Tourism Toronto Names International Tourism Marketer as New President, CEO

Tourism Toronto, the Toronto Convention and Visitor Association, announced today that David Whitaker will join the organization as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective April 30. In this role he will assume strategic leadership of destination marketing and sales for the Toronto Region and to grow the economic and social contribution tourism makes to the region.

Mr. Whitaker comes to Toronto following 17 years in senior leadership roles with the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau, most recently as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer.

He was an influential leader in transforming Miami’s global image over the past decade to become a premiere leisure and business travel destination. Like Toronto, Miami attracts significant visitors from overseas and offers a strongly international, cosmopolitan visitor experience.

Prior to his work in the tourism sector, Mr. Whitaker spent six years with the United Way of Greater Miami, including a period as Vice President of Marketing. He is a graduate of the University of South Florida where he earned a degree in Mass Communications/ Public Relations.

Tourism Toronto is an industry association of more than 1,100 members established to strategically sell and market the Greater Toronto Region as a remarkable destination for tourists, convention delegates and business travelers around the globe.