CN Tower

The CN Tower is one of Toronto’s most recognizable and celebrated landmarks that has over 1.5 million people visits each year.  Did you know this popular attraction is also one of the city’s top Toronto corporate event venues?

A variety of spaces makes the CN Tower the perfect choice for events with formal dining, receptions, casual meetings, product launches, corporate parties, festive season events and intimate gatherings. The CN Tower staff are great and can help you plan every detail and offer audio visual Capabilities and special decor.

360 The Restaurant, with an outstanding view of Toronto more than 1,000 feet below, provides impeccable service for groups of up to 400 seated 600 for a stand-up reception or include the LookOut level and Horizons for a party of up to 2000. Horizons, located on the LookOut Level, Complete with sound system, stage, dance floor, built-in TV, video and monitors to support a variety of presentation and entertainment options. Meeting Rooms & Maple Leaf Cinema are equipped for audiovisual presentations, a variety of room layouts can accommodate up to 90 people for meetings, breakout sessions, working lunches, and more.

 If you haven’t considered the CN Tower for your next event, it’s time to take a closer look!!

Get more information on their website, like their Facebook page and follow them @TourCNTower

20th Annual Disability Hall of Fame Inductees 2013

 

We are proud to have assisted in this years planning of The Canadian Disability Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame provides permanent recognition of outstanding Canadians who have made extraordinary contributions to enriching the quality of life for people with physical disabilities. Founded by the CFPDP, this public exhibit was officially opened February 11, 1994 at Metro Hall, 55 John St., in downtown Toronto. A rededication ceremony was held there on November 20, 1996 when the exhibit moved to a more visible location. It is open to the public 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Nominations to the Hall of Fame come from sources across Canada – community groups, private citizens, associations and organizations of and for people with physical disabilities. Nominees are chosen each year by the Hall of Fame’s Selection Board in the category of Builder, Achiever or Athlete. The inductees are individuals who truly have made a difference – those who have opened doors for people with disabilities in the areas of sports, education, employment and housing.

2013 Inductees

Search and Social Rank Symposium 5 – a night of ideas!

Please join us for an evening presentation that is quite unlike any other event you will attend this fall.  In this dinner party, alcohol infused symposium, five different web marketing wizards are set to show-and-tell some sharp new ideas in search engine optimization and social media marketing, and… it all promises to be rather fun.  These guys are practacle jokers and this could be the best way to learn new cyber skills to help your website gain more traffic and recognition.  Come hungry, and prepare to laugh and learn as you feed your brain.

Its a fact that Google’s search algorithm is not published anywhere – its top secret.  Business owners and website designers can’t go look up the details anywhere to learn what the most important ranking factors are today…   Even the most exalted experts can only relate what they believe is true, and Search Engine Optimization SEO is always changing.  This craft is not taught in school – it must be learned on the job.

Social Media Marketing SMM on the other hand, is a more artful discipline that traffics in the generosity of friends and complex group dynamics.  But this artform is also very important part of is evolving fast and equally important as it drives consumer behavior… So what happens when you fuse SEO and SMM together?

Search and Social Rank Symposium Number Five celebrates the art and science of optimizing websites to be found first on Google for popular search queries.

The Event Speakers are four different artists and scientists who live and work at the intersection of Search Engine Optimization SEO and Social Media Marketing SMM.  These SMM experts will share their own true stories, tips and tactics for manufacturing findability.

When: Tuesday October 15th 2013 – 6pm to 9:30pm

Where: The Boiler House Loft in The Distillery District, 18 Tankhouse Lane, Toronto, Ontario

Tickets: SOLD OUT!

Moderated by Rob Campbell of Smojoe, Search and Social Rank Symposium Five stars Brian Rotsztein, Jennifer Balogh and Geoff Whitlock.

Rob Campbell will Moderate, and discuss Memeweaving.  Campbell is a renown content marketing for SEO blogger and personality in Toronto who is known for using weird tactics to help clients gain page one rankings.  Rob will start and end the night’s discussions and set Speakers on a course to  explore the tools, tips and tactics found at the intersection of SEO and SMM.

Rob will discuss his latest ebook, Contest Journalism and how to do get a huge SEO lift using web contests, as a contest expert in a fifteen minute presentation entitled, “How to use web contests to rank 1st on Google!”   Rob’s presentation is funny and interesting – he uses real life examples to show how simple matches have helped sponsors build brand recognition on social networks, and rank #1 for common search terms on Google.

Jennifer Balogh is an email marketing wizard, and Senior Director, Account Management and Strategy at Vigorate Digital Solutions. She’ll speak on “Email Marketing in a Social World” which is set to explain, humourously or otherwise, why your company’s marketing department should still be using digital marketers and not falling for all this social media baloney. No actually, that’s probably not what she’s going to be talking about. but rather more like  how social media has impacted and improved email marketing systems.  In her eight years on the job, Jennifer has seen email marketing grow in many directions, and yet her vast experience is packed full of secrets and advanced solutions ; when you see the way she does her email newsletters it might change how you execute your next campaign.

Nikki Fotheringham writes a popular eco friendly blog Green Moxie and is set to share “Five Secrets To Brand Storytelling”.  Nikki Fotheringham, by being personable and using her God given natural social media marketing super powers, has built quite a following of readers and fans on Facebook and Twitter.  The reason why is simple – she creates high quality content and is an advanced internet storytelling. Nikki is going to take fifteen minutes and present five slides to show us how she grew her little blog into a widely read (green) monster.

Brian Rotsztein is the travel weary President of the Canadian Internet Marketing Association, and CEO of Uniseo Montreal SEO & Internet Marketing Agency serving English and French speaking Quebec as well as a popular blogger at Purposive.  Brian has been engaged in web marketing since 1997.  He has authored the books “SEO for 2012”, and “Content Marketing Ideas: 200+ Tips for Your SEO and Social Media Strategy” which are available at Rotsztein.com.  Brian will be speaking about “How to Use Web Videos to Increase Ranking and Conversions”.  Mr. Rotsztein frequently speaks at large conferences like WordCamp, PodCamp, Social Media Breakfast, and others across Canada and the US.

Geoff Whitlock, CEO of Content Marketing Agency will show a couple of amazing little videos and talk around them – hewill discuss the “Inter dimensional relationship between Paid Media, Owned Media and Earned Media” and share real life examples of how he delivers value to brands by executing or erecting creative scaffolding that become story filled monuments to his three different approaches to digital marketing.  Geoff will share his POEMS, Paid, Earned and Owned Media on the Web.

#SSRS5 on Twitter , follow Rob Campbell @Roberrific and @VigorateDigital @CityEvents, @brianrotsztein @ShepDaddy @GreenMoxie @Geoffness

 

For more information: www.searchandsocialrank.com or our host www.jib.ca

Planned by Toronto Event Planners CityEvents

Marche Restaurant

If you are looking for a place which offers an original decor and fresh food, for large drop up or planned groups, then your research can stop here we have a suggestion for you!

Located under the famous Calatrava glass rooftop (at 42 Yonge Street), Marche restaurant is operated by a Swiss Company and offers a wide range of international food, freshly prepared in front of the guest. Enjoy a variety of delicious treats such as freshly-caught seafood, sushi, rosti, home-made pizzas and pastas and a large selection of bread and delicious pastries from their natural bakery!

More than great food, this is also the beauty of the place which catch the eye. The place is light, huge and modern thanks the glass rooftop, the inside reminds the atmosphere of the markets, lively, with great smells and the view of all those fresh products. Also, as this is a Swiss company, you can seat in a Swiss chalet decor, or in French restaurant ‘decor. With Marche restaurant no need to take the plane to travel and taste new specialties!

Marche Restaurant is the perfect place for group events and a popular Toronto event venue, with its large space it can welcome more than 500 guests throughout decorated dining room, including signature private areas and 2 indoors patios! Moreover, it ideally situated, close to many touristic attractions such as the Hockey Hall of Fame, Sony Centre, Rogers Centre, Air Canada Centre, and more.

The restaurant is one of a small few open 365 days a year.  From breakfast 7:30 am until 11:00 pm, and until 1:00 am the Friday & Saturday, and was voted Best Group Function Restaurant in 2012.

Get more information on their website, like their Facebook page and follow them @Marche_TO

Cheesewerks

On Monday August 12^th, CityEvents was invited to participate to a media preview of a brand new culinary and entertaining partnership and cool new Toronto food stop.

The culinary adventure experience & Cheesewerks join forces to create an innovative culinary program all about cheese. The partnership is all about bringing food and cheese lovers together for a series of food experiences.

About the 2 companies:

Cheesewerks is Canada’s only restaurant that place cheese and artisan product at the centre of  every meal.

The Culinary Adventure Company is the only Toronto’s only chef owned and operate food tour and gourmet experience company. Awarded Ontario Culinary Tourism Experience Award from the Ontario Culinary Tourism Alliance in 2012.

The signature event coming out of this partnership is called FLIX + PIX+ PLATES. A new food, film photography and digital media experience to enjoy a unique night featuring films films food photography and others food sources.

Launching September 17^th, Chef Scott Savoie (The Culinary Adventure Company) and Big Cheese Kevin Durkee (Cheesewerks) are designing a full event night around “Fried Green Tomatoes”.

Once a month (Every 3^rd Thursday) the 2 chefs will be pairing food and drinks around classic movies to end up with a 5 course meal and drink for $65 + HST per person (or $120 per couple). Hosted at Cheesewers the guest will enjoy food around Ghostbuster in October and JFK in November.

This new creative event is not the only venture coming out of the reunion of the 2 companies. The created a full calendar of unique cheese inspired culinary experiences featuring Canadian cheese and local Torontonian producers.

Cheese + cheers ( Sunday School Series)

A 3 hour afternoon class to learn how to pair and appreciate the best Artisan cheese, craft beer, wine, spirit and drinks. $49 + HST per person On September 22

Urban Ale + Cheese Trail

A full day of discovery across the GTA hop on a bus to go meet craft brew master and cheese producers and end the day at Cheesewerks for a dinning and tasting experience. $125 + HST per person. Date TBD.

Melt the Market

Discover Canadian cheese in the #1 Food market in the world: Saint Lawrence Market. Go shop with Chef Scott (The culinary adventure company) and meet up with Big Cheese Kevin (Cheesewerks) to learn how to melt your purchase into Fondue, Raclette…  Sept 27.

For more information on these amazing culinary experience go to www.culinaryadvendureco.com or www.cheesewerks.com.

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