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So, you are thinking of using one of the many Montreal conference facilities for your next annual conference. You are looking for a place with plenty of large conference space with smaller break-out rooms. You need lodging, food and other amenities offered on-site for convenience. You have to have high technology features, like satellite up-links for video conferencing as well as Internet access.

In planning a conference, the basic questions of why, who, when, and where must be answered. Choosing a Montreal conference venue is an important step in guaranteeing the success of a meeting. While the specialized Montreal conference centers are excellent, many Montreal hotels offer conference facilities that are more than adequate for the majority of meetings.

A great many kinds of businesses are involved in the Montreal conference facilities. The involvement of hotels and transportation industries is obvious, but there is also a host of other companies from manufacturers of visual aids to suppliers of flowers that is involved.


The Montreal Convention Centre

The building of the Palais des congr�s de Montr�al takes the whole block surrounded by Viger Avenue, Saint-Antoine Street, Saint-Urbain Street, and Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle - an extension of De Bleury Street. Each facade has its own personality designed to integrate naturally with the sector it addresses. In turn festive, corporate and commercial, the four faces of the block occupied by the Palais all have a common denominator: glass, illustrating the repeated theme of transparency.

As part of the Montreal conference facilities, the versatile and functional Palais de congr�s de Montr�al is distinguished by its design, architecture and accessibility. Its features include 200,000 sq. ft. of exhibition surface area, 65 meeting rooms as well as 18 loading docks with levellers. The Palais des congr�s de Montr�al is built in the heart of the city's most vibrant districts with 4,000 hotel rooms directly linked to it by indoor walkways.


Desirable features to consider should include:

  • multi-purpose rooms set-up,
  • audio-visual facilities,
  • smaller settings for informal discussions,
  • office space and secretarial services,
  • parking facilities.



  • The Mount Royal Centre

    Another of the Montreal conference facilities is the Mount Royal Centre.

    This multimedia conference and special events centre is the only facility of its kind in Canada. It includes a state-of-the-art auditorium and conference halls accommodating from 10 to 800. Mount Royal Centre has designed a fully ergonomic environment offering leading edge technology, seamless event planning, and a digital document centre. It is also connected to the underground city.

    Partner with the Montr�al Golden Square Mile Association, which offers up to 1,000 rooms and suites - H�tel Omni Mont-Royal, Le M�ridien Versailles-Montr�al, Ch�teau Versailles, H�tel Le Germain Montr�al, The Ritz-Carlton, Montr�al, Loews H�tel Vogue, H�tel Sofitel Montr�al - the Mount-Royal Centre complements your meetings and conventions of national and international calibre.


    When audio-visual equipment is required,
    the conference room must meet the following:

  • large enough for all viewers to see the screen,
  • black-out capabilities,
  • enough light for note-taking,
  • convenient electrical controls,
  • adequate ventilation,
  • good acoustics,
  • a sloping floor, or ceilings which are high enough for screen elevation.



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