Australia - Work is underway on the AU$130m (£73m) expansion of Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Due to open in mid-2011, Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre (BCEC) on Grey Street will provide a 52 per cent increase in the centre’s convention facilities, enabling the centre to attract an additional 250 events each year.
“Brisbane’s growing appeal and positioning as Australia’s new world city together with the additional facilities of Australia’s newest and most flexible meetings and events venue is a powerful proposition on which we are already capitalising to the fullest in the marketplace as demonstrated by the early bookings and high levels of interest,” said GM of BCEC, Robert O’Keeffe.
Already, events with an economic value to Brisbane of more than AU$56.5m (£31.8m) has been confirmed for the new 24,000sqm space.
Among the first to use the new facilities will be the 10th Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference and World Congress on Agriculture, each with an expected attendance of up to 600 delegates.
