Founded  January 11, 2005 - Club 681

Our founding president was Grant McGregor and the Club was inaugurated with 25 members. Since its founding, we have now grown to 32 members and will continue to grow as we move forward. In 2006, our President was Stephen Elmy, in 2007 our President was Josef Ebner, in 2008 our President was Philip Reid and in 2009, our President is Robert Housez. In 2010, Frank Vismeg became the sixth President of Skål International Toronto.

We are only one of seventeen clubs across Canada from St. John’s to Victoria. In turn, our Canadian organization forms apart of the North American group, which also includes the United States of America, Mexico and the Affiliated Clubs of the Caribbean.

Skål is non-political and encourages advancement and evolution through affiliation with other  international organizations such as  the World Tourism Organization. Skål does not discriminate on the basis of sex, age, race, religion, politics or social standing.

Skål supports charitable causes.

The first club was founded in 1932 in Paris by travel managers, following an educational tour to Scandinavia. The idea of international goodwill and friendship grew and in 1934, the ”Association Internationale des  Skål Clubs” was formed with Florimond Volckaert as its first President. He is considered the “Father of Skål”.

Skål International today, has approximately 22,000 members in 500 Clubs throughout 90 nations. Most activities occur at the local level, moving up through National Committees, under the umbrella of Skål International, which is headquartered at the General Secretariat in Torremolinos, Spain.

Membership in Skål is open to managers or executives directly involved in tourism management, sales and promotions, in specified travel and tourism businesses including [ airlines, cruise lines, railways, ferries, travel and tour operators and agencies, tourism organizations, governments, and non government tourism councils, hotels, convention centres, travel media, etc.

Skål is considered to be “Doing Business among Friends”. It develops the professional sector, while assisting the community at large and encourages and creates a network of professionals around the world.

If you would like to consider joining Skål International Toronto North, please contact our Membership Chairman for more information.

PAST PRESIDENTS

2005 Grant McGregor	2006 Stephen Elmy	2007 Josef Ebner
2009 Philip Reid	2009 Robert Housez	2010 Frank Vismeg