LEISURE AND TOURISM POLE

LAVAL, AN UNBEATABLE LOCATION FOR TOURISM OPERATORS

The LEISURE AND TOURISM POLE supports growing businesses in search of the ideal location to keep up their momentum. We offer a host of services to help you get ahead:

•  Industry intelligence
•  Assistance developing leisure and tourism concepts
•  Business plan analysis
•  Connection and coordination with our partners (CLD, Tourisme Laval, CRÉ, City of Laval) and other industry stakeholders
•  Referral to local resources (real estate, financing, external consultants and others)

A massive customer base right at your doorstep

•  3.7 million residents within a 40-km radius (day tourists)
•  Strong population growth (second fastest in Quebec for the last 10 years)
•  Centrally located within the greater metropolitan area, which attracts over 9 million tourists each year
•  Only 20 minutes away from Montréal-Trudeau Airport

Laval tourism in numbers:

•  Tourism revenues of $191 408 173 in 2012
•  $36.9 million invested in 2012 to renovate, improve and add tourism products
•  68.3% hotel occupancy rate in 2012
•  Leisure tourism accounts for 51.1% of all visitors and business for 49.9%
•  917 tourism operators
•  919,470 person-visits
•  4,500 jobs created

In light of the solid growth recorded by Laval’s tourism industry in recent years, transforming Laval into Quebec’s top business tourism destination, the Tourism Division will work to enhance and diversify the region’s offer and help businesses in the industry improve their performance even more.

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	Founded in 1999 by Jean Labadie, Show Canada specializes in the design of stage structures and other theatrical devices. The Laval firm is one of only a handful of companies throughout the...

Speak to your Advisor

Martine-Andrée Racine Telephone: 450 978-5955 Fax: 450 978-5970 ma.racine@lavaltechnopole.com

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