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Commercial Information: The following organisation can offer advice: Atlantic Provinces Chamber of Commerce, Suite 21, 236 St George Street, Moncton, New Brunswick E1C 1W1 (tel: (506) 857 3980; fax: (506) 859 6131; e-mail: apcc@atcon.com or info@apcc.ca; website: www.apcc.ca).
Conferences/Conventions: Nova Scotia has a wide range of conference and convention venues. The Halifax Metro Centre arena in downtown Halifax has facilities for 10,000 people. Connected to this is the World Trade and Convention Centre, a striking landmark building made of brick and glass with a sumptuous interior. It has three convention floors, all with excellent catering and audio-visual facilities, and enough room for 2600 people at a stand-up reception or 1700 for a banquet. A number of hotels in Halifax and Dartmouth offer good meeting facilities. The Dartmouth Sportsplex arena is another excellent large group facility. The city of Sydney offers Centre 200, an arena and convention complex built in celebration of Sydney’s bicentennial in 1985, with various flexible meeting rooms for trade shows, receptions and banquets for up to 800. There are also some meeting facilities in more rural settings: The Pines Resort, overlooking the Annapolis Basin and the Bay of Fundy; Dundee Resort, overlooking the Bras D’Or Lakes; Keltic Lodge, overlooking Cape Smoky and the Atlantic Ocean; Liscombe Lodge, tucked into the evergreens where the Liscomb River meets the sea; and Lansdowne Lodge, east of Truro along the Glooscap Trail and near the beautiful Upper Stewiacke Valley. For more information, contact the Greater Halifax Conventions and Meetings Bureau, Suite 423, 1800 Argyle Street, Halifax, NS B3J 3N8, Nova Scotia (tel: (902) 422 9334 or (877) 422 9334 (toll free in USA and Canada); fax: (902) 492 3175; website: www.meethalifax.com).
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