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Centre Mont-Royal Marks 25 Years
2025/05/30

Centre Mont-Royal is marking its 25th anniversary this year, celebrating a quarter century of hosting Montreal’s most prestigious conferences, meetings, and special events. Since opening its doors in 2000, the Centre has established itself as a cornerstone of Montreal’s business and cultural landscape, providing a unique mid-sized venue that fills a crucial niche in the city’s event hosting capabilities. Located in the heart of the Golden Square Mile district of downtown Montreal surrounded by hotels, museums and fine dining,…
Why the Right Corporate Event Venue Matters
2025/05/30

In the corporate world, events aren’t just social gatherings, they’re strategic tools for brand building, networking, and business growth and the venue plays a pivotal role in how an event is perceived and remembered. For corporate event planners, choosing the right venue can mean the difference between a seamless experience and a logistical nightmare. QUALITIES OF A GREAT CORPORATE EVENT VENUE 1. Prime Location for Business Convenience A central, easily accessible location is non-negotiable. Your venue should be close…
Office Catering Is Having a Renaissance
2025/05/29

The traditional office lunch may have once been synonymous with an underwhelming basic salad, lukewarm pizza, or a selection of ‘classic sandwiches’, but not anymore. In 2025, office catering is experiencing a full-blown renaissance, driven by an evolution in workplace culture where offices, grappling with the rise of hybrid and remote workers, have renewed their focus on employee experiences to draw them back into the office. We’ve seen firsthand how the role of food in the workplace has shifted…
Selecting AV Partner: Beyond the RFP
2025/05/14

When planning a major event – whether it’s a product launch, sales conference, corporate party, or awards gala – selecting the right creative audio visual (AV) production partner is crucial. These events are major extensions of your brand, requiring partners who understand that every touchpoint matters. In an industry where many companies claim similar capabilities, how do you identify a true partner who can transform your event from standard to extraordinary? The answer lies not in what companies say…
Niagara Falls CC Names New President
2025/04/17

Niagara Falls Convention Centre (NFCC) announced that Tim Oldfield will assume the role of president and general manager. “I am truly honoured to assume the role of President of the Niagara Falls Convention Centre. Niagara Falls is a world-renowned destination, offering an exceptional array of attractions for both leisure and business tourism. With its breathtaking natural beauty and thriving tourism infrastructure, the region has vast untapped potential for continued growth and development in the business events sector,” said Oldfield.…
Creative Hyper-Regional Cuisine
2025/04/02

Hyper-regional cooking refers to cuisine that focuses on the specific food traditions, ingredients, and cooking techniques of a very small and localized area — often down to a single town, village, or even a specific community within a region. It goes beyond general regional or national cuisine by highlighting the nuances of local ingredients, traditional preparation methods, and cultural influences that define that particular micro-region. For example, instead of “Italian” or even “Tuscan” cuisine, hyper-regional cooking might focus on…
Edmonton to Host 2026 IITC Conference
2025/03/21

Edmonton has been selected as the host city for the 2026 International Indigenous Tourism Conference (IITC), the world’s largest Indigenous tourism conference dedicated to promoting and celebrating the richness of Indigenous tourism. The decision to bring 2026 IITC to Edmonton reinforces the city’s reputation as one that champions cultural tourism, fosters meaningful partnerships, and welcomes the world with open arms. It is a testament to the strength and impact of Indigenous tourism in Alberta and a significant achievement for…
What is Experiential Marketing?
2025/03/21

What is experiential marketing (XM)? Simply put, it is a strategy for building customer loyalty and brand awareness by curating custom experiences that elicit an emotional response, create memories and influence buying behaviour. When we think about experiential marketing, the first thing that comes to mind are the brand activations at events like SXSW, Coachella and Burning Man where brands invest significant dollars in creating experiences. You might also think of things like the splashy activations that Netflix produced…
Montreal Earns Highest GreenStep Silver
2025/03/20

Tourisme Montréal announced that the destination has achieved Silver-level certification from GreenStep, with a score of 74 per cent, the highest ever recorded for a destination certified by this Canadian organization. Recognized internationally for its expertise in sustainable tourism, GreenStep evaluates and ranks both tourism offices and the destinations they represent. Tourisme Montréal has achieved Platinum certification, placing the destination among the leaders in sustainable tourism in the country, thanks to complex elements such as the initiatives of tourism…
Vancouver Expects Strong Cruise Season
2025/03/19

The Canada Place cruise terminal in Vancouver is anticipating to welcome more than 300 ship calls and 1.2 million passenger visits this season, as the cruise sector stabilizes following several record years “We are thrilled to see Vancouver’s cruise sector continue to thrive—attracting visitors from across the globe for a once-in-a-lifetime Alaska experience while injecting more than $1 billion into our local economy,” said Captain Shri Madiwal, vice president of operations and supply chain at the Vancouver Fraser Port…

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