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Celebrate

Historic, hip or art nouveau, the region has a wide range of special event venues from Tudor mansions to private clubs or full-service concert venues to host small groups of guests to a multitude. These spaces make your celebration shine.

ARTS & CULTURE

Just two blocks from Mississauga’s Celebration Square, The Living Arts Centre is a multi-purpose facility that offers two splendid theatre halls. 

Twenty7

This private-member luxury automobile club has event space for receptions, product launches, board meetings and dinners. With sleek event space, Twenty7 has an in-house chef, DJ and live-music entertainment if required. Three Formula 1 simulators can be rented by the hour for racing enthusiasts. The venue can host a cocktail reception for up to 3,000 and can do seated dinners for 300.

Old-world Charm

The Glenerin Inn & Spa, set on two acres of sprawling estate grounds, is a beautiful heritage Tudor-style mansion and carriage house that evokes another era in gracious hospitality. Grand stone fireplaces, exposed wood beams and large patio spaces make this a lovely spot for an intimate corporate retreat. With 30 guestrooms, five meeting rooms and full-service spa, corporate groups are sure to appreciate the attentive service and award-winning dining.

Expansive Views

Close to area hotels, The VUE lives up to its name with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Royal Woodbine Golf Club, nestled in the Mimico Creek Valley. The VUE’s split-level event space is angled around a large bar, perfect for setting out small bites and hors d’oeuvres. A Business Events Toronto holiday event here featured a mixologist showcasing three holiday drinks with festive flare. The VUE is large enough for seated dining but intimate enough that smaller groups can spread out to take in the views.

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Gateway to the Future

Toronto Pearson International Airport is one of the world’s premier hub airports, connecting people and goods from all over the world. Toronto Pearson provides daily service to over 67 per cent of the world’s economies and in Ontario, generates 332,000 jobs and accounts for 6.4 per cent of Ontario’s GDP.

This region generates more than 4.5 million trips a day, and nearly twice as many West GTHA commuters travel across the “northern arc” of the city that encompasses the airport.

There is increased support for a new transit hub to be built in the area to facilitate increased commuter traffic in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). This region generates more than 4.5 million trips a day, and nearly twice as many West GTHA commuters travel across the “northern arc” of the city that encompasses the airport. Earlier this year, mayors from Brampton, Kitchener, Toronto and Mississauga and Transportation Minister Steven Del Duca attended an event hosted by the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA), for a proposed regional transit centre to be located at Toronto Pearson.

Signature Lounge

The proposed hub would be located between three municipalities, four major highways and as such, has a unique ability to connect with the surrounding region’s planned and existing transit lines, the Toronto-Kitchener technology corridor and local universities and colleges.

BUSINESS CLASS LUXURY

Air Canada opened a new Signature Lounge at the airport in December 2017, exclusively for international business passengers. Hoping to attract well-heeled travellers who prefer direct flights to Europe, the lounge will be able to hold up to 160 customers. The lounge will serve buffet as well as full-course meals designed by Vancouver chef David Hawksworth, and features a gorgeous Italian marble bar with Canadian wood accents.

Make an Art Connection

Walking through the airport can be a cultural experience—especially when you take in its expansive art collection. Artists from around the world were asked to capture the essence of flight when they were creating the permanent pieces installed at various locations in Terminals 1 and 2. From the Tilted Spheres by Richard Serra to the Goddess of the Space-Rockette, see how many other pieces you can identify on your way to your next flight. In addition to the permanent collection, changing exhibits feature works by cultural institutions, art groups, collections and organizations. Current exhibits include “Space and Popular Culture,” “Victory Women” and “Dinosaurs.”

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Ride the Rails on Up Express

UP Express is the easiest, most efficient way to get to downtown Toronto from the airport area. Even better, groups of 50 or more are eligible for corporate rates that can be managed online.

The convenient transit link departs from Terminal 1 every 15 minutes and takes less than a half hour to arrive at Toronto’s Union Station, close to entertainment, restaurants and the busy financial district.

Mark Jones, director of sales & marketing at The Westin Toronto Airport, says many people don’t know just how easy it is to facilitate a group on UP Express. “We have Mercedes shuttles that can ferry groups to the UP Express Terminal 1 airport station. In fact, for some fam trips I have taken planners downtown to show them just how easy it is to get a group to the city for a game or night on the town.”

Una MacNeil, tourism partner account manager for UP Express, says, “Group organizers can buy bulk tickets for their group and build it into conference rates, or they can buy discounted long layover fares that are great for groups that want an outing to the city.” A regular two-way fare is $24.70 return, while the long layover fare is $12.35 return. A long layover means that groups can have seven hours in the city.

MacNeil says, “We do a lot of programs with conferences around the world. There may even be an option to bundle in with GO Transit. There is a possibility of discount fares depending on the volume of tickets, but with the long layover fares groups have all sorts of options to come to the city for arts, culture, sports or business.”

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Flying with the Best

Delta has been voted the Best Airline for the Meeting, Conventions and Incentive industry by meeting planners and the readers of Meeting and Conventions and Successful Meetings in the inaugural Stella Awards. Read more >

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Our Fleet – New Arrivals for 2018

Delta has been replacing inefficient, older technology airplanes generating substantial cost improvement and increased customer satisfaction.
Since 2009, Delta has retired 280 50-seat regional jets and more than 130 older, narrowbody aircraft, while refreshing its fleet with over 300 aircraft.

CS 100
What to expect from Delta’s 75 new aircrafts from Bombardier:

Advanced technology and composite materials designed to deliver an expected 20 percent improvement in fuel
efficiency over similar sized aircraft.

Reduced noise and emissions of the C Series aligns with Delta’s broader goal to reduce the airline’s environmental footprint.

Bombardier’s all-new, lightweight mainline aircraft will be deployed on short- to medium-haul routes throughout
Delta’s network starting Spring 2018.

The CS100 features:

• State-of-the-art interior
• The largest windows in the single-aisle market
• Full-spectrum ambient lighting
• Seatback in-flight entertainment
• In-flight Wi-Fi
• High-capacity overhead bins 
• Among the widest seats of any narrow body aircraft

A350
Delta’s newest flagship aircraft

The long-range Airbus A350 will continue Delta’s optimization of its Pacific network, operating primarily on long-range routes between the U.S. and Asia. Its first flight will take place on Oct. 30, 2017, from Detroit to Narita.

The state-of-the-art wide body jets are expected to generate a 20 percent improvement in operating cost per seat compared to the Boeing 747-400 aircraft they will replace

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If your business requires frequent travel to Mexico, Brazil, Australia or Canada, we can amend your contract to include our partners Aeromexico, GOL, Virgin Australia and WestJet.

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