Traveling for business or pleasure? Why not both?

Montreal’s industries are at the forefront of innovation in sectors as varied as film and biopharmaceuticals, with top-tier companies like Autodesk and Ubisoft setting up shop here to tap into the city’s impressive local talent and limitless creative potential.

The city is also home to some of the best festivals, events and artists in the world including the International Jazz Festival, Just for Laughs, the Grand Prix du Canada, Arcade Fire and Cirque du Soleil. And it is a true foodie Mecca, with thousands of world-class restaurants serving every kind of cuisine from cutting-edge Quebecois to Japanese, Lebanese and Ethiopian.

The New York Times hails Montreal’s “music-charged nightlife, slaughterhouse-chic restaurants and post-industrial revival,” while The Washington Post dubs it “one of the most exciting places in North America for boundary-busting art.” In 2011, fDi Intelligence named Montreal one of the top 10 North American cities of the future, and Lonely Planet ranked it third in the world on its “Best Summer City” hot list.