Grimaldi Forum Monaco is a congress and cultural center on Avenue Princesse Grace that hosts congresses, trade shows, corporate conventions and professional events. It has four auditoriums of 405 to 1,864 seats, meeting rooms, exhibition halls and outdoor spaces, and it runs about 100 events a year.
Seminars and company events
The center sells itself to international congresses in medical, scientific, IT and ecology fields, to B2B and B2C trade shows, and to company conventions in sectors such as insurance, medical, beauty, luxury, real estate and networks. Those events use the exhibition halls, the auditoriums, the smaller commission rooms and the catering areas together. An in-house team of 144 professionals covers sales, project management, room layout, logistics, audiovisual, catering, reception, security and communication. Sales contacts are split by market: United Kingdom and United States, France, Italy, and Switzerland, Benelux and associations.
The center is certified ISO 14001 since 2008 and ISO 20121 since 2023, and it runs an environmental management system that it applies to client events. It also holds M&IT awards, and its site mentions a second consecutive gold award.
Weddings and receptions
The center presents itself for professional and cultural events. The site does not mention weddings. Corporate receptions and gala dinners can be built in the exhibition and catering areas, so ask the sales team what formats suit your guest list.
Rooms and capacities
The building covers 85,000 square meters, of which 41,000 are modular. The exhibition and catering space covers 12,000 square meters, and the outdoor areas that can be hired cover 3,800 square meters, including a terrace of 600 square meters.
The four auditoriums are the Salle des Princes with 1,864 seats, the Auditorium Prince Pierre with 800 seats, the Auditorium Camille Blanc with 415 seats and the Nijinski room with 405 seats. For breakout sessions, the center cites 4 auditoriums and 39 meeting rooms on one page and 22 commission rooms on another, so confirm the current number with the team.
Accommodation
There are no bedrooms in the center. Monaco has about 2,500 hotel rooms in 13 hotels, and 60 percent of them are less than 10 minutes on foot from the Forum. Free wifi covers all public areas of the center.
Catering
Catering is run in-house and appears in the list of services that the center's teams manage for an event, along with audiovisual and reception. Exhibition and catering space is part of the modular surface.
History and setting
The center opened in 2000 and has received more than 8 million visitors since. It stands on the seafront and also runs a cultural program, with concerts, opera, theater and exhibitions, which means your dates may overlap with a public production. An extension of the center is announced on its site.
Getting there
Monaco is under two hours by air from major European capitals. The center gives a distance of 25 kilometers from Nice Côte d'Azur airport and a helicopter transfer of 7 minutes. The address is 10 avenue Princesse Grace, 98000 Monaco. Requests are made through an online form, and the sales team replies within 72 hours.
