PES was contracted by the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) to produce the operational activities for their Presenting Partner sponsorship of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Torch Relay.

PES directed and managed every aspect of the sponsorship activation operations of the torch relay, from concept through to implementation and delivery and including the recruitment and management of 4,500 RBC Torchbearers.

PES also assisted RBC with their bid program to become Presenting Partner of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Torch Relay.

The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay travelled more than 45,000 km throughout Canada over 106 days (30 October 2009 through 12 February 2010) and involved 12,000 Torchbearers. For more information on RBC and the Vancouver 2010 Torch Relay visit www.rbc.com and www.vancouver2010.com.