Coming Events

• May 27–28: 12th Annual Canadian Hotel Investment Conference, Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel and Hilton Toronto Hotel. Phone: 416-924-2002 ext 229 or 866-887-4453. Fax 416-961-7737. E-mail: orieberlasso@bigpictureconferences.ca. Website: www.hotelinvest.ca
• May 28: Friends of We Care Superstars Charity Golf Classic. Fundraiser to send Easter Seals kids to camp. Phone: 905-841-1223. Fax: 905-841-1175. E-mail: erogers@friendsofwecare.org. Website: www.friendsofwecare.org.
• June 3: Annual ViniPortugal Grand Tasting, Toronto. Contact: William Delgado. Phone: 416-921-4925. E-Mail: william.delgado@portugalglobal.pt. Website: www.portugalglobal.pt or www.visitportugal.com.
• June 6: Annual LCBO charity barbecue for Camp Oochigaes. LCBO store 217 parking lot, 2 Cooper St., Toronto. Contact Paul LaRose. Phone: 416-864-6777. E-mail: paul.larose@lcbo.com.
• June 8: Toronto Taste, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre Toronto. Annual fundraiser for Second Harvest, the charity that feeds the hungry. Phone: 416-408-2594. Fax: 416-408-2598. E-mail: email@secondharvest.ca. Website: www.secondharvest.ca.
• June 8-10, 2008: Atlantic Canada Wine Symposium, Old Orchard Inn, Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia. Every four years the Winery Association and the Grape Growers Association of Nova Scotia host the Atlantic Canadian Wine Symposium. Confirmed speakers include Tony Aspler, Dr. Tom Schultz and Raphaël Brisbois. For more information, contact Joanne Moran at (902)847-0577 or e-mail ggans@ns.sympatico.ca. Website: www.winesofnovascotia.ca.
  
• June 9–17 Niagara Wine Festival, Niagara-on-the-Lake. Phone: 905-688-0212. Fax: 905-688-2570. E-mail: vidal@niagarawinefestival.com. Website: www.grapeandwine.com.
• June 10: Pizza Nova 13th Annual Charity Golf Tourament, Station Creek Golf Club, Kleinburg. In support of Villa Charities. Phone: 416-439-0051. Fax: 416-299-3558.
• June 13–15: 2007 Niagara Wine Weekend & Auction, Niagara-on-the-Lake. In support of the SickKids Foundation and the St. Catharines General Hospital Foundation. Contact Bryant Kerrison. Phone: 866-946-3593.. E-mail: registration@emc2events.com. Website: www.niagarawineauction.com.
• June 17: “Sip Ontario”, Fermentation Cellar, Distillery District, Toronto. Ontario Wine Awards consumer tasting featuring medal-winning wines.  Contact Sandy Kurbis. Phone: 416-398-3335 ext. 2. E-mail: tickets@forefrontcom.com. Website: www.ontariowineawards.ca.
• June 18-22, 2008: The 34th Canadian Association of Food Professionals conference is in Antigonish, NS at St. Francis Xavier University. With the theme, ‘Wind in Your Sails’, the conference combines educational sessions with social and networking opportunities. Visit www.cafp.com for details.
• July 9-12: National Association of College and University Food Service (NACUFS) National Conference, Washington, DC. Also trade show.  Phone: 517-332-2494. Fax: 517-332-8144. Website: www.nacufs.org.
• July 22: 9th Annual Mandarin Charity Invitational Golf Tournament, Lionhead Golf Club, Brampton. Contact: Peter Cheng. Phone: 905-451-4100. Fax: 905-456-3411.
• July 30-Aug. 2: I-CHRIE annual conference and exposition, Renaissance Waverly, Atlanta, GA. Phone: 804-346-4800. Fax: 804-346-5009. Email: webmaster@chrie.org. Website: www.chrie.org.
• Aug. 23-25: Western Foodservice & Hospitality Expo 2008, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA. 800-840-5612 or contact Ron Mathews. Phone: 203-840-5556.  Fax: 203-840-9556. E-mail: rmathews@reedexpo.com. Website: www.westernfoodexpo.com.
• Sept. 14–16: PEI Shellfish Festival, Charlottetown PEI. 866-955-2003. Email: requests@walkandsearchcharlottetown.com. Website: www.peishellfish.com.
• Sept. 17-19: MAFSI Annual Conference, Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, Tucson, AZ. Phone: 770-433-9844, fax: 770-433-2450. E-mail: info@mafsi.org. Website: www.mafsi.org.
• Sept. 28–Oct. 1: Hogatec, Dûsseldorf, Germany. International trade fair for hotels, gastronomy and catering. Phone: 49-0-211-4560-01. Fax: 49-0-211-4560-668. E-mail: info@messe-dusseldorf.de. Website: www.messe-duesseldorf.de.
• Sept. 30-Oct. 5: Fall Flavours, Prince Edward Island. Organized by Tourism Charlottetown, Fall Flavours promotes PEI culinary tourism beyond the dining experience to include a variety of agri-tourism and agri-food activities. Hosted by chef Michael Smith. Phone: 800-955-1864. E-mail: info@walkandseacharlottetown.com. Website: www.fallflavours.ca.
  
• Oct. 15-17: The 2008 Travel and Tourism Research Association (TTRA) Canada Chapter conference, Hotel Grand Pacific, Victoria, BC.,  www.ttracanada.ca/en/conferences-events/canada_conference.html.
• Oct. 16-18: Foodservice Consultants Society International Worldwide Conference, Beijing, China. Phone: 502-583-3783. Fax: 502-589-3602. E-mail: fcsi@fcsi.org. Website: www.fcsi.org/conf2007.html.
• Oct. 21-22: Canadian Coffee & Tea Show, Palais des Congrès de Montréal, Montreal, QC. Contact Michael Cronin. Phone:  416-504-0504 ext. 114. E-mail: mcronin@fulcrum.ca. Website: www.coffeeteachow.ca.
• Nov. 17-19: 7th Annual Tourism HR Forum, The Fairmont Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB. Various executives and trainers from the tourism industry gather together to discuss HR Issues. Organized by the Canadian Tourism Human Resource Council. Phone: 613-231-6949. Fax: 613-231-6853. E-mail: hrforum@cthrc.ca. Website: www.cthrc.ca.
• Nov. 23-25: Total Industry, Total Performance, BC Hospitality Industry Conference and Exposition, Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre and Fairmont Waterfront Hotel. Exposition contact: Cindy Lemaire, 604-736-3118. E-mail: info@hospitality-trade.com. Conference contact: Nora Cumming, 250-382-3303 x204. E-mail: conferencemanager@hospitality-trade.com.  Website: www.hospitality-trade.com.