1. Convention Cluster

2. Toronto's Convention and Visitors
Association
 Industry association of more than 1,200 members
 Established to strategically sell and market the Greater
Toronto Region as a remarkable destination for
tourists, convention delegates and business travellers
around the globe.

3. Industry Association
 Greater Toronto Hotel Association - GTHA enables
competing hotels to work together on issues of public
policy and charitable ventures, provides information and
service to its members, and advocates to raise their profile
and prosperity as a vital component of Toronto's tourism
industry
 Meetings Professional International – A global community
aimed at guiding the future of the meeting and event
industry. It’s the largest trade association in the meetings
industry and helps its members by providing with the best
practices, superior education, the latest research and
trends, professional development and networking
opportunities.

4. TT's International Sales Team
 Attended the Meeting Planners International
EMEC 2009 Conference in Turin, Italy from February
28–March 3
 Included three days of quality sales calls
 Produced leads with a potential of 10,000 future room
night bookings.

5. Toronto Tourism Wins Internet
Advertising Award
 Tourism Toronto received the 2009 award for quot;Best
Travel Online Campaignquot; from the Web Marketing
Association
 The award recognized Tourism Toronto's Toronto
holiday campaign that ran October through
December, 2008.
 The campaign was designed to promote Toronto as a
special holiday destination

6. Derrick J Wyatt to attend TFcon
 TFcon Toronto - Canada's 8th Annual
Transformers Collectors Convention
 April 25th and 26th, 2009
 Derrick J. Wyatt to attend

7. Toronto wins major convention
 97th Annual Lions Clubs International Convention to
take place in Toronto in 2014
 Its expected to draw 15,000 attendees from around the
world
 Amount to 35,426 total hotel room night bookings
 Estimated visitor spending of over $20 million

8. Four Additional Major Conventions
Confirmed
 International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery &
Orthopaedic Sports Medicine - May 2013 with 3,300
attendees
 American Association for Thoracic Surgery - April 2014
with 4,500 attendees
 National Medical Association - July 2013 with 6,500
attendees
 American Society of Plastic Surgeons - October 2020
with 6,000 attendees

9. Closer Ties Urged for Business and
Government
 Governments are rapidly redefining their relationship
with the business community
 Time for government and business to forge a new bond
 Fix conflict-of-interest rules that prevent the
temporary transfer of business executives into
government.
 Jump-start companies allowing them to jump ahead of
their competitors.

10. Atlanta Convention &Visitors
Bureau Captures Gold in 2008
 Established in 1913, Atlanta Convention & Visitors
Bureau is a private, nonprofit organization created to
favorably impact the Atlanta economy through
conventions and tourism.
 Meetings & Conventions magazine, 2008 Gold Service
Award
 Web Marketing Association
International, Outstanding website
 Accreditation from Destination Marketing Association
International

11. Las Vegas Encourages Business
Travel
 launched a comprehensive, online toolkit to provide
relevant and timely information, as well as
resources, for clients and hotel partners to stay abreast
of developments in the meetings industry.
 Launched attendance promotion programs for existing
clients
 Booking incentive programs for potential clients
 LVCVA is running a booking incentive program that
will award planners with cars and trips to Las Vagas