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Why Vancouver

Vancouver has been hosting meetings since the Hudson’s Bay Company established Fort Vancouver as their Pacific Northwest headquarters in 1825. The area has grown since then, and so have the number of quality meeting facilities and lodging that are here to welcome you to the oldest and fourth-largest city in Washington State.

Here you will find:

  • Meeting facilities for groups of 10 – 1,000
  • Convention Center with 30,000 square feet of meeting space
  • Exhibition Center with 100,000 square feet of space for up to 540 booths
  • Over 2,600 area guest rooms
  • Convenient location only 10 minutes from Portland International Airport
  • Some of the Northwest’s best scenery and attractions
  • A professional and experienced CVB staff to save you time

Here’s what meeting planners have been saying about Vancouver:

“I had no idea that there was so much to do and so much history in America’s Vancouver!”
- Peg Greiwe
Washington State Dental Lab Assn.

“In the past, Vancouver has been a place to pass on the way to Portland.  This trip changed that – it really is a destination in itself!”
- Kathryn L. Garnett
 Future in Focus

“I will always call the CVB for meeting locations.  Had no idea that I would get an instant response and be able to find a location so quickly.  You saved me hours!!!”
- Sue Kerber
Washington State School Directors’ Association

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