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Early Boat Move-In has started for the 2024 Toronto International Boat Show! 

We look forward to seeing all Exhibitors soon, at your designated move-in day and time.

This will be our last “Pre-Show Newsletter,” with a handful of important items for you to know in advance. 

Daily editions of the Exhibitor Newsletter will be delivered to your mail boxes on Show Days, please let us know if we need to include additional members of your onsite team to receive them.

We strongly encourage everyone to review the Exhibitor Kit thoroughly, and to ensure your Move In and Show Execution teams are familiar with everything related to Move In and Show Rules and Regulations and are prepared to adhere to safety procedures outlined in the Exhibitor Kit https://torontoboatshow.com/exhibitors/kit/

We are SO EXCITED and READY to welcome everyone back together at North America's Largest Indoor Boat Show and are looking forward to a successful event!

TIBS Show Office at Enercare Centre is fully operational from Monday, January 15th.

If you need any assistance, please reach out to us either directly, through our Floor Managers or the Show Office, in Salon 103 or call: 905-951-0009

There are over 500 Exhibitors and 440 Seminars, plus 70 hours of on the water activity on the World’s Largest Indoor Lake! Please share our posts from the Show’s social media accounts, to help let your attendees know what’s happening. @TorontoBoatShow

Safe travels and we look forward to welcoming you in person to Canada’s Official Boating Event of the Year and North America’s Largest Indoor Boat Show!

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Follow us on Social Media and Share with Your Audiences.

The Toronto Boat Show Team

Order your parking pass on-line before midnight January 14^th.



No Exhibitor Passes will be sold online or during move-in after the deadline. Buy Now & save. There are no exceptions whatsoever from the venue to extend the deadline for any parking passes.

This is administrated by the City of Toronto/ Green P lot program. Extensions are not obtainable.

Please note Parking Passes are not required. You may pay daily rates ( $18/$21) at the venue if a parking pass for the full show in not desired.

•  10-Day Pass $140 - Surface Pass
• · 10-Day Pass $180 - Underground Pass

Please note Parking services at Enercare are cashless.

CLICK HERE TO ORDER PARKING PASS



CLICK HERE TO VIEW SHOW DAYS PARKING MAP

Central Exhibitor Services order desk is open from Monday, January 15^th beside Salon 106 (in the galleria Hall B) to help you with:

-         Banners/ signage

-         Internet

-         Telecommunications

-         Housekeeping

-         Electrical 

Email: exhibitorservices@explace.on.ca

Phone number during desk hours of operations 416-263-3064

Duty phone number 416-320-0856 (after hours only)

CLICK HERE FOR THE MAP AND WORKING HOURS

BOAT SPACE EXHIBITORS have access to the Advance Holding Area (Lot 852) to pre-stage and wash boats.

EMPTY TRAILERS after move-in may not remain in this lot. If they do, they will be towed. The floor manager in the staging trailer will direct you to the appropriate storage lot.

Exhibitors can store empty non-fuel trailers in the area marked in blue on the plan from January 12 to January 30th if required.

COTTAGE COUNTRY & MARINER'S MARKETPLACE EXHIBITORS check-in at the staging trailer Wednesday January 17th & Thursday January 18th between 8:00am and 5:00pm if you wish to drive your vehicle right up to your booth space. The person in the staging trailer will issue you a move-in card required to enter the show floor.

• You will be routed to the loading dock/door closest to your booth for entry into the venue.
• Forklifts will be available on-site (see fork-lift order desk in Main Hall when you arrive)
• Hand Dollies available to sign out from Show Office (exchange for ID)

Any smaller space exhibitors not requiring driving their vehicle to their booth location, may park in Surface or Underground Exhibitor Parking lots free of charge on Move In days.

Please have your move in teams and contractors familiarize themselves with Health & Safety Regulations for Move-In.

CLICK HERE FOR THE PRINTABLE MOVE IN MAP

IMPORTANT NOTE: Partial Manitoba Road Closures and Parking Lot Under Construction

Due to construction under the Gardiner Expressway for the new Ontario Line Subway, Parking under the Gardiner Expressway and a part of Manitoba drive west of the Food Buildings and BMO Field is fully closed for transport access during Move in/out and Show days.

If you are arriving from west side in order to get to the move-in doors of East Annex and Industry Building please drive via BMO Field on Nunavut Road and Nova Scotia Avenue to reach the open section of Manitoba Drive for move in/ move out and loading/offloading.

During move-in, large bins will be placed around the halls for disposal. Please use them to keep the floor safe. 

We encourage exhibitors to remove their own shrink-wrap, skids, and leftover wood from the Enercare Centre.

The show is charged for garbage removal from the floor, and your efforts during move-out can help keep space costs down.

A limited number of hotel rooms are STILL AVAILABLE at the reduced Boat Show rate at the Sheraton, Westin and Chelsea on certain nights:

• Chelsea – availability on all nights

• Sheraton – not available for the nights of January 20, 21, 22

• Westin – not available for the nights of night of January 15, 24, 25, 26

Please contact any of the hotels for availability and request the Toronto Boat Show rate.

During the show dates, there will be shuttle buses that run from 2 of the hotels: Sheraton Centre and Westin Harbour Castle.

Bus Pass needs to be shown to the driver each time you ride the bus. The Bus Pass will be issued when you check in at the Sheraton and Westin.

Shuttle Bus Stop is located on Princess Boulevard all Hall B entrance.

Bus schedules will be available at the front desk at Westin and Sheraton, as well as at the Hall B Bus stop entrance in the Galleria Lobby.

The Official Show Guide for the Official Toronto International Boat Show is Ready!

CLICK HERE TO VIEW SHOW GUIDE

Thanks to Canadian Boating for a fantastic job on this valuable tool to help connect attendees and exhibitors!

Looking something to eat or drink during Move In ? 

'Butcher & Bounty' concession by the entrance to Hall A, right beside the Show office will be open with fresh Starbucks coffee & drinks, baked goods, wraps, burgers, hot dogs, vegan bowls, daily soup and selection of baked goods and snacks:

MOVE IN Concession Hours:

Monday January 15 - Thursday January 18, 7:30 am - 2 pm

SHOW DAYS Concessions, Food Trucks, Food stations and Bars

Friday January 19 - Sunday January 28th

Liberty Coffee ( Hall B) - from 9 am daily

Great news! Pizza Pizza is back for the Show Days – located in the Swing Space, right in the middle of the show – hallway between Heritage Court and Mariner’s Marketplace - from 11:00 am daily

Butcher & Bounty (Hall A) & Grass Roots Burger (Hall C) from 11:00 am daily

Food Truck Zone ( Hall D) - from 11:00 am daily

Food Truck Court (Mariner's Marketplace) from 11:00 am daily

Muskoka Bar and Food ( Cottage Country) from 11:00 am daily

Please note that Exhibition Place & Enercare Centre are a Cashless facility.



For Parking, Food & Beverage the venue accepts most: Credit & Debit Cards, Apple and Google Pay services.

If any attendees bring to your attention that they don't have a debit or credit card and only have cash - Please direct them to the show office where they can purchase a Visa Gift Card.

Food and beverage vending machines will accept Visa Gift Cards.

If you are planning to load/ unload during the show days at East Annex and Industry Building on Manitoba Drive please plan ahead:

• Unloading at back doors is possible 2 hours before the show opening times and after the show closing times. Maximum grace period is 30 minutes.
• Please make sure someone stays with the car or truck all times to avoid unnecessary fines and being towed. 

A reminder that unauthorized vehicles on Manitoba Drive and in the east and west loading docks during show hours will be tagged and possibly towed if left unattended during show hours.

The parking fines have increased by the city of Toronto to $75 dollars per parking ticket. Plan ahead and please take precautions to avoid paying fines.

The Show will have perimeter guard service operated by West Egg Security in the facility during move-in/move-out and show days. You are reminded, however, that the primary responsibility for safeguarding your display, your merchandise and your personal belonging is yours.

Click Here to View Security Guidelines  

Exhibition Place has a security surveillance system throughout the buildings designed for the protection of the facility and not individual exhibit spaces. Some Enercare security cameras have been updated in Galleria, Hall D. Halls A, B, C and Industry Building and East Annex security cameras are planned for upgrades in the coming year.

Some exhibitors at other shows at the Enercare centre have reported using own portable surveillance systems (pet/ home cams) at their booths for extra safety precautions and it proved resourceful.

For example, exhibitors might consider inexpensive systems like Lorex Wi-Fi Security Camera Sensor kit with hard drive recording from Costco at $199.99

Lorex 2K Spotlight Wi-Fi Security Camera Plus Sensor Kit | Costco

If you concerned that articles may disappear during the show move in and after the show closes each night and additional resource for security of products is renting a security cage from Lange ( 6'high X 5' Long X 2 1/2' wide)

Click Here for Security Cage Order Form 

There is still some limited availability to join your industry colleagues at The annual NMMA Canada State of the Industry Breakfast held at the TIBS on

Tuesday, January 23 from 8:30 am–11 am

at the Beanfield Centre.

Learn about current trends in the recreational boating industry. Speakers include NMMA President Frank Hugelmeyer and Boating Industry Canada editor Andy Adams, with a keynote address by Wells Fargo economist Nick Bennenbroek.

The induction ceremony for the 2023 NMMA Canada Hall of Fame award will close out the morning.   

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR NMMA BREAKFAST AT TIBS

Order Booth Décor CLICK HERE

Carpet, Furniture (chairs, tables), Labour, Modular exhibits, Plants & Signage

Order Electrical & Lighting CLICK HERE

Electric connection needs by ordered from Showtech for every booth!

Order Parking Passes by January 14th  CLICK HERE.

To secure parking at the Enercare Centre, Exhibition Place for the duration of the show order your parking pass on-line before Sunday, January 14th at midnight. This means no online orders after Sunday, January 14th at midnight, and no on-site orders.

Order Enercare Services CLICK HERE

Booth Cleaning, Catering Menu, Internet, Parking Pass, Signage Installation & Telecoms

It is unfortunate but a reality that fraudulent phone calls and emails to exhibitors happen with misleading information and suspicious inquires and offers to purchase data from individuals claiming to represent the Toronto Boat Show or have access to Toronto Boat show consumer database.

These annoying calls happen to almost every major trade and consumer show in North America.

Please be mindful and cautious about giving information or ordering services from a person who is not your contact at the show. If in doubt, please give us a call 905-951-0009 before providing any information.