Trump Hotel Blackballed Ahead of Toronto Film Festival

Hollywood is making its displeasure with Donald Trump known by blackballing one of the hotels that bears his name. With the Toronto International Film Festival less than a month away, the city’s Trump International Hotel is hemorrhaging Hollywood business.

Interest in hosting festival events has fallen off, and the hotel — which is not actually owned by Trump — is losing functions it had already booked, one individual familiar with the exodus told TheWrap.

Though the hotels are not personally owned by the Republican candidate and his family, Donald and his children Ivanka, Eric and Donald Jr. do license and manage them.

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Caterers like Oliver & Bonacini, which operates the fine dining restaurant America on the 31st floor of the hotel, have been looking to dissolve their agreements over the party cancellations, the insider said.

Those interested in throwing events at the Trump (often film companies and corporate sponsors on the yearlong festival circuit) were also said to be worried about a celebrity drought at the space. A-listers bring media attention which brings promotion for their hosts.

Last year, luminaries like Taylor Swift bestie Karlie Kloss showed to the hotel for a TIFF kick-off hosted by L’Oreal Paris. The year prior, the Creative Coalition hosted their Spotlight Initiative Awards Dinner at the Trump, drawing Dustin Hoffman, Josh Lucas and Eddie Izzard.

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A spokesperson for the hotel said, “Trump International Hotel & Tower Toronto continues to exceed expectations across a variety of metrics, including market share, group bookings, and reservations volume. In fact, the hotel is having its most profitable year since opening.”

Oliver & Bonacini did not return TheWrap’s request for comment.

The Toronto property has plenty of problems separate from the festival.

Building owner and Canadian investor Alex Shnaider has been trying to offload the 261 guest room, 118 condo-unit space since May, Bloomberg reported, along with his lender Raiffeisen Bank International AG.

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Shnaider has a $300 million outstanding loan, the report said, and is looking to sell quick. The new buyer would of course have the option of dumping the TRUMP that screams from the top of the 65-story building.

The Trump brand is facing a larger crisis as the general presidential election approaches. Time Magazine’s Money column reported troubling foot traffic around Trump Hotels in New York city — down 17 percent year-over-year in the month of July and anemic in general since his candidacy was announced.

The data came from survey conducted by FourSquare, an app with 50 millon users that “check-in” at dining, drinking, retail and hospitality locations across the U.S.

8 Simple Campaign Rules Donald Trump Broke This Week (Photos)

• Breaking the normal rules of campaigning helped Donald Trump win the Republican nomination. But since the general election kicked off last week, Trump's rule-breaking has only hurt him. Here are 8 simple campaign rules he has broken, and links to how he broke them.

• 1. Kiss babies

  And whatever you do, don't demand that they be ejected from your speeches.

• 2. Keep your wife's nude photos out of the press

  This one seems like one of those rules you shouldn't even have to say.

• 3. Don't fight with the parents of a dead war hero

  But if you do, don't double down. Or triple down. Too late? Uh-oh.

• 4. If you're going to let your spokeswoman accuse the current president of getting a soldier killed, get the dates right.

  Idiot.

• 5. Don't suggest women who are sexually harassed should find other jobs.

  Come on, man. What if it were your daughter? Wait -- you were talking about your daughter? Ivanka Trump, please talk to your dad.

• 6. Don't insult swing states.

  Don't, for example, say the capitol of a crucial swing state looks like a "war zone." (Especially if you've never been to a war zone yourself.)

• 7. Don't speak ill of other people in your party

  Ronald Reagan used to call this the 11th commandment: "Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican," because the last thing you want is people in your party turning on you. Oops, too late.

• 8. Don't eat fried chicken with a knife and fork

  But you might want to think about eating crow.

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