Wednesday, May 29, 2024 Montréal has grabbed the best destination award at the international association meetings in North America. This happened for the eighth consecutive year, as per the much-revered rankings given by the International Congress and Convention Association, which features around 10,000 events organized globally last year. Montréal is confirming its position as North America’s top city based on the number of total events hosted.
Certainly, the city tops the chart in the northern hemisphere, before the world-famous cities like Boston, Toronto, Miami and Chicago, in regards to association delegations welcomed. The city occupies the second spot right behind Buenos Aires, for the Americas, and internationally in the 25th position, beating Hong Kong, Sydney, Edinburgh, Munich and Kyoto. This booming victory is due to close alliance between Tourisme Montréal and the Palais des congrès de Montréal along with the vision shared by the stakeholders of the city.
Cheers to their vitality, their knowledge and their commitment to service excellence, these teams have hosted almost thirty important events like the International Council of Nurses World Congress with 4,900 representatives, the Annual Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis with 5,300 agents, and the InCyber Forum with 2,500 delegates. When seeing the city’s full picture in terms of business tourists, over 870,000 Canadian and visitors and delegates from abroad were gre.
