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Time Zone Passport Requirements Calgary, Alberta is on MST Visitors to Canada require a valid passport. (Mountain Standard Time) For information on visa requirements visit Canada Border Services Agency: cbsa-asfc.gc.ca CALGARY AT A GLANCE HOTEL & VENUES
Calgary is home to world-class accommodations, with over 13,000 guest rooms, there’s Alberta is the only province in +15 Calgary’s +15 Skywalk system Canada without a provincial sales Skywalk is the world’s largest indoor, something for every budget and preference. Meetings + Conventions Calgary partners with tax (PST). The Government of pedestrian pathway network. The Calgary’s hotels and venues to provide event planners with direct access to suppliers without the added step of connecting with each facility individually. Canada charges five per cent goods weather-protected walkways are and services tax (GST) on most about 15 feet above the ground purchases. level and run for a total of 11 miles. Calgary TELUS The +15 links Calgary’s downtown Convention Centre Bring your shades. Calgary gets a connecting shops, restaurants and Canada’s first purpose-built, lot of sunshine, about 2,400 hours offices. full-service convention centre, a year, making it the sunniest major the Calgary TELUS Convention city in Canada. There are plenty Four UNESCO World Heritage Centre (CTCC) has 122,000 sq. of ways to enjoy the sun from sites are within 2.5 hours of ft. of dedicated convention space, enjoying a drink on a patio to Calgary: Head west to the some 47,000 sq. ft. of exhibit exploring the city’s abundant Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks space, five pre-function areas and green spaces and paths. or northeast to Dinosaur Provincial 36 meeting rooms. Park and the Canadian Badlands. Warm winds, called Chinooks, blow Whether you drive to one or make A hub for local, national and international conventions, congresses, meetings and events, it in from the west and raise the time to see all, Alberta’s natural is an integral part of the city centre. Each year, thousands of people visit the CTCC as well as temperature, turning winter into landscape is sure to impress. nearby shops, restaurants, businesses, services and attractions. The facilities connect to three spring, by as much as 15 degrees, in four-star hotels: the Hyatt Regency Calgary, the Fairmont Palliser Calgary and the Calgary just a few hours. Calgary has the highest Marriott Downtown Hotel. concentration of corporate head Calgary Stampede, the “Greatest offices in the country – it’s the BMO Centre Calgary Outdoor Show on Earth” is 10 same with small- and medium- Stampede Park days of action packed rodeo, music, sized businesses too. Calgary The largest and most food, excitement and good old has historically been the home versatile venue in Calgary, fashioned western hospitality. to major oil and gas producers but the list of companies the BMO Centre is 265,000 The Calgary Stampede has been sq ft – more than six football going strong for more than 100 headquartered in the city extends well beyond energy. fields. The unique space years and attracts more than one offers tremendous flexibility, million visitors every July, making modern technical systems it the highest grossing festival in and meets the highest safety Canada. and environmental standards. The Calgary Stampede meetings and convention team of more than 100 professionals believe that each client is unique and deserves personal attention with superb service. Dedicated staff, from caterers to A/V technicians, have decades of experience in creating memorable events. They coordinate and execute every last detail, create themes, provide the décor and lighting, organize the entertainment, liaise with suppliers, and deliver world-class dining experiences. UNIQUE CALGARY OFFSITES
The Calgary Zoo offers a wide choice of unique venues and creative cuisine prepared by the Zoo’s chefs – wild animals too. Where else can you watch wildlife while on a 10-minute coffee break? Sometimes a natural environment helps to simulate fresh ideas and innovative thinking. Your audience might just get extra inspired to participate while you’re presenting in a new environment. www.calgaryzoo.com
Studio Bell is the home to the National Music Centre (NMC), a national cultural Host your event at Heritage Park organization devoted to amplifying a love, sharing, and understanding of music. It is a Historical Village, Canada’s largest living spectacular building with a number of innovative spaces available for events. As well as history museum. Our creative team will work being an architectural wonder, the building is an international hub of music and technology, with you to produce a delightful experience and has NMC’s 2000+ piece collection of artifacts, instruments and music technology, for your guests among the sights, sounds 22,000 square feet of exhibitions devoted to telling the stories of music in Canada, a 300- and adventures of the 1860s fur trading era, seat performance space and recording studios. 1880s rustic settlement and a bustling 1910 nmc.ca railroad town. www.heritagepark.ca
WinSport owns and operates Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, AB., the Bill Warren Training Host a memorable experience and an event that Centre located at the Canmore Nordic Centre sparks at TELUS Spark. Just minutes from and the Beckie Scott High Performance the downtown core and with ample parking, Training Centre on Haig Glacier, AB. It offers TELUS Spark offers an intriguing, unforgettable world-class catering, bright and engaging and versatile venue. It has high capacity rooms, spaces (many with floor to ceiling windows), eye-catching design, full service catering and a large floor plans and ample free parking. comprehensive suite of audio/visual facilities. It also offers unique activities to enhance The venue is ideal for a wide range of functions your experience in both winter and summer, including signature events, cocktail receptions, including skiing and snowboarding, the Acura gala dinners, team builders, intimate meetings, tube park, mini golf or taking a ride down the trade shows, and more. Olympic Bobsleigh track. www.sparkscience.ca www.winsport.ca CALGARY ECONOMIC FOCUS AREAS
Calgary’s entrepreneurial energy is why it hosts the highest head office and small business concentration per capita in Canada. Below are our key industries.
Energy Film & TV Canada has significant petroleum resources and is a worldwide leader in the responsible As Canada’s fourth-largest filming jurisdiction, Calgary boasts award-winning crews and production of energy. The oil and gas industry is the single largest private sector investor in locations. The region benefits from an average of $150 million in film, television and digital Canada. Calgary is a global centre of excellence for all things energy as innovative thinking production each year. Alberta has garnered more Oscar, Golden Globe and Emmy® Award and advances in technology drive the transition to a lower carbon energy supply. nominations than any other jurisdiction in Canada.
Renewable Energy Creative Industries Alberta is responding to the world’s growing demand for affordable, renewable and alternative Calgary’s creative industries sector is more than jobs or products, it’s about the process of energy and Calgary is poised to play a leadership role. The city is well-equipped to support generating new ideas. As intellectual capital and problem solving are tools used across all growth in the renewable energy sector growth through a combination of human, financial, and industries, the notions of creativity and innovation are increasingly being recognized in an environmental resources. interdisciplinary fashion as they intersect with all economic sectors.
Financial Services Real Estate As Western Canada’s head office capital, Calgary is an internationally recognized financial Calgary is a thriving business centre in Western Canada. It’s home to more corporate head centre that serves all aspects of business, drives economic growth and supports prosperity. offices per capita than any city in Canada and has more than 56,000 small and medium Canada has one of the soundest financial systems in the world and Calgary is one of four businesses. About 12,000 people are employed in the city’s real estate sector and there are leading financial centres in the country alongside Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. more than 2,100 real estate businesses.
Technology Transportation & Logistics Calgary has the largest number of technology start-ups per capita in Canada. In 2012 Calgary is the North American hub for the Pacific Northwest by road, rail and air, able to the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector in Calgary had over 630 move products and people in a manner unparalleled elsewhere in the region. The robust business establishments with 25,700 employed. Calgary’s ICT sector is made up of five main transportation and logistics network gives residents and visitors the means to reach and sub-sectors -- Information Technologies, Electronics, Wireless and Telecommunications, enjoy all aspects of life in and around Calgary and Southern Alberta. Geomatics, and Digital Media. Manufacturing Agribusiness Calgary has a dynamic manufacturing sector comprising a variety of consumer and industrial Alberta is the third largest exporter of agri-food products in Canada and Calgary has emerged products. There are about 49,600 people employed in the manufacturing sector in Calgary as a centre for agribusiness. Alberta’s ideal for growing crops like grains and oilseeds and and 1,636 business establishments. In 2016, the total GDP from the manufacturing sector raising livestock. Agri-foods accounted for more than 20 per cent of total manufacturing in was listed at just over $5.9 million (Statistics Canada). Alberta in 2015 and products are exported to 140 countries. PRE AND POST ACTIVITIES GOOD EATS AND BREWS
Drumheller & The Badlands
Departing from Calgary east into the endless golden prairies, the fertile land suddenly drops away into a strange and stark moonscape of weird striped hills and otherworldly rock formations – The Badlands. View the impressive Horseshoe Canyon and learn about the geology, history, and native plants and animals at the Interpretive Centre. Next is the town of Drumheller, the Dinosaur Capital of the World, and a visit to the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology. www.canadatravelsolution.com
Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, a UNESCO World Heritage Site south of Calgary, is where Blackfoot hunted buffalo for 6,000 years. Get a feel for the old west at Fort Macleod, founded as a Northwest Calgary Dining Scene Mounted Police barracks in 1892. Back in Calgary, visit Heritage Park and experience the 1860s With award-winning, ambitious and creative through to the 1950s. canadatravelsolution.com chefs and restauranteurs, Calgary’s dining scene is developing a well-deserved international reputation for serving up inspired, innovative and delicious menus. From new and exciting restaurants to long Waterton Lakes National Park time staples of the culinary scene, Calgary is an exciting place to eat. Approximately 260 kilometers south of downtown Calgary, rugged, windswept mountains rise abruptly out of gentle prairie grassland in spectacular Waterton Lakes National Park. Here, several different ecological regions meet and interact in a landscape shaped by wind, fire, flooding, and abundant plants and wildlife. The park helps protect the unique and unusually diverse physical, biological and cultural resources found in the Crown of the Continent: one of the Micro-Breweries narrowest places in the Rocky Mountains. banfftours.com Whether named for the old Trolley 5 streetcar, the Tool Shed where it started, or the Village of artists it supports, Calgary has a big and getting bigger microbrewery scene. From the kitschy floral couches at The Canadian Rockies: Banff, Lake Louise + Jasper Cold Garden Beverage Company to the pub The Rockies west of Calgary are stunningly beautiful. at Wild Rose Brewery, there are plenty of Banff, Lake Louise and Jasper all offer adventure and first- places to enjoy a cool one. Alberta’s ideal class amenities--resorts to out-of-the-way retreats—shops growing conditions produce some of the and galleries. Lake Louise is west of Banff and Jasper is a world’s best barley, with Breweries across few hours north on the Icefields Parkway, North America like Lagunitas sourcing this one of the most beautiful drives in the world. key ingredient from Calgary’s backyard. ADDRESS 120 9th Avenue SE Calgary, Alberta Canada T2G 0P3
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