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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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    Montreal To Host 2023 Virtuoso Event

    2022/03/28

      Montréal and its partners are set to host the Virtuoso Symposium, organized by the industry’s leading luxury travel network, from May 15 to 21, 2023. This event brings together more than 400 local and international delegates annually for four days to meet and discuss the sector, while discovering the host destination. “Our destination is a natural choice thanks to its diversified offer of luxurious and authentic experiences, its rich cultural scene, its renowned gastronomy, its world-class facilities and its…

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  • Tourisme Montréal celebrates 100 years

    2019/05/14

    Press Release Tourisme Montréal kicked off its 100th anniversary celebrations this morning. The organization was founded on October 8, 1919 by the Automobile Club of Canada with support from a handful of key players in the local economy. Since then, Tourisme Montréal has had the privilege of witnessing the major events that pushed the city onto the world stage, including Expo 1967, the 1976 Summer Olympic Games and the creation of the Grand Prix du Canada. “We want to capitalize on Tourisme Montréal’s centennial year…

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  • Montréal kicks of a promising summer tourist season with several large scale events

    2016/04/19

    Tourisme Montréal, in collaboration with its industry members, kicked off the 2016 summer tourist season this morning at the annual spring tourism fair. The organization is predicting a strong summer tourist season marked with an influx of travellers from the United States, Ontario and other regions of Québec. According to the Conference Board of Canada, the volume of tourists is expected to grow by approximately 2.9 per cent overall in 2016. This growth is expected to be around 5.6 per…

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  • Business tourism, conventions contribute to record summer for tourism in Montreal

    2014/09/23

    Tourism is an important economic sector for the city that creates many jobs, so it’s good news that this industry is not only doing well, it is in strong growth mode. These are the findings from information compiled by Tourisme Montréal for the May-August 2014 period. Indeed, Greater Montréal’s hotel data, Québec border crossing/entry data and Montréal airport passenger traffic data have all shown significant increases. Hotel occupancy and rates on the rise Hotel statistics for Greater Montréal1 show that,…

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  • Palais des congrès getting ready to host World Cancer Congress

    2012/02/08

    Plans are actively underway at the Palais des congrès de Montréal as it prepares to host the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) World Cancer Congress, being held for the first time in Canada from August 27 to 30, 2012. The event, which was secured with the collaboration of Tourisme Montréal, will attract 3,000 cancer prevention and treatment experts from 120 countries to Montréal under the theme Connecting for Global Impact. It is estimated the World Cancer Congress will generate over $5 million for the city’s economy.

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