“Not having the typical wedding season, not having the corporate events season, not having TIFF is a huge blow to our revenue,” she said. The venues are typically a magnet for celebrities, splashy parties and crowds of paparazzi come September, but now Khabouth says, “TIFF is like a distant memory. Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading...He’s already had to close one venue over a rent tussle with a landlord and get inventive by turning his Cabana Poolbar into a massive, socially-distanced restaurant, but he worries about the smaller businesses, which rely on warm months and the festival to carry them through the year. The businesses are now beginning to recover, but a COVID-era TIFF isn’t making things easy. “That’s a pretty big drop.”His venues will also be going without celebrity shoutouts that bolster business all year round.

Source: thestar September 03, 2020 09:00 UTC