Welcome to the first of our special 'guest host' feature episodes!

Taking over on hosting duties is our CEO, Shaun Hinds, who chats to Sarah Payling – Group Event Director (Housing) at Ocean Media Group – a market-leading event services company.

Sarah leads the multi award-winning housing event portfolio for Ocean Media including their flagship event HOUSING – the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) annual Conference and Exhibition – which has called Manchester Central home for over a decade.

As event director for Europe’s largest housing festival, an event that usually attracts more than 8,000 delegates to the venue and the city, Sarah chats to Shaun about she and her team moved their 2020 event online and their big ambitions for their upcoming September 2021 event.

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 If you have an interesting story to tell about how you or your business have shifted focus or if you have any views on hot topics in the event industry at the moment then get in touch with podcast host, Samantha Pike-Devlin on info@manchestercentral.co.uk.