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From the moment you arrive on the
"Hug Rug" at our stylish, award winning
international airport – which is only fifteen
minutes from downtown and surrounded
by great shopping and fashionable ho-
tels– you'll realize that the city is primed
to be Canada's best new meetings and
conventions destination.
Designed by renowned Argentine/
American architect César Pelli, Winnipeg
James Armstrong Richardson Interna-
tional Airport has been labelled one of
the Most Stylish Airports in the world by
the Telegraph UK and one of world's most
iconic airports by the Travel Channel.
Over four million passengers passed
through the airport in 2016 – surpassing
its previous record for a third consecutive
year – while there are 60 direct flight des-
tinations.
Being situated in the middle of North
America means that all of your attendees
will have comparable travel distances
from either coast, while short flight times
are the norm into Winnipeg.
ATTRACTIONS
The Forks, the confluence of the Red
and Assiniboine rivers, is Winnipeg's
birthplace, where Indigenous peoples
met for thousands of years. Today it's
a national historic site and Winnipeg's
most-visited tourist destination; an area
positively brimming with year-round ac-
tivities, markets, galleries and more.
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