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LOCATION
Hamilton
Convention Centre
1 Summers Lane, Hamilton
SHOW HOURS
Saturday, February
2nd -
10am to 6pm
Sunday, February 3rd -
10am to 5pm
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- Approximately 1.4 million people
live in the Greater Hamilton area
- Currently the 4th largest city in Ontario and continues
to grow
- Over 100 golf courses in and around the Greater
Hamilton area
- Approximately 58% are members of a golf course
- Approximately 82% plan on traveling to golf after
the show
- Approximately 52% have a white-collar occupation
- Approximately 28% have a university education
- Approximately 31% have a college diploma
- Nearly a fifth of Canada's 31 million population
- 5.9 million - played golf in 2005.
- Recent data shows that Canada's golf participation
rate grew in two key demographic
- areas - up 21.6% in
the 12 and over category and up 32.9% in the number
of women
- Per capita, Canadians play more golf than any other
country and the London and
- Hamilton regions offer
an especially high participation rate
- Canadians annually spend in excess of $7 billion
on travel and tourism to U.S.
- destinations, with
a good percentage of that money going to golf resorts.
- The average number of rounds Canadians played went
from 13.2 in 2001 to 15.5 in 2005,
- according to a recent
survey released by the Royal Canadian Golf Association.
- Half the wealth of Canada is situated in an area
which encompasses Toronto, Hamilton,
- Niagara and London.
- Ontario residents spend well over $3 billion each
year on travel and tourism.
- The Canadian dollar is enjoying great strength -
a 25 year high - against the American
- Greenback and that
is encouraging more travel to the U.S..
- Visitation to the U.S. from Canada rose a staggering
1 million to 14.8 million in 2005. The
- airline sector alone
produced over 5 million overnight stays from Canada.
- The average stay for a Canadian golfer - a higher
yield traveler - to the U.S. is 8 nights.
- Canadian incomes rose 2.8% in 2005 and the country's
continuing strong economic
- indicators bodes well
for travel to the U.S.
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