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Welcome to Gay and Lesbian Toronto
Inspired Meetings and Events Start in Toronto! Toronto is one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world, a place where international ideas intersect with Canadian culture. An international city of warmth, openness, energy and style, Toronto is enriched by the fusion of traditions, passions and perspectives on life of the more than 100 cultures that are found in this city. Ever-evolving and ever-surprising, inspiring ideas converge here; original thought is celebrated, and magic happens as a result.
Toronto is a gay-friendly urban playground that welcomes everyone, with a vibrant gay village in the city's core and unlimited options beyond. It is a remarkable destination for all tourists, convention delegates, and business travelers because whether your priority is location, extravagance or value, Toronto offers it all and does so with a long list of Travel Alternatives Group (TAG) and/or Travel Gay Canada (TGC) accredited accommodations. Toronto is the city that celebrated the first legal same sex marriage in North America. It is a city full of dynamic residents and business leaders, all of whom celebrate and support the history of their local LGBT community. It is a city whose Pride Festival turns the streets into one enormous parade and every parking lot into a dance floor for over one million rabble rousers. Truly anything and everything goes in Toronto, which means the possibilities are endless!
Tourism Toronto’s mission is to be the authoritative source for Greater Toronto Region tourism knowledge. By providing unparalleled industry insight and excellent opportunities, its members and diverse visitors to the city benefit from a rich destination experience.
Tourism Toronto, Toronto’s Convention and Visitors Association, is an industry association of more than 1,200 members established to sell and market the Greater Toronto Region as a remarkable destination for tourists around the globe. Tourism Toronto also has full-time sales staff in Mississauga, Markham, Ottawa, Chicago and Washington, DC.
Tourism Toronto is also very proud of it’s dynamic partnerships and/or memberships with:
• Canadian and Ontario Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (CLGCC)
• Ontario Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (OGLCC)
• Travel Gay Canada (TGC)
• International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA)
• Community Marketing Inc.’s GLCVB
• Pride Toronto
• Church and Wellesley (Gay Village) BIA
As a partnership of public and private sectors, Tourism Toronto’s other partners include: City of Toronto, Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Canadian Tourism Commission, City of Mississauga, York Region, Air Canada, and VIA Rail.
Toronto will host World Pride 2014. Tourism Toronto, in partnership with Pride Toronto, is excited and anxiously awaiting the honour of hosting World Pride in 2014. As part of a bid team that included Toronto Police Service and sponsor TD Bank, Toronto was successful in landing World Pride in 2014. World Pride 2014 aims to promote lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues on an international level through parades, festivals and other cultural activities. The provisional program for the festival includes an opening ceremony with a parade of nations, an international human rights conference, a wall of remembrance in honour of the 45th anniversary of Stonewall, and an exhibition and networking fair. A gathering of all Pride Toronto’s former International Grand Marshals will take place, an AIDS Candlelight vigil will be held, and three parades including a Trans March, a Dyke March and Pride Parade. Cultural events will be scheduled to celebrate Canada Day and the US Independence Day, and a closing ceremony will be held immediately following the Parade. This recent business adds to the growing list of LGBT organizations who are choosing Toronto to host their prestigious international conferences:
• International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association’s (IGLTA) Annual Convention (2009),
• International Lesbian and Gay Lawyers Assoc. Conference (2005),
• Gay and Lesbian Medical Assoc. Annual Conference (2002),
• International Assoc. of Gay Square Dance Club Cloverleaf and Maple Leaf Square Dance (2002),
• International Gay and Lesbian Aquatic Championships (2001)
Let us do the legwork! Tourism Toronto offers a variety of free services to help make your job easier. Simply fill out our Online RFP form here to put us to work for you.
For more information on how Tourism Toronto can help assist you with bringing your next signature event to Toronto, visit http://www.torontotourism.com/MeetingPlanners or contact Tanza Divecha, Sales Coordinator, MC&IT Sales; at Tdivecha@torcvb.com.
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