City of the Week: Monterrey
Staff -- Tradeshow Week, 1/31/2005
Number of separate exhibit facilities 2 One facility, Centro Convex, will officially open in November.)
Total exhibit space 315,136 sq. ft.
Number of convention hotel rooms 10,500 in 106 hotels
Average room rate $90
Current hotel occupancy 55%
Largest 2004 tradeshow Intl. Book Fair at 197,841 net sq. ft. (CINTERMEX)
Distance from airport to CINTERMEX 16 miles (Mariano Escobedo Intl. Airport)
Number of 2004 tradeshows 111 (CINTERMEX only)
City population 3.5 million
Source: Monterrey Convention & Visitors Bureau
