Chicago doesn't need to be sold. It is, by most measures, the most important business travel city in the United States — the country's rail hub, a financial center second only to New York, home to the world's busiest convention calendar, and a city that
Seattle is no longer just a stopover city. With the expanded Washington State Convention Center drawing large-scale conventions, a booming tech corridor anchored by Amazon, Microsoft, and a growing roster of AI companies, and direct international air connections that keep improving, the Emerald City has quietly become one of North
Halifax punches above its weight as a business destination. It's the economic capital of Atlantic Canada, a serious hub for defence, ocean technology, finance, and government, and a city that has developed a hospitality scene in recent years that genuinely surprises first-time visitors. The hotel market is smaller
Ottawa is a city that serious business travellers tend to underestimate until they've spent real time there. It's the capital, which means government, policy, diplomacy, and the entire ecosystem of law firms, consultancies, and associations that orbit federal institutions — and that concentration of high-stakes activity has
Victoria is an unusual business destination — small enough that the corporate infrastructure feels modest by mainland standards, but significant enough as a government, technology, and professional services hub that serious business travel in and out of the city is a regular occurrence. What distinguishes it is the setting. Victoria is
Calgary gets underestimated. It's a serious energy and finance city with a corporate density that surprises travelers who arrive expecting a overgrown cow town, and the hotel market has evolved to match. The top tier here isn't as deep as Toronto or Vancouver, but the properties
Montreal occupies a singular position in the Canadian business travel landscape. It's a genuinely cosmopolitan city — bilingual, design-conscious, with a food and hospitality culture that outpunches its size — and the hotel market reflects that in ways that consistently surprise travellers arriving from Toronto or Vancouver. The top tier
Toronto is a serious business city — the financial capital of Canada, a genuine North American hub, and a hotel market that has matured significantly over the last decade. The top tier of properties here competes credibly with any comparable city, and for the business traveler who doesn't want
Vancouver occupies a specific position in the business travel world — it's a genuine global city with the infrastructure to match, but it moves at a pace that distinguishes it from Toronto or New York. The hotel market reflects that. You'll find a handful of properties that
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