CARICATURE KEEP Alma Art offers caricatures projected onto a screen, drawn live on-site! Your guests can watch their colleagues being caricatured with their sport, brand, profession or claim to fame on the big screen! Plus each guest gets to take their caricature home to frame as a keepsake of your event.

— Alma Roussy, Alma Art

DISCOVER & DECIPHER Looking for a fun and motivational team-bonding challenge? With The Urban Safari, teams embark on two-hour safaris to discover their host city Toronto, Kingston, Niagara Falls, Ottawa, Montreal as they decipher clues and develop competitive strategies all in the great urban outdoors. The end of the Safari is marked by a return to “base camp” (a local eatery) to celebrate.

— Victor Pianosi, The Urban Safari

ENGAGE AN AUDIENCE To create lasting impressions for today’s sophisticated and timestrapped audiences, you need something different. A “salon” approach breaks through, allowing participants to engage with your subject matter, learn, share ideas, and express their individuality. These typically become must-attend events, where relevant subjects are explored in an intimate setting, delivering less flash and far more substance.

— Adrienne Clarke, Attention Span

FOTO FUN A fun, exciting activity for your guests! The Foto Fun Booth is a stylish photo booth created exclusively for special events, with a unique open design, cool graphics, live video capture, real-voice audio instructions, builtin music, and superb photo quality. Great for holiday parties, retail promotions, product launches, fundraisers, conferences and trade shows.

— Hosam Khirala, Foto Fun Booth

GLASS ACT Something fascinating and different: Chandelle Productions’ glass-blower act! This is a unique act for all occasions watch in amazement as our entertaining glass-blower fashions custom items for your guests!

— Harry Tokarz, Chandelle Productions & Promotions

HEALTHY INDULENCE Are your guests concerned about their health and keen on chocolate? Consider Dance in the Rain’s Exquisite Dark Belgian Chocolate Truffles. Your guests will appreciate that they have less than one gram of sugar and twice the protein of traditional truffles, and only two-thirds the calories. Most importantly, they taste absolutely delicious!

— Josephine Vaccaro-Chang, Dance in the Rain Belgian Chocolate Truffles

ICY ALLURE Explore the cool allure of ice. Make magic with stellar tabletop displays of crystal-clear ice: corporate logos, customized ice creations with fresh flowers, candles, even ice-encased objects.

— Ann Bayley, Iceculture

JOYFUL JAMMING League of Rock offers music-based team-building with famous and professional musicians. Teams re-write the lyrics to famous rock songs and those with the most rock spirit and funniest lyrics perform their songs on stage. The collaboration is incredible, participants listen and communicate with each other like they never have before and the songs they write are WOW!

— Terry Moshenberg, League Of Rock

KEEPING KIDS BUSY Are you looking for children’s activities and entertainment for corporate events, picnics and holiday parties? Kids n’ Crafts is your one-stop shop for all your event needs. Our specialty is interactive activities and entertainment run by our trained event crew.

— Julie Brunjes, Kids n’ Crafts

LISTEN & LAUGH Share a few laughs and a little creativity in your own on-location recording session. Create zany infomercials, entertaining radio shows or rewrite songs. This fun activity has a little something for everyone and you can blend in business or training content so your key messages can be heard over and over (and over). Your recordings are professionally mixed after your session and delivered along with a slide show.

— Rob Hanson, Sound Team Building Events

MIND POWER Spice up your event with the power of your own mind! How about a mentalist for stage or strolling entertainment? Everyone gets involved.

— Bob Armstrong, Armstrong Entertainment

NICE NETWORKING Want your delegates to connect and discuss your product? Give each of them something they can wear (a button, or a sticker on their name badge) that will match them up with another attendee. Make sure the item has your logo on it and, when an attendee finds their match, have them come to your booth for a prize. Watch as your attendees connect with others throughout the conference, and awareness of your company increases!

— Shawna Creen, aNd Logistix Inc.

ON THE LAKE Escape the ordinary with Toronto’s premier cruise line. Mariposa Cruises is dedicated to offering outstanding ships with exceptional food and service in a premier location! Choose from charters, brunch and dinner cruises and harbour tours.

— Carol Jolly, Mariposa Cruises

PINK PERIMETER Need event fencing? Grab the attention of passersby with pink fencing from Fast Fence’s new Perimeter PINK program. You get your sturdy, galvanized steel mesh-and-tubing fence panels in an eye-catching colour (same quality, same price as usual) and 10% of your rental fee will be donated to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.

— Allyson Newburg, Fast Fence Inc.

QUÉBEC, UN TI-GOÛT! Distillery District venue A Taste of Quebec offers 1,800 square feet of restored and renovated space ideal for cocktail parties, wine and cheese tastings, media launches and receptions of up to 50 persons, or dinner parties for up to 36. The open kitchen allows for an interactive dining experience with the chefs.

— Kim Maticiw, A Taste of Quebec

RESIST GRAVITY Amaze your audience with a custom show featuring acrobats, aerialists, fire artists, stilts and more! Our extensive roster of professional performers offers full shows, solo and group acts, and site animation using traditional and contemporary circus-style disciplines.

— Eli Chornenki, Zero Gravity Circus

SWANK SCREENINGS Toronto meets Hollywood at the Hazelton Hotel’s Silver Screening Room. For moguls or meetings, presentations or private screenings, you will be sure to impress your guests in this exclusive space.

— Amy Tomes, The Hazelton Hotel

TAROT TIME Wow, pamper, inform and amaze! Tarot readings are always new, different and filled with insights. The future is never out of style everyone always wants to know more.

— Tara Greene, Tara, Tarot Consultant & More

UNIQUE GIFT IDEA After 15 years in business, we wanted to give unique holiday gifts to our clients and suppliers, adding a personal touch and sharing a little bit about our team. We collected our favorite recipes and compiled them into a collection of recipe cards, which we paired with a chic cooking stand. We received rave accolades not only for the gift but especially for the human touch we added with our own recipes. We shared a fun side of us with everyone!

— Dana Zita, CSEP, aNd Logistix Inc.

VERY FINE LOO! Our new Presidential II washroom trailer eliminates the stigma of portable toilets. So now even at the smallest event you can pamper your guests with the finest in luxury washrooms. This compact version of our larger Presidential IV features oak trim and tasteful designer interiors and is fully ventilated, heated and air conditioned. Subtle exterior colours blend in well with natural surroundings.

— Keri Ross, Room to Go

WELCOME WASH-UP Guests love our Bravo hot water sinks. These Electrical Safety Authority approved portable sinks, combined with our antibacterial Sani- Stands, are solving the problem of legislated wash-up facilities at food service events. Great for a quick clean-up at all manner of outdoor events.

— Keri Ross, Room to Go

X-RAY VISION Looking for a great golfthemed prize for your event or fabulous gift for your clients? Visiball Golf Ball Finders are special-purpose eyeglasses that help golfers find lost golf balls. Imagine your company name and logo embroidered or screen-printed on the front of the carrying case, keeping your name where it’s most effective: in front of your clients and prospects.

— Diane Smith, Golf Ball Finders

YUMMY! Everyone loves Tiny Tom Donuts, the familiar CNE treat. Now you can treat your guests to delicious Tiny Tom Donuts, freshly made onsite at your event and served with a choice of tasty sprinkles.

— Tom Brazier, Tiny Tom Donuts

ZOO DAY Say hello to over 5,000 animals, scenic picnic sites, delicious catering options and more at the Toronto Zoo! Plan an event at the Zoo with admission, parking, rides and meals for a really great and unique experience.

— Debbie Forrest, Toronto Zoo