Montréal

Montréal
It’s hard not to fall for Montréal, a city that’s classically cosmopolitan and effortlessly cool, with surprises around every corner. Visitors will relish its one-of-a-kind energy, mixing North American effervescence and European chic. With a powerhouse cultural offer, a legendary culinary scene and year-round festivals that continually raise the bar on creativity, you’ll never want to leave.
About Montréal’s convention centre:
Located downtown and linked to 4,000 hotel rooms by the city’s underground pedestrian network, the Palais des congrès de Montréal offers 113 rooms and spaces totalling 47,265 m² (508,756 sq. ft.) as well as 15 unloading spaces and 3 leveling docks, in a building that has been awarded BOMA BEST carbon neutral certification. The attentive staff offers personalized planning services, cutting-edge technology and an innovative program to organize a carbon neutral event.
Who is Business Events Montréal?
Business Events Montréal (BEM) is a specialized team within Tourisme Montréal that works to attract, facilitate and promote a wide range of events in the city of Montréal. Working closely with Team Montréal, a coalition of the city’s meeting and convention industry leaders, BEM highlights event venues, hotel choices, subsidy options, local thought leaders, and cultural opportunities for event professionals planning corporate, association, and incentive meetings. With its client-focused and collaborative approach, the BEM team accompanies their clients each step of the way to ensure that every Montréal meeting is successful, enriching and memorable.
Montréal at a glance
Did you know?
Montréal was voted the easiest place to do business in North America (Evidénz Research Group, 2022) and was ranked top meetings city in the Americas (ICCA and UIA, 2022).
Glorious Food
Great food is the stuff of life, whether we’re talking bagels or foie gras. Come taste it all, from five-star dining to legendary local dishes and street foods all year round.
Festivals and Fun
With more than 100 spectacular festivals energizing the city year-round (yes, even in winter!), Montréal is the world’s hot spot for excitement, inspiration and fun.
Nightlife
It’s always happy hour in Montréal, but once the sun sets the nightlife really wakes up. Cheers to the city’s microbreweries, live music venues and everything in between.
A city on a human scale
Compact, walkable, convenient and safe: that’s Montréal in a nutshell.
Closer than you think
We’re just a 2-hour (or less!) flight away from many major U.S. cities and a hub for 150 global destinations
Accommodations
The city offers 24,600 rooms with 16,000 downtown and 4,000 directly linked to the convention centre via the underground pedestrian network.
Sustainability
We’re proud to have been the first Canadian city to join the Global Destination Sustainability Index and to have been voted North America’s most sustainable destination (2022).
Meet your rep

Dawn Eagleton
Regional Director, Meeting and Convention Sales