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Canada: Vogue says Toronto’s the coolest

Pauline Boniface — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 09:23:17 +0000

Voltaire may have dismissed Canada as “a few acres of snow,” but the world’s bible of style, Vogue magazine, has proclaimed Toronto’s Queen Street West as the second coolest neighbourhood in the world. Queen Street West is hipper and cooler than comparable neighbourhoods in Paris, New York, Milan, Miami, Los Angles, […]

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MPI: Canadian Business Events Generate Billions for Economy

Alex Hourdequin — Sat, 12 Apr 2014 05:31:29 +0000

The Meeting Professionals International Foundation Canada announced the preliminary results of the Canadian Economic Impact Study (CEIS) 3.0 on National Meetings Industry Day. The complete study will detail the economic significance of meetings–specifically business events–held in Canada in 2012, and is a continuation of reporting published in 2008 and later updated in 2009. Significantly, it is […]

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Cirque du Soleil looking to expand into Broadway-style shows

Alex Hourdequin — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 10:20:36 +0000

Cirque du Soleil is looking to diversify its repertoire by expanding into Broadway-style shows and is creating a new division called Cirque du Soleil Theatrical that will be headed by Las Vegas theater impresario Scott Zeiger. The Montreal-based Cirque said on Tuesday that the new division will mount new productions that will use the […]

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Canada: Québec Convention Centre to Host Optimist Convention

Alex Hourdequin — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 13:15:19 +0000

Québec City and the Centre des Congrès de Québec will host the Optimist International 2016 Annual Convention. Running from June 29 to July 3, 2016, the convention will attract 1,300 delegates. Room nights for the event will total 4,500. Some $2.4 million in estimated economic spinoffs are expected. Optimist International is an association […]

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