City of the Week-Montreal
Staff -- Tradeshow Week, 1/16/2006
Highlights
• Montreal's summer festival calendar will be blooming this year with the addition of Intl. Flora Montreal. The new garden event, scheduled June 16 to Oct. 9, will feature water gardens, city gardens, avant-garde gardens and streetside gardens.
Number of separate exhibit facilities
• 4
Total exhibit space at venues
• 1.1 million sq. ft.
Largest venues
• Olympic Stadium and Palais des congres de Montreal (with 432,500 and 330,520 sq. ft. of exhibit space, respectively)
Last venue expansion
• The Palais doubled its size in 2002.
Number of convention hotel rooms
• 12,000 in 45 hotels
Average room rate
• CAN $135 (U.S. $117)
Current hotel occupancy
• 68.9%
Longest-running show
• Le Salon de la Mariee at 70,000 sq. ft. (at the Palais since 1984)
Number of hotels within one mile of the Palais
• 34
Average cab fare from Montreal Intl. Airport to the Palais
• CAN $35 (U.S. $30)
Sources: 2005 TSW Major Exhibit Hall Directory; Tourisme Montreal
