11th July 2018
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WRAPS OFF EXPANDED MCEC
Today’s issue of BEN Business Events News today has three pages of news plus a full page from One & Only Wolgan Valley.
NZ at AFNC NINE New Zealand reps will showcase new venues and experiences at the Associations Forum National Conference on the Gold Coast from 15-17 Jul. First timers to the event are Te Pae, Christchurch’s convention centre opening in 2020; the recently relaunched Cordis Auckland; and Venues Wellington.
Scholarships for NSW MEETINGS & Events Australia (MEA) has partnered with the NSW Govt to offer 18 Diploma of Event Management scholarships for residents in rural NSW. The diplomas were allocated to those “looking for extra support to expand and develop their skills” while delivering growth in their local area.
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MELBOURNE Convention and Exhibition Centre’s (MCEC) $205 million expansion officially opened this week following a two-year redevelopment project funded by the 2015-16 Victorian State Budget. “We have delivered a world-class facility that is functional, adaptable and aesthetically pleasing with a quality and sophistication that reflects the attributes of Melbourne,” said MCEC chief executive Peter King. “We wanted to ensure our facilities suited the needs of our customers, rather than constraining them to fit within our space,” he said. The 20,000m2 expansion increased MCEC’s size to 70,000m2, making it Australia’s largest convention and exhibition venue. MCEC now includes the Goldfields Theatre, a 9,000m2 multi-purpose event space with a retractable 1,000 seat theatre; new exhibition halls; Eureka meeting rooms; outdoor terrace area; sovereign room banquet space and Goldfields cafe & bar. “Victoria is the national leader when it comes to major business events and the new MCEC expansion will help us attract even more visitors to our
state,” said the state’s Minister for Tourism and Major Events John Eren. Along with boosting tourism, the expansion will “create more than 900 new jobs and provide a massive boost to our local economy,” he said. The expansion is part of the South Wharf project by Plenary Group and its partners that includes a new 347-room Novotel Melbourne South Wharf and a new 1,150 space carpark, all connected
and integrated with existing buildings.
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