CENTURY CITY

Century City Conference Centre & Hotels — all about people and planet

The Century City Conference Centre and Hotels has proven that taking care of people and the planet leads to greater prosperity in the conference and hospitality sector.

The Century City Conference Centre had already embraced a new normal when it opened its doors just seven years ago. Normal for the Centre has always meant looking after its people and the planet in the knowledge that this investment leads to prosperity.

Century City Conference Centre and Hotels is located in Century City — a safe and secure, privately managed, 250-hectare mixed-use estate, just minutes from Cape Town’s CBD.

This unique city-within-a city is located at the epicentre of the greater Cape Town metropole, and is serviced by a well-developed road network that provides easy access to the whole of the Western Cape. Intelligently run and immaculately maintained, Century City is a true ‘smart city’ that meets the requirements and aspirations of the twentyfirst century — no wonder it has become a sought-after destination within Cape Town. Paving the way for many new developments, the Conference Centre was built with sustainability in mind. Not only was the building awarded a four-star Green Star Certification by the Green Building Council of South Africa for its responsible design, which incorporates natural energy sources and water-saving dual plumbing systems, the Centre was also voted Africa’s most sustainable venue in 2019 at the annual Global MICE (Meetings, Incentive Travel, Conferences and Exhibitions) Awards and continues to adopt new and further initiatives to lighten its effect on the environment.

The Century City Conference Centre and Hotels team have put ‘People, Planet, Prosperity’ first, from the start. These are the buzzwords of the new way that business is being conducted — they have been doing it from the start.

People? It’s how they mentor, grow and develop their staff to become leaders. Planet? It is how they ethically source their food, beverages, equipment, furnishings and the linen in their state-of-the-art hotel rooms. They choose to rather source locally over importing at a lower cost. Prosperity? It is good for business when you are in the business of care.

“It is our track record and our ethos as good global corporate citizens that make us a destination of choice to host conferences. Our clients choose to do business with us because we share their values,” Gary Koetser, joint chief executive officer of Century City Conference Centre and Hotels said.

Century City Conference Centre and Hotels’ efforts towards contributing to a better future have not gone unnoticed and many global leaders in sustainability have chosen to host their conferences and exhibitions at the Centre.

In November 2022, The Green Building Council of South Africa hosted their annual conference at the Century City Conference Centre. This was the fourth time this event was hosted there. The RE-Generation three-day conference focused on the future of green building where record number of delegates were recorded. The organisers noted how the Covid-19 pandemic showed just how destructive we are to the planet as nature reclaimed exploited and polluted spaces when the world went into lockdown. It reminded us that we need not look further than nature to find solutions to the threat of climate change and to mitigate the human impact on our planet.

Later that month, Infrastructure South Africa (ISA) hosted its inaugural South Africa Green Hydrogen Summit (SAGHS). 500 delegates came together at the Centre to see South Africa showcase the country’s offering as an early stage, large scale, low cost, world class green hydrogen production hub and total value chain investment destination.

South Africa is one of the founding members of the Africa Green Hydrogen Alliance (AGHA) which seeks to promote continental green hydrogen cooperation. Senior delegations from the other founding members of the AGHA, including Egypt, Kenya, Mauritania, Morocco and Namibia, exhibited their unique offerings at the SAGHS.

This March, 1.5 Degrees Africa will set the scene and the tone for the year as the Century City Conference Centre will host its inaugural climate change event — the first African event of its kind. The timing of this conference is significant, given the growing global shifts and the multifaceted and layered debates across the African continent regarding environmental sustainability, economic development and climate justice.

The 1.5 Degrees Africa event becomes an important and significant progressive enabler in bringing together both captains of industries and key policymakers across the continent, and beyond, to consider and imagine a world we would all like to live in, including future generations.

The Century City Conference Centre and Hotels are proud to partner with the E-Mobility Congress of South Africa (EMCSA) in April this year. EMCSA will bring together over 300 people, presenting them with an opportunity to spread awareness, develop and further grow the e-mobility sector in South Africa. The Conference Centre has committed to hosting the event for the next three years.

“We take the business of taking care of ‘People, Planet, Prosperity’ seriously by responding to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Through our partnerships with key thought leaders in sustainable development, we are playing our role in creating a better world,” Glyn Taylor, joint chief executive officer of Century City Conference Centre and Hotels said.

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Contact Century City Conference Centre and Hotels

Email: events@ccconferencecentre.co.za