First-class meeting space in a first-class setting AT A GLANCE
Convention facilities • The Metro Toronto Convention Centre offers 460,000 square feet of exhibit space, 66 meeting rooms, the 1,330-seat John Bassett Theatre, and two ballrooms.
Hotel rooms: • 10,000 hotel rooms within walking distance of the center
• 34,000 total hotel rooms in the Greater Toronto area
Nearby attractions • More than 7,000 restaurants, the Rogers Centre (home of the Toronto Blue Jays), and the world’s largest underground shopping complex, with 1,300 stores
For more information:
Metro Toronto Convention Centre — (416) 585-8120; mtccc.com
Why Toronto? Nine million square feet of shopping, 10,000 hotel rooms, 7,000 restaurants — all of it is within walking distance of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, along with the city’s business, financial, fashion, cultural, and entertainment districts.
A thriving multicultural mosaic, Toronto tends to sweep up the accolades as one of Canada’s top convention cities. The city is the country’s largest, with more than five million people, and is home to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre — the No. 1 convention and trade-show facility in Canada, with more than 600 events meeting there annually. And with new meeting spaces that showcase its stunning downtown location, the convention center gives groups the chance to meet in surroundings that are as stylish as they are stimulating.
124 PCMA CONVENE NOVEMBER 2012 In the convention center’s South Build-
ing, two new meeting spaces offer groups floor-to-ceiling views and flexible layouts for contemporary workspaces that are anything but boring. The Terrace View’s ensuite rest- rooms, floor-to-ceiling windows, dedicated prefunction space, and private, open-air ter- race are sure to please, while the Park View can be divided into two smaller rooms and also includes floor-to-ceiling windows, pre- function space, and restrooms. Together, the two new spaces add 10,000 square feet to the convention center’s current 110,400
Tourism Toronto — (800) 363-1990 or (416) 203-2600; toronto@torcvb. com; seetorontonow.com
square feet of meeting space. The new meeting rooms aren’t the only
unique, amenity-rich spaces. Two multipur- pose ballrooms — totaling 78,000 square feet — provide elegant backdrops for black- tie functions and galas, while the excellent acoustics and audiovisual capabilities of the 1,330-seat John Bassett Theatre suit business presentations and corporate events of any kind. Cap it off with the superior destination services of Tourism Toronto, and the “Cre- ative City” is the smart, one-stop choice for successful meetings and events.