
Eugenia Gorkowa
Founder & CEO / Epic Events Master
Corporate Event Planner & Producer
Born in Russia and raised in Germany, Eugenia is an accomplished event planner/producer who has built a name for herself and her company VESTI Events in Canada. Eugenia has over thirteen years of experience engineering small and large scale events (20 – 55,000 people). In the past, Eugenia has worked with Global News, KPMG Canada, GOREEA Design, MRG Concerts, Winnipeg Jets, Vancouver Canucks, CFL (BC Lions), Live Nation (AC/DC, Guns N’ Roses), Marketplace Events (Vancouver Home + Garden Show), Contact Music Festival, FIFA, the Vancouver Film industry and more.
Eugenia’s past experience with hospitality and promotion at the Bell MTS Place in Winnipeg and BC Place Stadium in Vancouver has fueled her passion for events and people, resulting in close relationships with vendors and venue contacts across Canada.
Having worked closely with corporate clients, actors, musicians and performers, Eugenia has a unique ability to interact with the most discerning client. Eugenia’s gift of organization, attention to detail, concept design and ceaseless enthusiasm have earned her a reputation for unparalleled excellence as an event planner and producer. Eugenia will execute your concepts flawlessly while maintaining a pleasant, calm and helpful demeanour.
In her spare time, Eugenia loves to meditate, read, travel, watch hockey and hike.