Toronto -- David Whitaker, executive vice president of the Miami convention bureau, has been named president and chief executive of Tourism Toronto, the Toronto Convention and Visitor Association.
Whitaker will assume his new position on April 30. He succeeds Bruce MacMillan, who left the association to join Meeting Professionals International in December as president and chief executive.
"David knows how to sell cities," Lyle Hall, chairman of Tourism Toronto, said Wednesday in announcing Whitaker's appointment. "I am confident that David's record of success in attracting new U.S. and international visitors can help ensure a thriving tourism industry in Toronto."
Whitaker, who also holds the title of chief marketing officer at the Miami bureau, served at the bureau for 17 years. Prior to that, he spent six years at the United Way of Greater Miami, where he served as vice president of marketing.
Bill Allen, Tourism Toronto's interim president and former Ontario deputy minister of tourism, will continue to head the association until Whitaker assumes his new duties.
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