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Meetings and Conventions
TABLE OF CONTENTS Top Meeting Destination 3 Testimonials and Awards 5 6 Reasons To Meet Here 7 Vancouver Convention Centre 9 Convention Hotels 11 Unique Venues 13 World Class Airport 15 Group Dining 17 Weather and Seasonal Activities 19 BestCities Global Alliance 21
TOP MEETING
DESTINATION
Vancouver is recognized as one of North
America’s top meeting destinations thanks to
an easily navigable infrastructure and state-of-
the-art facilities including the globally lauded
Vancouver Convention Centre.
Vancouver has become a mecca for planners,
delegates and visitors seeking a breath of
fresh air alongside innovative venues, inspiring
surroundings and scores of expertise. We’ve
hosted events ranging from intimate meetings
to the TED Conference to the Olympics – and
we’re confident we’ll make your event just as
successful and memorable.
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TESTIMONIALS AWARDS
Vancouver is truly a unique destination for conferences and #1 Convention City in Canada, #1 Startup Ecosystem in
meetings. The city’s spectacular beauty sets it apart and is #2 in North America Canada
complemented by the nature-inspired design of the LEED Watkins Research Group Startup Genome
Platinum-certified Convention Centre. What is not as obvious 2018 2017
is the microcosm created by three 5-star hotels adjacent to
the centre and several 4-star properties within easy walking #1 International Destination #3 Most Liveable City in the
ConferenceDirect World
distance.
2018 Economist Intelligence Unit
Katherine McCartney, TED Conference 2017
#1 Rated Destination for a
Business Meeting A Top 2017 Travel Destination
STR Forbes
2017 2017
World’s First Double LEED Greenest City in the World
Platinum Convention Centre World Economic Forum
Canada Green Building Council
Vancouver is viewed as a world class city that is clean, 2017
2017
safe, has wonderful hotels, a beautiful convention center,
and is a draw for our clients with international attendees. Destination of the Year
#1 Convention City in North
The meetings and convention community in Vancouver is America for International Luxury Travel Guide Awards
first class, professional, and detail-oriented. The service is Association Meetings 2016
excellent. Tourism Vancouver is supportive of group business International Congress and
and has partnered with us for years to meet the needs of our Convention Association World’s Best Food Cities
clients. 2015 Condé Nast Traveler
2015
Michael Guerriero, Experient, A Maritz Global Events Company #1 Airport in North America
Skytrax World Airport Awards
2018
Once our delegates arrived in Vancouver they knew
they were going to experience something truly special,
exciting, and memorable. They told us that everything had
exceeded their expectations, and many wanted to repeat
the whole event all over again in Vancouver. This city and
its infrastructure provided the perfect backdrop for our
organizing committee.
Dr. Harvey Lui, World Congress of Dermatology
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TOP 6 REASONS TO
MEET IN VANCOUVER
THE VANCOUVER CONVENTION LOCAL EXPERTISE AND INDUSTRY UNIFIED, SUPERIOR SERVICE
CENTRE Vancouver has a dynamic, highly diversified Vancouver is unlike any city that you’ve
Two-time winner of the International urban economy with growing knowledge- planned a meeting in before. Our
Association of Congress Centres (AIPC) based sectors and strong global linkages. hospitality community is unified, meaning
award for “World’s Best Convention Vancouver’s unsurpassed universities, that Tourism Vancouver along with hotels,
Centre.” The 466,500 square feet (43,340 numerous Centres of Excellence, leading venues and suppliers work together
square metres) facility is built 40% over research facilities, and teaching hospitals seamlessly to make sure your experience
water, with floor-to-ceiling glass throughout make it an ideal city for your delegates to in our destination exceeds all expectations.
to treat guests to phenomenal harbour and collaborate within their field of expertise.
mountain views. Key industry sectors include Life Sciences,
Digital Media and Tech, Forestry, Fishing
and Mining.
SPECTACULAR BY NATURE™ ACCESSIBILITY ACCOMMODATIONS
Vancouver offers the winning combination Vancouver enjoys a reputation of being With 19 convention hotels downtown and
of a modern, diverse city and a stunning one of the most accessible cities in the meeting space ranging from 2,000 to
natural setting. Attendees will love world. To get to Vancouver, there are 51,000 square feet (185 to 4,700 square
how easy it is to experience urban more than two dozen international flights metres), meeting planners have many
activities (such as shopping, dining, and in and out of award-winning YVR every possibilities to choose from. And with
cultural attractions) and then to explore day, with over 75 bound for the United 13,000 hotel rooms in the city’s downtown
mountaintops as well as pristine waterways States. In addition, Vancouver is considered core, and 28,000 in Metro Vancouver,
in the same day. Canada’s most walkable city, supported by delegates have plenty of choice as well,
a light rail transit system. including three world-class properties that
connect to the Vancouver Convention
Centre.
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Vancouver Convention Centre
ANTICIPATING YOUR EVERY NEED PLANNER TESTIMONIALS
As the only two-time winner of the International Association Everything we need in a convention city – restaurants,
of Congress Centres’ (AIPC) Apex Award for the “World’s attractions, nightlife, culture – it’s all wrapped up in Vancouver.
Best Conference Centre” in 2008 and 2002, the Vancouver And, without a doubt, the Vancouver Convention Centre is #1.
FACILITY SPECIFICATIONS Convention Centre’s service standards, facilities, project There is no other convention centre in the world that has the view
management and technical capabilities are second to none. Our that this one does. It’s amazing and stunning.”
entire team of experienced and friendly professionals is dedicated - Million Dollar Roundtable
FUNCTION SPACE WEST BUILDING EAST BUILDING COMBINED FACILITY to providing the best possible service to ensure a memorable and
“Service, Service, Service. In the 23 years that I have run this
successful event.
meeting, this is BY FAR the best service, friendliest team and
professional centre I’ve ever dealt with. Thank you!!”
Exhibition Space 220,500 ft 2 / 20,485 m2 91,000 ft 2 / 8,500 m2 311,500 ft 2 / 28,940 m2
- Pediatric Academic Societies
FUNCTIONAL, BEAUTIFUL AND ‘GREEN’
Meeting Space 60,000 ft2 / 5,600 m2 25,000 ft 2 / 2,300 m2 85,000 ft 2 / 7,900 m2
It’s easy to think green at the Vancouver Convention Centre.
With our sustainable practices, unique building features and
commitment to work closely with clients to create sustainable
No. of Meeting Rooms 52 20 72
events, we are one of greenest convention centres in the world.
We have an extensive facility-wide recycling program, which
Ballroom Space 53,000 ft 2 / 4,920 m2 17,000 ft 2 / 1,600 m2 70,000 ft 2 / 6,500 m2 recovers nearly half the total volume of waste generated, and
have hosted Vancouver’s first audited zero-waste event. Our
iconic West building has been awarded Double LEED (Leadership
TOTAL 333,500 ft2 / 30,980 m2 133,000 ft2 / 12,400 m2 466,500 ft2 / 43,340 m2 in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum certification,
making us the first convention centre in the world to receive the
highest level of LEED designation.
When it comes to convention centres, we are leading the way
with the fastest connection and technology offers of any other
facility, including connection speeds up to 1GB per second. All of
your technology requirements are already on-site and part of our
infrastructure. In fact, we had the capacity to accommodate the
complex needs of the world media when our facility served as the
Main Media Centre for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter
Games.
ANYTHING BUT CONVENTIONAL
We take great pride in our culinary expertise. The food and the
care with which it’s served rival that of five-star restaurants,
with tantalizing West Coast Cuisine – a mélange of the best
ingredients, Asian influences and imaginative pairing. Operating The West building also features a unique marine habitat, a
one of Canada’s largest capacity kitchen spaces with a unique sophisticated drainage and water recovery system and a
‘scratch’ kitchen philosophy, we use only the freshest local and seawater heating and cooling system. As well, our six acre “living”
seasonal ingredients. Taking full advantage of the province’s roof (the largest in Canada and the largest non-industrial living
award-winning wine industry, we exclusively feature British roof in North America) features more than 400,000 indigenous
Columbia’s VQA quality wines. plants and grasses as well as four beehives.
RECENT EVENTS
Here are just some of the groups who have taken advantage of
our combination of city and award-winning convention centre.
• Professional Convention • International Parkinson and
Management Association Movement Disorder Society
Convening Leaders International Congress
January 2016, 4,000 attendees June 2017, 4,300 attendees
• American Academy of • TED Conferences
Neurology TED
Annual Meeting April 2018, 1,800 attendees
April 2016, 11,700 attendees
• SIGGRAPH
• Young Presidents Organization Annual conference
Global Leadership Summit August 2018, 15,000 attendees
February 2017, 2,500 attendees
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VANCOUVER
Largest Meeting Room (Sq Feet/Metres)
Total Meeting Space (Sq Feet/Metres)
Maximum Committable Group Rooms
CONVENTION
HOTELS
Capacity Banquet-Style
Capacity Theatre-Style
Total Meeting Rooms
Total Guest Rooms
Hotel Rating
Downtown Convention Hotels
1. Century Plaza Hotel & Spa 240 150 5,300/492 3,500/325 3 275 250
2. Coast Coal Harbour Hotel 220 125 8,000/743 5,000/465 8 400 360
3. Delta Vancouver Suites + Wosk Centre for Dialogue 225 140 18,000/1,672 6,500/604 11 270 200
4. The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver 556 400 37,000/3,437 11,400/1,059 16 1,500 1,000
5. The Fairmont Pacific Rim 377 250 15,000/1,394 6,852/637 9 500 450
6. The Fairmont Waterfront 489 350 24,000/2,229 7,050/654 14 780 590
7. Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver closing in 2020 372 275 21,270/1,976 5,560/516 12 700 500
8. Holiday Inn & Suites Vancouver Downtown 245 75 6,415/596 3,500/325 4 225 150
9. Hyatt Regency Vancouver 644 500 45,000/4,180 13,940/1,295 29 1,650 1,300
10. JW Marriott Parq Vancouver + The DOUGLAS 517 500 65,000/6,039 15,604/1,450 29 1,800 1,200
11. Metropolitan Hotel, Vancouver 197 100 7,800/724 1,929/179 7 150 110
12. The Pan Pacific Vancouver 503 350 42,000/3,901 6,808/632 20 700 600
13. Pinnacle Hotel Vancouver Harbourfront 442 350 31,000/2,879 7,920/736 19 800 600
14. Rosewood Hotel Georgia 156 140 9,847/915 2,673/248 7 250 200
15. Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel 746 600 48,652/4,520 10,489/975 35 1,350 930
Tourism Vancouver works with all of our city’s Century Plaza Hotel & Spa Metropolitan Hotel Vancouver
fine hotels to match your needs with the right
Coast Coal Harbour Hotel Pan Pacific Vancouver
16. Sutton Place Hotel Vancouver 396 250 12,148/1,129 3,150/292 16 330 280 property. We help you source and secure guest
rooms and meeting space ideal for your group. Delta Vancouver Suites Pinnacle Hotel Vancouver Harbourfront
All hotels are located within the downtown core The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver Rosewood Hotel Georgia
17. Trump International Hotel & Tower 147 147 15,000/1,394 5500/511 7 442 400
and within walking distance of the Vancouver
Convention Centre. The Fairmont Pacific Rim Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel
18. Vancouver Marriott Downtown Hotel 438 260 16,000/1,486 6,632/616 12 600 450 The Fairmont Waterfront Sutton Place Hotel Vancouver
Number of rooms in proximity to Vancouver
Converntion Centre* Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver Trump International Hotel & Tower
Under 15 Minute Walk: 5,300 rooms
19. The Westin Bayshore, Vancouver 499 450 51,334/4,769 15,521/1,441 35 2,000 1,400 Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Vancouver Vancouver Marriott Downtown Hotel
Under 20 Minute Walk: 7,100 rooms
Under 30 Minute Walk: 7,600 rooms Hyatt Regency Vancouver The Westin Bayshore, Vancouver
*Only includes 19 convention hotels. There are 13,000 total
hotel rooms downtown.
JW Marriott Parq Vancouver
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UNIQUE VENUES
Vancouver’s unique geography lends to many interesting
meeting spaces and places, whether it is on the ocean, the top
of a mountain or in a heritage building. Here’s just a sampling of
what we offer.
GROUSE MOUNTAIN
Capacity: 1,000 Dining / 1,000+ Reception
Rooms with a 360-degree panoramic view of the city, sea and
VANCOUVER AQUARIUM MARINE SCIENCE CENTRE VANCOUVER ART GALLERY
mountains, as well as a theatre, outdoor patio, an alpine cabin
Formal dining among beluga whales to cocktail receptions in a living art gallery-style Historic turn-of-the-century building with
and a traditional log Hiwus Feasthouse. setting with tropical fish, reef sharks, and British Columbia themed exhibits. marble walls, columns and steps as
Capacity: 350 Dining / 1,400 Reception backdrop to contemporary and historic
exhibits.
Capacity: 250 Dining / 500 Reception
BC PLACE BOAT AND YACHT CHARTERS
A newly renovated multi-purpose stadium Explore and celebrate an event on the
with the world’s largest retractable roof. Pacific Ocean while surrounded by
Home to the BC Lions of the Canadian mountains and cityscape.
Football League (CFL) and the Whitecaps Capacity: 275 Dining / 450 Reception
Football Club of Major League Soccer (MLS).
Capacity: 7,000 Dining / 12,000 Reception
COMMODORE BALLROOM UBC MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE
This Art Deco venue has a state of the art Most noted for tented or open-air events An imaginative backdrop for special
sound and lighting and a famous “sprung” on spectacular grounds overlooking the events, includes many captivating exhibit
dance floor. ocean amidst the soaring totem poles. galleries.
Capacity: 600 Dining / 900 Reception Capacity: 120 Dining / 1,000+ Reception Capacity: 750 Dining / 1,200 Reception
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VANCOUVER
INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT NEW DELHI
DUBLIN
TO KUNMING
REYKJAVIK
ZHENGZHOU
HANGZHOU TIANJIN
TO XIAMEN NANJING
TO SHENZHEN
QINGDAO
OSAKA
BOSTON
LONDON WASHINGTON D.C.
HAMILTON
ORLANDO
SACRAMENTO
SAN JOSE
SAN DIEGO
TO MELBOURNE
TO BRISBANE
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Anchorage
Whitehorse
Fort McMurray
Edmonton
YVR Airport Fast Facts Saskatoon
Calgary
VANCOUVER Regina Winnipeg
• Voted best airport in North America • 78 arriving USA flights per day
Seattle
Ottawa Montreal
for the ninth year in a row during summer and 70 in the winter Portland Minneapolis
Toronto Halifax
London Hamilton Boston
Chicago Detroit
• Premier gateway to the • 235 arriving domestic flights per day Salt Lake City Newark
New York
Denver
Asia-Pacific region during summer and 206 during San Francisco Sacramento
Washington
San Jose Las Vegas
winter
Los Angeles Palm Springs
Atlanta
• 25 minutes south of downtown Orange County
San Diego
Phoenix Dallas
Fort Worth
Vancouver (9.3 miles / 15 km) • 53 airlines serve YVR, connecting Houston
Orlando
people and businesses to more than Grand Bahama
• Transfer service to downtown via 125 non-stop destinations worldwide Mazatlan Veradero
San Jose del Cabo
Lihue Santa Clara
SkyTrain rapid transit system (CAD Honolulu Kahului Puerto Vallarta Mexico City Cancun
Kona Punta Cana
Manzanillo
$9.10) • A record 22 million+ passengers Ixtapa/Zihuatanaejo
Montego Bay
served annually Huatulco
• 226 arriving international flights
per week in the summer and 187
during winter (excluding USA)
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GROUP DINING GROUP
Less than 10 minutes walk from
Largest Private Room Capacity
Vancouver Convention Centre
RESTAURANTS
Total # of Private Rooms
Total Capacity Seated
At the top table of Canadian dining cities, Vancouver serves a WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING
Neighbourhood
rich and diverse menu for delegates and foodies alike. From
arguably the best Chinese and Japanese dining outside Asia to “From grazing among food stalls in Granville Island’s Public
a taste-tripping dedication to local ingredients that encompasses Market to sampling dim sum in Chinatown, Vancouver is a
foodie’s fantasyland.” Restaurants
everything from delectable seafood to carefully cultivated fruits
and vegetables, delegates are spoiled for choice when it comes Ancora Waterfront Dining and Patio ancoradining.com Downtown 93 1 24 No
- USA Today
to experiencing local flavours. Vancouver’s restaurants always
deliver – whether you’re looking for a place to host your event Al Porto Ristorante alporto.ca Gastown 200 4 200 Yes
“This is Vancouver, where the culinary bar is raised higher and the
or restaurants to recommend to your delegates. With great
restaurants are more trendsetting than anywhere in the United Black + Blue glowbalgroup.com Downtown 240 3 24 Yes
restaurant neighbourhoods, highly professional Destination
States.”
Management Companies and the overall assistance from Blackbird Public House & Oyster Bar donnellygroup.ca Downtown 200 1 200 Yes
Tourism Vancouver, many meeting planners have held incredibly - Seattle Times Blue Water Café + Raw Bar bluewatercafe.net Yaletown 150 1 72 No
successful dine-arounds for their delegates. The opportunities
await your conference. “The number of truly outstanding restaurants in Vancouver is Bridges Restaurant, Bistro & Bar bridgesrestaurant.com Granville Island 300 1 130 No
astonishing, and the prices are ridiculously low when compared to
other food capitals...” Cactus Club Café Coal Harbour cactusclubcafe.com Downtown 600 2 44 Yes
Chambar Restaurant chambar.com Downtown 320 2 80 Yes
THE DINE OUT™ VANCOUVER FESTIVAL - The New York Times
Chewies Steam & Oyster Bar chewies.ca Downtown 296 1 200 Yes
A wildly popular annual event (late January to early February “Fusion is the operative word in restaurant-rich Vancouver, where
where restaurants across the city offer three-course, prix fixe Northwest meets Japanese meets Indian meets Chinese.” CinCin cincin.net Downtown 140 1 50 Yes
tasting menus. It’s the largest restaurant festival in Canada and
Cioppino’s Mediterranean Grill cioppinosyaletown.com Yaletown 200 7 40 No
has expanded in recent years to include parties, tasting events, - National Geographic Traveler
tours, classes and culinary showcases. COAST Restaurant glowbalgroup.com Downtown 160 1 36 Yes
dineoutvancouver.com Five Sails Restaurant fivesails.ca Downtown 140 2 16 Yes
Floata floata.com Chinatown 1000 3 1000 No
GLOWBAL glowbalgroup.com Downtown 300 4 60 Yes
Gotham Steakhouse & Cocktail Bar gothamsteakhouse.com Downtown 300 3 50 Yes
Hawksworth Restaurant hawksworthrestaurant.com Downtown 110 2 63 Yes
Hy’s Encore hyssteakhouse.com Downtown 90 3 60 Yes
Keg Steakhouse + Bar Yaletown kegsteakhouse.com Yaletown 520 1 24 No
La Terrazza laterrazza.ca Yaletown 200 2 55 Yes
L’Abattoir Restaurant labattoir.ca Gastown 200 1 50 Yes
Loft at Earls Yaletown earls.ca Yaletown 96 1 96 No
Mahony & Sons Burrard Landing mahonyandsons.com Downtown 500 1 60 Yes
Miku mikurestaurant.com Downtown 204 1 24 Yes
Minami minamirestaurant.com Yaletown 280 2 40 No
Mott 32 mott32.com Downtown 150 4 150 No
Provence Marinaside provencevancouver.com Yaletown 108 1 20 No
Rogue Kitchen & Wet Bar roguewetbar.com Gastown 375 3 60 Yes
Steamworks Brewing Company steamworks.com Gastown 350 3 120 Yes
The Teahouse Restaurant vancouverdine.com Stanley Park 120 3 70 No
Wildebeest wildebeest.ca Gastown 146 1 50 Yes
17 18A CITY SITUATED
VANCOUVER AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURES
Note: Precipitation is measured in millimetres
FOR ALL SEASONS
WINTER
January February March
High: 6ºC / 42ºF High: 8ºC / 46ºF High: 9ºC / 49ºF
Low: 1ºC / 32ºF Low: 1ºC / 34ºF Low: 2ºC / 36ºF
Precipitation: 149.9 mm Precipitation: 124.5 mm Precipitation: 109.2 mm
SPRING
April May June
High: 12ºC / 54ºF High: 16ºC / 61ºF High: 19ºC / 66ºF
Low: 4ºC / 40ºF Low: 8ºC / 46ºF Low: 11ºC / 51ºF
Precipitation: 76.2 mm Precipitation: 61mm Precipitation: 45.2 mm
SUMMER
July August September
High: 22ºC / 71ºF High: 22ºC / 71ºF High: 18ºC / 65ºF
Low: 12ºC / 54ºF Low: 13ºC / 55ºF Low: 10ºC / 50ºF
Precipitation: 35.6 mm Precipitation: 38.1mm Precipitation: 63.5 mm
FALL
October November December
High: 13ºC / 56ºF High: 9ºC / 48ºF High: 6ºC / 43ºF
Low: 6ºC / 43ºF Low: 3ºC / 37ºF Low: 1ºC / 33ºF
Precipitation: 114.3 mm Precipitation: 170.2 mm Precipitation: 177.8 mm
MONTHLY EVENTS
WINTER
• Bright Nights in Stanley Park • Dine Out Vancouver Festival
• JFL Northwest • Chinese New Year Festival
• Vancouver Christmas Market • Vancouver International Wine Festival
SPRING
• Vancouver Sun Run • Vancouver Intl. Children’s Festival
• Vancouver International Marathon • Dragon Boat Festival
• Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival • BC Craft Beer Week
SUMMER
• Vancouver International Jazz Festival • Vancouver Pride Parade
• Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival • The Fair at the PNE
• Celebration of Light Fireworks Festival • SKOOKUM Festival
• Vancouver Folk Music Festival • Carnaval del Sol
FALL
• Vancouver Fringe Festival • FAN EXPO Vancouver
• Vancouver International Film Festival • Lumiere
• Vancouver International Writers Festival • Cornucopia Whistler
19 20AN INNOVATIVE
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