Expo Manger Santé et Vivre Vert: 20th edition being marked at the Palais!

The Palais des congrès de Montréal has been hosting Expo Manger Santé et Vivre Vert since 2002. (CNW Group/Palais des congrès de Montréal)

MONTRÉAL, March 23, 2017 /CNW Telbec/ - From March 24 to 26, 2017, the Palais des congrès de Montréal will host the 20^th annual Expo Manger Santé et Vivre Vert. It will mark the 16^th time the show is held at the Palais since 2002, for a total of almost 195,000 visitors. The event has been growing more and more successful year after year!

Said Catherine Paul, Associate Director of Business Development and also in charge of the exhibition market at the Palais des congrès: "We are proud to play a role in the development and success of this major consumer show, which has become a must event for anyone interested in being well informed on healthy eating." As for Renée Frappier, President of Expo Manger Santé et Vivre Vert, she added: "We enjoy working with the team at the Palais and collaborating together every year. You always feel like they're really paying attention to your needs and that they take the event's success to heart."

Green all the way!
In addition to promoting healthy and natural eating, the organizers of this consumer show also focus on making it a greener event year after year. Environmental measures are applied by the Expo team at every phase of the planning process, but their biggest challenge remains managing residual waste. All the dishware used in the booths is compostable and waste is sorted and supervised by a team to ensure that the food is being recycled and composted optimally. In 2016 alone, over 2 tons of tasting containers were diverted from landfills, that's on top of the cardboard, plastic and metal that were carefully sorted thanks to the cooperation of Expo visitors and employees.

For years, the Expo's organizers have made communicating with exhibitors and raising their awareness a priority. By working together with the Palais' team, measures that were deemed special or extraordinary 10 years ago have now become commonplace with this event!

The Palais, green and accessible
Located in the downtown core, the Palais des congrès is readily accessible via public transit or on foot, especially since it is directly linked to the metro network and Montréal's underground city. The Palais is also ASTM and BOMA Best certified, making it the perfect venue for Expo Manger Santé, thanks to the tangible environmental and social practices the convention and exhibition centre rolls out in keeping with its sustainability action plan.

About the Palais des congrès de Montréal
Recipient of the highest quality standards certification in the industry and shortlisted for the World's Best Congress Centre award (AIPC), the Palais des congrès de Montréal attracts and hosts conventions, exhibitions, conferences, meetings and other events. It generates major tourism revenues and intellectual wealth for Montréal and Québec, while also contributing to the international reputation of Montréal, the top host city in the Americas for international events. www.congresmtl.com

SOURCE Palais des congrès de Montréal

For further information: Source: Chrystine Loriaux, Fellow Adm.A., B.A.A., Director, Marketing and Communications, Palais des congrès de Montréal; For information: Amélie Asselin, Advisor, Communications and Public Affairs, Palais des congrès de Montréal, [e-mail], Phone: [phone]; Louise Nassif, Communications Coordinator, Expo Manger Santé et Vivre Vert, [e-mail], Phone: [phone]