Québec City, 3rd largest Canadian meeting and events destination

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Québec City is one of the largest Canadian meeting and events destination thanks to a fruitful partnership between the Québec City Convention Centre and ExpoCité’s Exhibition Centre. Both venues total 485,000 sq. ft. of meeting, convention and exhibition space, placing Québec City 3rd among Canadian destinations.

This innovative partnership developed between Québec’s largest venues came to life in 2012. It now includes all facets of the customer experience, all to better serve meeting planners wanting a smooth and easy planning process with venues and destinations.

Located only seven minutes away, the Convention Centre and Exhibition Centre offer complementary spaces, allowing major conventions with tradeshows to fully benefit from versatile and functional spaces. 

Québec City aims at offering turnkey event solutions for meeting planners. With the creation of Québec City Business Destination, which merges the Convention Centre and Québec City Tourism teams, Québec City is working toward offering flexible, simple and stress free event solutions.


About ExpoCité’s Exhibition Centre


Expocité’s Exhibition Centre is ideal for trade fairs, shows, banquets, and business meetings. The recently expanded facility offers 185,000 sq. ft. of exhibition space, numerous multifunctional rooms, brightly lit public spaces, a 250-seat restaurant, and catering service. ExpoCité is easily accessible from major highways, offers nearly 4,000 parking spaces, and welcomes nearly three million visitors each year.

 

 

 

About the Québec City Convention Centre


Combining comfort and modernity, the Québec City Convention Centre offers versatile infrastructures and is strategically located downtown, only minutes from historic Old Québec. With close to 300,000 sq. ft. of usable space, the Convention Centre is the largest meeting space in Québec City and is only steps from 3,000 hotel rooms. Certified LEED, BOMA BESt and AIPC Quality Gold Standards, and named World’s Best Congress Centre by the International Association of Convention Centres (AIPC APEX Award), the Convention Centre prides itself on high management standards, its knowledgeable and solution-oriented team as well as exceptional customer service. 

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