Incentive Meetings Calgary Western hospitality and business opportunity
Walk to it all The historical Stephen Avenue Walk in downtown Calgary is home to some of the city’s finest restaurants and bars, live performances and festivals, and nine major shopping centers and department stores.
Located in Canada’s western province of Alberta, with the Canadian Rockies provid- ing a breathtaking backyard view, Calgary has distinguished itself as a cosmopolitan city offering the best in business and leisure for its visitors. Known for its warm, West- ern-style hospitality and uncompromising con-venience for meeting planners and attendees, Calgary is the perfect mix — a little bit country, a little bit Rocky Mountain, and a lot of flexibility. Meetings & Conventions Calgary (MCC)
offers assistance to meeting planners, cor- porate clients, and association executives interested in Calgary as a prime location for their meetings. Because of its unique part- nership with the Calgary TELUS Convention Centre (CCTC) and the Calgary Hotel Asso- ciation, event planners have direct access to suppliers without the added step of dealing with each facility individually. Combine this with the fact that Alberta enjoys zero provin- cial sales tax and that Calgary is a leader in environmental initiatives, and you can see
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why more than four million people visit the city annually. Enjoying more days of sunshine than any
other major Canadian city, Calgary offers a host of options for pre- and post-event adven- tures. The Canadian Rockies are located only an hour’s drive from the city center, where visitors can hike, bike, ski, or even take a tour through the stunning area in a covered wag- on. Nearly one million visitors each summer attend “The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth,” the Calgary Stampede, which celebrated its centennial this past July. All of this is in addi- tion to the hundreds of restaurants, several parks and pathways, and 23 major annual fes- tivals each year in downtown Calgary alone. The Calgary International Airport’s (YYC)
proximity to the city center is an added bonus. A short, 20-minute drive separates the CTCC from Canada’s third-largest airport, which hosts 12.2 million passengers per year on more than 1,800 flights each week.
AT A GLANCE
Total meeting space • 1,183,000 square feet in convention center and hotels
Hotel rooms • 12,000-plus citywide • 4,000 in the downtown core
Attractions • More than 1,000 shops • 200 restaurants and eateries • 50 pubs and nightclubs in the city center
• Nearby golf, fly fishing, horseback riding, canoeing, and much more