PROFILE
LARGE TO SMALL, THE CTICC HAS IT ALL The Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) has established itself as a destination of choice for conferences, exhibitions and business events on the African continent. This is why.
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he Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) attracts a range of events from across the globe in key economic sectors outlined by the Western Cape Provincial Government and further augmented by the City of Cape Town. This host venue is ideally located in the central business district of Cape Town and is only a 20-minute drive from Cape Town International Airport, ensuring the 141 000 m2 complex is easily accessible to both local and international delegates. The purpose-built complex consists of CTICC 1 and CTICC 2, which are seamlessly connected by the Skybridge, allowing for multiple events to be hosted concurrently across meeting, conferencing, exhibition and auditoria spaces.
delegates. This flexibility enables the conference centre to host everything from smaller meetings of 10 pax to events such as the MamaMagic Baby Expo and the Cape Town International Jazz Festival, which boasts multiple stages with over forty artists performing and welcomes in excess of 34 000 festival-goers over two show days. Another significant event, the Investing in African Mining Indaba, saw the event organisers make use of over 50 venue spaces over four days for the annual get-together – proving once again that the CTICC is the ideal venue for a variety of events and a driver of the knowledge economy. The centre’s timely expansion has further bolstered the CTICC’s position as the venue of choice in Africa. To this end, the centre was able to secure hosting rights to the World
Ophthalmology Congress, which promises to attract 8 000 delegates.
COMMITTED TO SUSTAINABILITY Clients are assured of a venue as committed to the planet as they are. The centre provides event organisers with every opportunity to ‘green’ their events, reducing their environmental impact and carbon footprint. The CTICC sustainability practices are actively aligned to and its operations based on the United Nations Global Compact principles, contained in the UN’s sustainability goals for the year 2030, which facilities the centre’s triple-bottom-line approach to sustainable business: people, planet and profit. As an industry leader, the CTICC’s facilities and passionate staff enable it to deliver extraordinary experiences to a broad audience and clientele, no matter the size or type of event.
ENDLESS FLEXIBILITY The CTICC offers more than 21 000 m² of dedicated exhibition space, across 10 subdivisible exhibition halls, two auditoria seating 1 516 and 612 delegates, respectively, as well as the centre’s vast array of breakout rooms of varying sizes, which can accommodate from 25 to 320
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