1000 reasons to visit Vienna

Canada is a very important market and building partnerships is key to our success and growth in the leisure market. The Vienna Tourist Board is excited to include The 1000 as a preferred partner.” unparalleled calibre of leisure and luxury product that the city has to offer to its members.”

The Vienna Tourist Board has signed a new preferred partnership with The 1000 as part of its efforts to expand its presence in the leisure product market.

Since launching in fall 2021, The 1000 – an exclusive club of wholly-verified, top-producing travel advisors from around the world – has continued to grow exponentially, including in Canada.

Said Elke Bachner, B2B Relations for the Vienna Tourist Board: “Our partnership enhances the Vienna Tourist Board’s reach of qualified ‘The 1000’ advisors, which we feel complements the calibre of product and services Vienna has to offer.

Bachner also noted that the partnership will help increase membership of the Tourist Board’s learning platform, Vienna Experts Club International (VECI), which provides a comprehensive insider’s look into the destination and offers reduced or free entrance to Viennese museums, concerts, restaurants and sightseeing excursions.

Jeff Sirota, Co-Founder of The 1000, said the club is excited to partner with the Vienna Tourist Board “as we continue to expand our supplier partnerships in order to provide stronger connections and expanded business opportunities for members of the world’s only collective of verified, vetted travel advisors.”

Armando Mendonça, President of AMpm Canada and Trade Liaison, Canada for the Vienna Tourist Board, added: “The 1000 is a perfect fit with Tim Morgan and Jeff Sirota at the helm as a preferred partner with the Vienna Tourist Board, offering an

This year, Vienna will be celebrating a milestone anniversary: the 300th anniversary of the Belvedere Palace, which was originally built in 1723 as a summer residence for the famous military commander Prince Eugene of Savoy. Now a museum, the palace will commemorate the milestone with a major exhibition featuring an art collection that spans 800 years, from the Middle Ages to present day.

This year also marks the 150th anniversary of Vienna’s World Fair, credited for catapulting the city to the forefront of the world stage, as well as the 125th anniversary of the iconic Imperial Hotel, which has hosted such famous guests as Queen Elizabeth II and Charlie Chaplin.

Air Canada offers daily nonstop service from Toronto to Vienna from May 23, 2023 through to Oct. 23, 2023, reducing to 5x/weekly during the winter. Austrian Airlines also offers nonstop yearly service from Montreal to Vienna.

For more information go to www. wien.info/en.