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Montréal Hosting a Busy Summer of Events
2025/07/23

The Palais des congrès de Montréal is in full swing this summer, hosting no fewer than 10 international conferences, seven of which are American, held at the Palais between June 21 and September 30, 2025. Events that will attract 17,100 convention-goers and will generate an estimated $64.8 million in economic spinoffs for Montréal and Québec. With large-scale events like the 37th American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, the 34th International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence and the…
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Montreal Earns Top Business City Again
2025/07/22

For the eighth consecutive year, the Union of International Associations (UIA) has crowned Montreal as the top city in the Americas for hosting international gatherings. With 103 major events meeting the UIA’s criteria in 2024, Montreal significantly outranked its closest rival, Washington, D.C., with 71 events. This performance enabled the city to consolidate its first place in the Americas, and to leap forward in global rankings, from 20th to 11th. This distinction was awarded a few weeks after the…
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AI Targets Waste at Montreal Event Centre
2025/03/19

A technology project that uses artificial intelligence to manage event-generated waste will soon be underway at Palais des congrès de Montréal. The international convention centre is collaborating with Polytechnique Montréal to integrate the system into its operations during the 2025 winter season. A group of four undergraduate students in software engineering will design an intelligent system capable of identifying, characterizing and quantifying waste produced during each event. This process will provide the Palais with precise data on the environmental…
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Palais Des Congrès de Montréal Welcomes Nicolas Joel
2024/08/23

Palais des congrès de Montréal welcomes Nicolas Joël to the position of vice-president, events and client experience. Joël brings with him close to 30 years of experience in operations management, strategic development and events management. His integration will be facilitated by his knowledge of the Palais and its issues, since he held the position of assistant director of operations from 2010 to 2017. Before returning to the Palais, Joël played a key role at the Olympic Park as acting…
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Montreal Remains Top Event Host
2023/07/28

Montreal continues to hold the top spot in hosting international association events in the Americas. For the sixth consecutive year, the International Meetings Statistics Report published by the Union of International Associations (UIA) has named Montreal one of the world’s leading business destinations. This prestigious honour, which Montreal has won 11 times in the last 12 years, acknowledges Montreal’s position as a preferred destination for world-class conventions, conferences and association events. With 90 events of the kind held in Montreal by 2022,…
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Montréal Sees Strong Event Activity
2023/01/27

The Palais des congrès de Montréal made a major recovery in 2022 with 280 events being held at the centre, and more than 450 hosted city-wide. Between January 1 and December 31, 2022, the Palais welcomed more than 500,000 visitors and delegates to its spaces. Tourisme Montréal estimates the economic impact of business tourism to have been nearly 270 million dollars for the island of Montréal. “2022 marked the reboot that our industry had been so eagerly awaiting. Throughout the year, the Palais…
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Montréal Is Ranked Top Host City Again
2022/06/06

The International Congress and Convention Association’s (ICCA) 2022 report once again ranked Montréal as the top host city in the Americas for international conferences and events. This is the sixth consecutive year that Montreal has earned this honour. The city also took top honours in the ranking of estimated number of participants in the Americas, a first. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were no ICCA rankings for the year of 2020. Exceptionally for the 2021 rankings, ICCA took…
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Palais des congrès de Montréal earns GBAC Star
2022/03/10

The Palais des congrès de Montréal has obtained the GBAC Star certification. It is the first convention centre in Quebec to receive this internationally recognized sanitary certification. The GBAC Star, conferred by the Global Biorisk Advisory Council, is “the cleaning industry’s only outbreak prevention, response and recovery accreditation for facilities” relative to the outbreak of infectious disease. This certification is a testimony to the facility’s relentless commitment to maintaining a safe environment for clients, partners and visitors. A committee that will…
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Montreal Ranked Top International Event Host
2021/10/28

Montreal is the top-ranked city in the Americas for the number of international events hosted in 2020, according to the International Meetings Statistics Report. This is the fourth consecutive year the city has claimed first place in the report released by the Union of International Associations. The city welcomed 41 international events in 2020, outpacing other cities like Washington, New York and Chicago. Québec’s largest city dominates the Canadian market. Its closest rivals, Ottawa and Toronto, each hosted seven events, while Vancouver hosted six. In addition,…
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Canadian City to Host Global Convention for Young Leaders
2021/04/06

Montreal has been named the host city for the 2024 One Young World Summit. The announcement, made March 31, bodes well for the future of the city’s convention industry. The event is expected to generate an estimated $4.4 million in tourism revenues along with 7,000 hotel room nights. “The One Young World Summit coming to the Palais is evidence that despite the impacts of the pandemic, Montreal remains a highly attractive host city for major events,” says Luc Charbonneau, director of…
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