{"id":209729,"date":"2025-10-20T10:35:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T08:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=209729"},"modified":"2026-01-28T16:18:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T15:18:39","slug":"strasbourg-events-palais-congres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/strasbourg-events-palais-congres","title":{"rendered":"Strasbourg Events celebrates 50 years of its convention centre in style"},"content":{"rendered":"

A series of conferences dedicated to MICE, a major concert by the 1era<\/sup> Mahler's symphony and a Saturday opening to the public, that Strasbourg's Palais de la Musique et des Congr\u00e8s (PMC) celebrated its 50th anniversary this weekend. Inaugurated in 1975 as the home of the Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra and a conference venue, the building has been renovated and extended twice, in 1989 and again in 2013-2016, to bring it up to date both inside and out, and to make it more versatile and adaptable. Now a key part of the Alsace capital's economic landscape, the facility has been managed since 2015 by Strasbourg Events, a semi-public company (Sem) bringing together the GL Events group, the Eurometropole and the city of Strasbourg, which produces events and hosts MICE operations, shows and concerts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Strasbourg 5th<\/sup> conference city in France<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

With the exception of the areas given over to the philharmonic orchestra, Strasbourg Events rents out the foyers, an exhibition hall, ten meeting rooms and three amphitheatres named Erasme (1860 seats), Schweitzer (1248 seats) and Cassin (530). Some 240 events were held here last year (attracting 675,616 visitors), two-thirds of which were MICE events, including some fifty conferences. Between 2019 and 2024, Strasbourg will have risen from 9th<\/sup> at 5th<\/sup> of conference cities in France in the CICA classification<\/a>. \"\u00a0We have increased our activity by 30% since 2022, bearing in mind that Strasbourg Events is also an event producer.<\/em>says a delighted Christophe Caillaud-Joos, Managing Director. MICE accounts for half of these, ranging from small corporate events to congresses with 1,000, 2,000 or 3,000 participants. Above all, 35% of these congresses are international, helping to raise the profile of the region and generating significant economic spin-offs, estimated at \u20ac192m in 2024.<\/em> \". In fact, a foreign delegate spends around \u20ac1,200 for their entire stay, including accommodation, compared with \u20ac440 for a French visitor. \" We account for more than 122,000 overnight stays in Strasbourg, and business tourism accounts for 60 or even 70 % of the city's hotel activity.<\/em> \"he adds.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n