From Orlando to Montreal: What This Weekend Was Really About

Eric Martin, Sai Rodriguez, and Clinton Persaud representing OEP at an industry conference in Montreal, Canada. June 2026.

Some trips are vacations. Some trips are investments.

This one was the second kind.

This past weekend, Eric and two members of the OEP leadership team traveled to Montreal, Canada for an industry conference. It was three days. It was packed. And it was exactly the kind of environment that reminds you why the work matters.

Here is what the weekend looked like.

FRIDAY: ARRIVING WITH INTENTION

The team landed Friday and took the day to explore the city. Notre Dame Basilica. Old Montreal. Old Port. Mont Royal. Montreal is one of those cities that makes you think differently just by walking through it. Older than most cities in North America, built with a kind of permanence that is hard to find in Florida.

That evening, a select group of top owners and assistant managers sat down for dinner at Goia De, an Italian restaurant in the city. These are the conversations that do not happen in a conference room. Career moves, hard lessons, what is actually working and what is not. The kind of dinner you leave with a different perspective than when you sat down.

SATURDAY: THE MAIN EVENT

Saturday was the conference.

A full day of sessions, panels, and conversations focused on where the events and B2B sales industry is heading, what high-performing teams are doing differently, and what it takes to build something that lasts.

Five promotions were recognized during the event. Five people from across the industry who put in the work and had it acknowledged in front of their peers. At OEP, we know what that moment means. Promotions are not handed out here. They are earned.

The day closed at the Winston Churchill bar with a networking event that brought the room together in a way that only end-of-day energy can. New connections, familiar faces, and the kind of conversations that turn into opportunities.

WHAT THIS MEANS FOR OEP

We did not fly to Montreal to check a box.

Events like this exist because the industry is serious, the relationships matter, and showing up in the right rooms is part of how organizations grow. Our leaders came back with sharper perspectives, stronger networks, and a clearer picture of where we are headed.

That is what professional development looks like at OEP. Not a seminar you forget by Monday. Real exposure. Real conversations. Real rooms.

If you want to be part of a team that operates at this level, we are hiring.

Apply at orlandoeventspromo.com.