oh canada Learn about biodynamic growing practices while sipping a selection of delicious wines at SOIF Bar à Vin in Gatineau with esteemed sommelier and owner, Véronique Rivest. SOIF offers themed private and interactive virtual tastings and workshops, and when your group is ready to meet in person, seated tastings with canapes. Cocktail receptions with food stations and guided tastings are also available. soifbaravin.ca SIP AT SOIF Connect in the great outdoors at Kenauk Nature, one of North America’s largest private nature reserves. The pristine 65,000-acre four-season playground with 60 lakes in Montebello is ideal for corporate retreats where seclusion is key. Private accommodations for up to 20 guests range from rustic log cabins to deluxe chalets—you can go completely off the grid, but options with Internet are available. Professional guides can take your group on fi shing and hunting expeditions, and a variety of activities, including clay shooting, axe throwing, snowshoeing and an off-roading Land Rover experience, will foster team camaraderie. kenauk.com NATURAL MEETINGS If they could talk, the thick stone walls of the boutique British Hotel in Aylmer would relay stories of the royalty, prime ministers and music legends that have passed through its doors since 1834. Recently renovated and lovingly restored to maintain its historical beauty, this heritage building has ten spacious rooms and suites with modern luxuries, two well-appointed event spaces and a private VIP room—perfect for executive retreats and small gatherings where distancing and privacy is of utmost importance. thebritish.ca HERITAGE SPACES Adorned with one of the world’s largest collections of indoor totem poles and soaring windows that look out over Parliament Hill and the Ottawa River, the Grand Hall at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau is an extraordinary event space. It’s just one of the many notable meeting and event spaces within the museum, including the 295-seat CINÉ+ theatre that is ideal for corporate presentations—the only one of its kind in the region, it can show both 2D and 3D fi lms on a fl at screen and 2D fi lms on a dome screen. historymuseum.ca GRAND EVENTS Five minutes from downtown Ottawa in Gatineau, Hilton Lac-Leamy easily hosts large conferences, with 349 guestrooms and suites, including executive rooms on a private fl oor, and more than 50,000 sq. ft. of modular event space and cutting-edge technology that facilitates in-person, hybrid and virtual meetings. Lise Sarazin, director of sales and marketing, says that the next generation of meetings at the hotel will be about supporting attendee engagement, whether that’s bringing in exercise equipment to keep energy up during breaks, or unique room setups such as removing the table and setting up the chairs in a circle. The hotel is connected to the Théâtre du Lac-Leamy and Casino du Lac-Leamy, so there is plenty of excitement once meetings are done. The hotel also boasts fi ve dining options, including the CAA-AAA Five Diamond Le Baccara, two pools, a full-service spa, fi tness centre and walking trails around the property. lacleamy.hilton.com LAKESIDE LUXURY PHOTO: TOURISME OUTAOUAIS PHOTO: MYRIAM BARIL-TESSIER PHOTO: CANADIAN MUSEUM OF HISTORY PHOTO: OUTAOUAIS TOURISM PHOTO: SOCIÉTÉ DES CASINO DU QUÉBEC Spring 2022 | Ignitemag.ca | 59
