TIAO is happy to announce the first round of finalists for this year's Ontario Tourism Awards!
The Tourism Industry Awards of Excellence are presented to organizations, businesses and individuals that represent the quality of offerings that make Ontario a destination of choice—innovations, events, employers and the tourism champions who make it all possible.
Award winners will be announced on November 7 at the Ontario Tourism Summit in Niagara Falls.
Tourism Innovator of the Year
Escape Manor & Diefenbunker Museum — Escape the Diefenbunker
Great Spirit Circle Trail — Authentic Indigenous Cultural Tours
Waterloo Warbirds
Tourism Event of the Year
Lumina Borealis
Kingsville Folk Music Festival
2016 World Cup of Hockey
Tourism Champion of the Year
Adriano Ciotoli
Deb Dalziel
Patti Kendall
Tourism Employer of the Year
Tourism Toronto
Caesars Windsor
Chelsea Hotel Toronto
Sustainable Tourism Award
Taste Real Local Food Fest
Spirit Tree Estate Cidery
Yours Outdoors
Accessible Tourism Award
Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada
Ontario Science Centre
Kingsville Folk Music Festival
Finalists for the Culinary Tourism Awards of Excellence and Tourism Marketing & Travel media Awards of Excellence will be announced in the coming weeks. Stay tuned! Voting for Ontario's Choice Awards is open until October 5.
The Ontario Tourism Awards of Excellence are a celebration of success and recognize those who have made outstanding contributions to Ontario’s tourism industry. Awards are jointly presented by the Tourism Industry Association of Ontario, the Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership Corporation, the Culinary Tourism Alliance and Attractions Ontario across four respective categories: the Tourism Industry Awards of Excellence (TIAO); the Tourism Marketing & Travel Media Awards of Excellence (OTMPC); the Culinary Tourism Awards of Excellence (CTA); and Ontario's Choice Awards (Attractions Ontario).
Thank You to The Globe and Mail for Sponsoring the Tourism Industry Awards of Excellence