Playeasy — Your Innovation Partner
Playeasy

Your innovation
partner for the
new era of destination
& event experiences.

The destination marketing industry is being forced to evolve faster than ever before. We build the platform, strategy and community that keeps DMOs ahead of the curve — competitive, innovative, and ready for what's next.

Media & Content
Event Network
Destination Experiences
Community Engagement
Measurable Data
Artificial Intelligence
The Ecosystem

Trusted by the industry —
and we take that seriously.

330+
Destinations
1K+
Event Organizers
10K+
Events
4M+
Visitors
scalable technology foundation, powered by AI

One technology platform, every solution working seamlessly together.

Our AI-powered platform isn't just an application built to solve one problem — it's more like an aircraft carrier built to power solutions for many of the most critical problems facing the destination marketing, sports tourism, and event industry.

Platform Architecture
AI-native foundation — not an add-on. Powers every layer from day one.
Event Network
RFPs, leads, connections
Destination Profile
Your central hub
AI Tour Guide
Visitor experiences
Website Elements
Embeds on any site
Hotel Booking
Live rates, room blocks
Event Experiences
Microsites & attendee guides
Partner Portals
Community & partner tools
Community Marketing
Listings, deals, promotions
CMS Sync
One source of truth
Analytics & Data
Attribution across everything
Our Founding Solution

The largest digital network of events, destinations & venues in North America.

We didn't just build a marketplace — we built a community that drives meaningful connections and economic impact. Our platform makes connections seamless, our media gives partners a stage to tell their stories, and our Summit brings us together in person to forge the relationships that drive the industry forward.

Three Ways We Connect
RFP Matchmaking
Live now
USA Volleyball — National Gov. Body
July 11–14 · 4,200 athletes · 800+ room blocks
Sports 4,200 attendees 800 rooms
23 destinations matched — responding now
Visit Salt Lake 12s ago
Visit Central Florida 34s ago
🎙
The Playeasy Warmup Podcast
Your stage to tell your story.
The leading podcast for destination leaders & sports tourism professionals.
▶ Playing
Playeasy Innovators Summit
Where the industry connects in person.
Our annual gathering for destination leaders, event organizers, and industry innovators.
Powered by Compass

AI & visitor experience solutions, reaching visitors everywhere they are.

The Compass suite of experience solutions puts your destination experience everywhere visitors actually are — not just on your website. Six fully embeddable modules power your AI tour guide, hotel booking, local deals, business listings, event experiences, and venue discovery.

Embed on any partner site, event page, or venue with two lines of code — fully branded as you, driving 78× more conversions than a DMO leisure website.

6 Embeddable Compass Elements
AI Tour Guide
Compass AI — on your site & everywhere
🏨 Hotel Booking
Live rates from 40+ OTAs, room blocks
Deals & Promotions
Athlete discounts, local offers
🏪 Business Listings
Dining, retail, attractions directory
📋 Event Experiences
Microsites, schedules, attendee guides
🏟 Venue Directory
Facilities, arenas, convention centers
Embed on any site — 2 lines of code
All 6 elements embed on partner sites, event organizer pages, and venues. Visitors convert at 78× the rate vs. a DMO leisure website.
Any website
Fully branded
Real-time data
Destination Marketing is a Team Sport

The tools you need to turn community partners into teammates who feel your value.

The best destination marketers don't just manage a community — they lead one. Our platform gives you the tools to show up as the teammate your partners are looking for, and the automated reporting engine that makes your value undeniable.

Self-Service Partner Portals & Tools
🏪
Business Listing Management
Partners manage their own listings in one place
📣
Destination & Event Campaigns
Promote events and experiences to your community
🧭
Personalized AI Tour Guide
Compass AI surfacing the right partners to visitors
🔔
Upcoming Event Alerts
Automated alerts to partners for upcoming events
📊
Automated Impact Reports
Prove your value to every partner automatically
DMO Advocacy is All About Your Impact Story

Your impact story is only as good as the data you have to prove it.

You know the impact your destination provides. But your stakeholders need proof.

Our data engine gives you the proof you need to tell the story your stakeholders want to hear — every lead, booking, AI conversation, and deal redemption, fully attributed back to source.

Live Dashboard
Impressions
84K
AI Conversations
3.2K
Hotel Bookings
214
Deal Redemptions
1.1K
Bookings by Event Source
USA Volleyball
88
AJGA Invit.
64
USA BMX Natls
48
SL Soccer Natl.
32
Built for DMOs, Not Institutional Investors

No Venture Capital.
No Private Equity.
We build for our
partners, not
for investor returns.

We exist to solve problems for the destination marketing and event industry. That's it. That's the whole mission.

Not answering to investors means 100% of our time goes toward building solutions for our partners. Every decision we make is for you — not a board room.

🤝
When you partner with us, you join our family.

Our team is made up of a diverse set of talents and expertise — but we all share the same core principles: service, grit, and a genuine passion for the industry and the people who power it. Three of our leaders started as unpaid interns and worked their way up. That's not a coincidence — it's who we are.

Co-Founder →
President & CEO
Kerri Shields
Industry Leadership, Company Mission & Community Connection
One of the most dynamic leaders and voices in the sports tourism & events industry, Kerri leads our company with a mission-driven approach grounded in human connection. The top innovator in sports tourism media and storytelling, she has transformed how the industry communicates and connects. Kerri leads our team with a constant focus on the human side of everything we build. She doesn't just lead our mission, she embodies it and ensures the people behind our industry always come first.
Co-Founder →
Executive Chairman
Sean Flaherty
Strategic Vision, Industry Innovation, AI & DMO Transformation
Our founding CEO for our first 8 years, Sean lead the foundation that Playeasy stands on today. A natural entrepreneur and one of the industry's top visionaries. Sean continues to lead our parent company, while shifting his operational focus to leading our platform's AI transformation and DMO-wide solutions through our Compass business line. In a time of rapid change and uncertainty, Sean focuses on the path forward for DMOs in the AI era and what's next for our platform — ensuring our partners have the tools & strategies they need to stay ahead.
Co-Founder →
Chief Technology Officer
Jon Gorin
Product Vision, Platform Architecture & Full-Stack Development
A 1-in-a-billion technologist and the most talented product professional in the DMO industry. Jon designed and built the Playeasy Platform single-handedly from the ground up — an infrastructure powering hundreds of destinations, thousands of events, and millions of visitor interactions. Jon is an expert in technology infrastructure, product design & development, artificial intelligence and applying customer feedback, industry trends and new innovations to shape the solutions that he builds next.
Co-Founder →
GM, Event Network
Ryan Quigley
Network Engagement, Site-Selection & Event Innovation
6-year NFL veteran turned entrepreneur. Ryan doesn't work with event organizers as a vendor — he works with them as a trusted extension of their team. Ryan drives one of the most critical aspects of the sports tourism industry - event site-selection. Ryan has helped connect thousands of events with destinations, driving billions of dollars in economic impact to communities across the country, making him personally responsible for more event connections than anyone in the sports tourism industry.
Started as an advisor →
Chief Financial Officer
Nick Loury
Financial Strategy, Compliance, Data & Automation
Nick's journey with Playeasy started as our first seed investor and advisor who believed in what we were building. A few years later he joined full time as our CFO, doubling as the head of compliance, legal, data and automation. While his work happens largely behind the scenes, Nick is the unsung hero who keeps our company operating with precision and financial clarity, enabling everything we do to be possible.
Started as an intern →
Head of Operations
Sarah Capuzzi
Company Operations, Team Integration & Marketing Strategy
Sarah started as an unpaid intern during COVID and worked her way into a leadership role through an inspiring work ethic and a level of intelligence and wisdom far beyond her years. Sarah is the glue that holds our organization's operations together — smart, efficient, and respected by everyone in a way that's genuinely rare. When you work with Playeasy, you can count on things running smoothly. That's Sarah.
Started as an intern →
Head of Customer Success
Brenna Collins
Customer Success, Partner Strategy & Technology Implementation
Brenna started as an unpaid intern during COVID and worked her way into a leadership role through her work ethic, intelligence and natural ability for engaging with people. She set the bar for what customer success looks like at Playeasy and the industry. When you work with Brenna you get a product expert who will brighten your day. People say they love our customer experience — we call it the Brenna Collins experience.
Started as an intern →
Head of Engagement
Jake Hughes
DMO Growth, Engagement, Sales, Content & Everything In Between
Jake started as an unpaid intern and worked his way into a leadership role through a work ethic that nobody thought was possible. Pair that with his natural ability to sell, message, market, create content and look good on camera — we quickly realized that he was a unicorn, accomplishing more in a day than most can in a month. You know him as Jake from Playeasy. We know him as our one-man sales and marketing team.
Started as an intern →
Marketing & Media Manager
Alexa Pivnick
Brand, Media & Marketing
Alexa started as an intern and worked her way into a full-time role supporting our media and marketing operations. She brings creativity, consistency, new ideas and a sharp eye for how to tell the Playeasy story. Alexa is a natural business mind who is fearless, yet kind. When you listen to our podcast, read a social post, or post content onto Playeasy, that's Alexa making that possible.
Started as an intern →
Platform Growth Manager
Ryan Hughes
Partner Success & Platform Optimization
Ryan started as an unpaid intern during COVID and has been a critical part of the Playeasy platform team — running our customer white-glove onboarding and helping partners get the most out of their destination and event experiences. He's mainly worked behind the scenes, but our partners feel his impact when they join Playeasy and see the heavy workload they thought they had was already done for them.
Let's build together

The industry
is changing.
We're in this
together.

When you partner with us, you join our family. Let's make this new chapter of destination marketing the best one yet — together.