Loren Christie Solutions

Loren Christie has 23 years experience in the travel & tourism industry, making him uniquely positioned to assist any tourism-related organization, but particularly those left under-resourced during this global pandemic. Services offered range from leadership, sales, PR & Marketing and public-speaking to media services, (on-air, podcast creation, media writing). “Top of the sales funnel” services for destinations looking to expand their reach in to the International Congress market is a specialty. Starting his career as a tour guide on buses and cruise ships around the world, he moved into the hotel world with Starwood Hotels & Resorts based in Toronto for 17 years, the last ten of which were spent in sales & marketing leadership roles at the Sheraton Centre Toronto, The Westin Harbour Castle and Starwood’s Toronto Metro Market. For the last three years he was the Director of Sales for the Canadian and International Congress markets at Destination Toronto. He is also a nationally and internationally recognized media personality and travel expert. Currently on air travel contributor for CTV’s Your Morning. He previously appeared bi-weekly for 15 years on Canada AM, Canada’s national morning show, was a weekly travel columnist for Metro Newspapers for 4 years and continues to be a regular contributor to travel magazines, radio programs and websites domestically and abroad.