Holiday Luncheon

SAVE THE DATE! The 2024 Holiday Luncheon is scheduled for December 11, 2024 at The International Centre.

Details coming soon.

2023 Holiday Luncheon

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to all those who joined and graciously supported the CAEM’s Annual Holiday Luncheon held on December 14, 2023, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto. With an impressive turnout of over 300 attendees, the festive atmosphere was truly enchanting and resonated with the joyous spirit of the season.

View the 2023 Holiday Luncheon photos here!

And to all who participated, thank you for supporting the Daily Bread Food Bank!

Since 1998, CAEM has been supporting the Daily Bread Food Bank as part of the Holiday Luncheon.  For each one of those years, Lange Transportation & Storage has been the driving force behind this important initiative.

This year CAEM members donated over 6000 pounds of food to the Daily Bread Food Bank bringing our total since 1998 to 290,348 pounds of food!  Thank you to every one of you who participated with your organizations or brought donations to the Holiday Luncheon.

Our top three donating organizations were:

1. The International Centre: 2279 pounds

2. STRONCO: 1182 pounds

3. National Event Management: 431 pounds

2022 Holiday Luncheon

Thank you to all who attended the 2022 CAEM Holiday Luncheon on December 16 at the Toronto Congress Centre.  The event was a true celebration of the resiliency of our industry and a great way to end 2022 while looking forward to 2023.

Thank you to all those who donated to the Daily Bread Food Bank! We are pleased to report that CAEM members donated over 6,900 pounds of food to the Daily Bread Food Bank this holiday season. We are proud of our CAEM members, who over the inception of the food drive 20 years ago, have donated over 284,348 pounds of food. Congratulations to our 2022 top three donating organizations and to all those who participated:

1st Place– GES Canada with 3,600 pounds

2nd Place– STRONCO with 1,372pounds 

3rd Place– Freeman with 487 pounds

View the photos from the event here

2019 Holiday Luncheon

We hope you enjoyed the Annual Holiday Luncheon and found the time to relax after all the hard work you have done throughout the year! With over 250 attendees, the 2019 CAEM Holiday Luncheon was one for the books! The International Centre organized a Give Back Holiday Initiative, allowing attendees to give in a meaningful way this holiday season. If you haven’t done so already, share your Give Back story and tag @ICpresents and use the hashtag, #GiveBackCAEM. 

Thank you to all those who donated to the Daily Bread Food Bank! We are pleased to report that CAEM members donated over 27,500 pounds of food to the Daily Bread Food Bank this holiday season. We are proud of our CAEM members, who over the inception of the food drive 20 years ago, have donated over 277,000 pounds of food. Congratulations to our 2019 winners and to all those who participated:

1st Place– The International Centre with 12,567 pounds

2nd Place– GES Canada with 7,617 pounds 

3rd Place– Freeman with 2,466 pounds

See the 2019 Holiday Luncheon photos here!

2018 Holiday Luncheon

The 2018 CAEM Holiday Lunch was held on Wednesday December 5th at the Hilton Toronto Airport Hotel & Suites. Hundreds of industry colleagues, partners and friends attended the most festive networking event of the year! We are pleased to report that CAEM members donated over 19,000 pounds of food to the Daily Bread Food Bank this holiday season. We are proud of our CAEM members, who over the inception of the food drive 20 years ago, have donated a total of 232,000 pounds of food. See the 2018 Holiday Luncheon pictures Here!

2017 Holiday Luncheon

Enjoy this photo recap of the 2017 CAEM Holiday Lunch!

Thank You to Our Sponsors:

Venue

Food Drive Transportation

Audio Visual Sponsor

Door Prize

Food Drive Grand Prize

Photo Booth

Registration

Signage

Reindeer Raffle