Modern events are more than just a single space rented for a set period. Your guests want to be engaged with inspirational settings, great food and fun activities. While every room at Vantage more than fulfills those first two desires, to help with the third we are actively collaborating with select proprietors around the city to provide your group with a bespoke and thoroughly enjoyable half-day, full-day or multi-day itinerary. Learn more about our venue partners by reading below or contact our events team and let us help plan your schedule of events.
Play The Game
Lob
Great for team building, fundraisers, client entertainment, product launches and festive parties.
Play.Eat.Drink
High functioning teams are hard to build. And let’s face it, team building can be awkward. You know what we’re talking about. Forced conversations, highly skilled athletes dominating any sort of game and venues that are so big and offer so many activities that nobody stays together.
That’s where Lob comes in. It’s a new game specifically designed to bring people together through play. It’s challenging, with zero learning curve, so anyone can play, and everyone has a blast. Imagine a game that has the power to break down walls and start conversations.
Lob has been listed as a BlogTO “Top 10 great ideas for corporate events and after-work social functions in Toronto”!
Virtual Team Building
& Parties
Consider us your one-stop-shop for party in a box. We know how hard it is to pull off an engaging social or team building event at the best of times, so when it’s a social-distanced, #wfh event – well, that can be enough to drive anyone to drink. And that’s where we come in…
Book your virtual wine and cheese workshop, and we’ll take care of everything. We ship your guests an expertly curated, safely assembled, Instagram-worthy wine, cheese and charcuterie kit. Featuring premium, local wines and artisan cheeses and meats, you’ll be spreading some love to support local business.
Sommelier Erin Henderson, founder of The Wine Sisters, and a regular guest expert on CTV’s ‘The Social’ and ‘Your Morning’, along with Vantage Venues’ Executive Chef Kyle McClure will lead you in a fun and interactive class. They’ll teach you how to put together a stylish cheeseboard, and the perfect wines to pair.
Team Building & Celebrating
Wine Tasting
Wine, Whisky,
& Cocktail
Tasting Experiences
A great addition to any corporate meeting, networking event, party or social gathering. From plated tasting menus to unique wine stations, we can customize any tasting to reflect the theme of your event.
End your day or break it up with The Wine Sisters‘ hilarious, informative, and engaging sommeliers and indulge in perfectly paired creations by Executive Chef Kyle.
Wine School
Wine School was created for you! Whether you want to find a great bottle of wine, pair something delicious to Saturday’s dinner, or feel confident when ordering at a restaurant. All workshops are taught by a certified, professional sommelier and are interactive, educational, and welcoming to all levels of wine knowledge. A fantastic starter for the wine newbie, and an insightful brush up for the veteran wine lover.
Located right here at Vantage Venues. Send your team to wine school and build morale. or invite your friends for a fun night out.
P.S. – wine school makes a great gift experience for those hard to buy for people in your life. You know who we’re talking about!
But don’t take it from us! Here’s what survey results show from our past students:
85% would recommend our wine workshops to a friend
92% learned more about wine
96% were (very) happy
with the workshop
The King York
Terrace and Lounge
Through our partnership with IQ Venues, we are pleased to offer receptions on their patio at 150 King Street West. The King York Terrace has 2000 sq. ft of indoor space, and 5000 sq. ft. of outdoor landscaped terrace. Located in the heart of downtown, this venue is easily accessible by public transit, and surrounded by plenty of parking. The contemporary and clean design features exposed 18-foot ceilings, a custom canopy, concrete columns, and expansive windows.
Indoor Standing Capacity: 220
Outdoor Standing Capacity: 350
PARTNERS
For more than 21 years, the Lazaridis MBA and Vantage Venues have been partners in offering the prestigious Lazaridis MBA degree in a world-class setting in downtown Toronto.
The Lazaridis MBA is delivered part-time on alternating weekends. Candidates attend classes Friday night from 7pm to 9:30pm, and all day Saturday from 8:15am to 5:15pm. Sunday is free as well as the summer months of July and August.
This schedule allows candidates to pursue the MBA degree on a part-time basis, while enabling them to continue to pursue a fulfilling personal and professional life. It is the best part-time MBA schedule in all of Canada.
Each year new Lazaridis MBA candidates are enrolled in one of Wilfrid Laurier University´s six part-time programs at the Vantage Venues Campus. Laurier´s devotion to diversity is demonstrated with its equal proportions of both female and male candidates, who represent a wide variety of industry and experiential backgrounds as well as adding significantly to the enrichment of the Lazaridis MBA classroom experience.
Vantage Venues is home to five part-time alternate weekend Lazaridis MBA Degree program options. The comprehensive full-content MBA, the MBA with the CPA Designation, the double degree: The MBA and the Master of Finance, the Accelerated MBA for qualified candidates and the part-time alternate weekend Master of Finance degree. For more information please visit the Lazaridis MBA site or the Toronto part-time alternate weekend program page, the Toronto part-time accelerated program page, or the Toronto MBA+MFin page.
Become Our
Partner
With decades of experience in meeting and reception planning combined with our two onsite kitchens and a vast array of state-of-the-art technology stored in-house, we can assist in outsourcing any or all of these core operations so that you can focus on what you do best.
WE CAN PROVIDE OPERATIONAL SUPPORT FOR:
- Menu planning and food preparations
- Catering and banqueting
- Staffing, employee recruitment and training
- Audio-visual setups and productions
- Financial modeling
- Strategic venue marketing and promotions
As Toronto’s premier Venue for Conferences & Events, we understand that our clients will hold retreats outside of the city, which we want to help make a success. Vantage Venues has partnered with Living Water Resorts, which is conveniently located less than 2 hours from Toronto, in Collingwood. While we have stunning views of Lake Ontario, Living Water is beautifully positioned on Georgian Bay, making them the perfect Northern destination.
In addition, Vantage Venues and Living Water Resorts exchange thoughts and ideas around how to deliver exceptional customer experiences. Hospitality collaboration is how we ensure we stay on top of trends and keep our skills sharp.