Perpignan will host the annual congress of the national union of owners of restaurants, bars, caterers and nightclubs in 2025

The Union of Hospitality Trades and Industries will hold its annual congress in Perpignan in 2025. The information has just been revealed on Tuesday, November 5, a few weeks before the 2024 edition organized in Lyon.

For 2025, Perpignan was in competition with Dunkirk and Albi. But it was Catalonia which was ultimately named host city. “It’s a great rewardsavors Brice Sannac, the president of UMIH 66 and member of the national office. I am happy to participate in the dynamism of professional tourism in Perpignan. For four days, we will welcome the national partner companies of the employers’ union to the department. They will be able to discover the territory. It’s now up to us to promote it“.

The congress will be held from Monday 24 to Thursday 27 November 2025 at the convention center. “Or, according to our calculations, in the middle of the Christmas market. We wanted to take advantage of this image that Perpignan offers during the holidays. If we succeeded in securing this organization, it is also thanks to the only two supports we had: the City of Perpignan and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Pyrénées-Orientales“, specifies Brice Sannac.

According to the president of UMIH 66, the national congress of his union attracts on average between 700 and a thousand delegates from the four corners of France.