Paris Montreuil Expo hosts trade shows, conventions, conferences, networking events, showrooms, cocktails and company parties for up to 12,000 people. It offers 12,000 square meters of modular indoor space on several levels. The venue stands at 128 rue de Paris in Montreuil, just east of Paris, and is operated by GL events within its group of Paris venues.
Seminars and company events
The venue is built for large professional gatherings: exhibitions, conventions, product showrooms, conferences and corporate evenings. Because it is spread over several levels, it can take events of very different sizes, from a single floor for a conference to the whole building for a show with several thousand visitors. Recent and upcoming events include a children's book and press fair, a beauty trade show, a developer conference, a Japanese food festival and pop culture conventions.
A small sales and project team follows each event from planning to delivery. Clients quoted on the site mention the support of the in-house teams through the whole program. The halls can be explored in 3D on the venue's site before a visit.
The venue holds ISO 20121 certification for sustainable event management, renewed in June 2025. Since 2024, organizers can have the carbon footprint of their event calculated with the group's Cléo tool.
Rooms and capacities
Hall 1 is on the ground floor: 4,000 square meters for up to 5,500 people. Hall 2 is on level 1: 5,200 square meters for up to 5,900 people. The Carré Event, on level -1, adds 1,400 square meters and shares the level with the parking. The site also lists Les Salons and Le 128 as further spaces; their sizes are not published. Floors are in resin or marble, without carpet.
Catering
Food and beverage follows the GL events program Better Food for a Better World. The venue works with seasonal products from producers who respect the environment and adjusts quantities with each client, which it says leads to 95 percent of production served as planned. The caterer is not named on the site.
History and setting
The venue presents itself as a place for new formats and emerging cultures, from gaming and urban art to comics and digital creation, alongside classic trade shows. Its sustainability plan includes a 28.6 percent drop in electricity use over one year, LED relighting, 100 percent renewable electricity, waste sorting and a move away from single-use plastic. The site has also signed an employment pact with the City of Paris in favor of local jobs and training.
Getting there
Metro line 9 stops at Robespierre, one minute away on foot (exit rue de Barbès). Gare de Lyon is about 18 minutes away and Gare de l'Est about 26 minutes. Bus lines 102, 115, 122, 202 and 318 serve the area, and four Vélib' stations are within seven minutes on foot. By car, the Porte de Montreuil exit of the Boulevard Périphérique is six minutes away, and Paris Charles de Gaulle airport about 35 minutes. Parking can be booked through Zenpark.
