It is the utmost pleasure of Mercury publications to support the efforts put forward by Jason Cheskes and Above the Line Solutions, to host tremendous Canadian Hotel Leadership Dinners for well over the last decade. These dinners have become a unique Canadian hotel industry tradition of hosting varied hotel professionals in a casual social environment where building and strengthening relationships across the industry is facilitated. We are thrilled be part of these initiatives and providing support with a photographer at each to capture the events. Our great thanks on behalf of the hotel industry, to Jason for his tireless efforts and creating these fantastic events tied to the timing of key industry conferences.- Frank Yeo, Publisher, Mercury Publications.
In March, 60 hotel leaders gathered for the Hotel Association of Canada’s “Welcome Back” Canadian Hotel Leadership dinner held following the HAC conference’s opening reception at the newly reopened Keg Toronto Airport, and recognizing the conference’s return to the Toronto area.
This year’s attendees included representatives from the HAC, Wyndham, Coast, Marriott, Travelodge, Realstar, Bayview Hospitality, Silver Hotels, IHG, Diamond Hotels, Aimmbridge, Synvest, Crown, Superior Lodging, Choice, Best Western, ZS Holdings, ORHMA, Vrancor, Holloway, Accor, Pomeroy, the Gupta Group, SilverBirch, Sandman, MasterBuilt, LHM, Oxford, and Listel Hotels.
Sponsors for the event included Foodbuy, Ecolab, Imperial Dade, RHB, LOC International, Moby TV, Eden Textiles, and Nerval.
Upcoming 2026 Canadian VIP Hotel Leadership Dinners are being held April 28th following the CHIC conference, and October 29th following WCLC.
Photos from the HAC Conference Opening Reception, March 4, 2026. Photography by Phillip Chin, Photographer at Large.