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EW TAKES A LOOK AT FOUR HIGH-PROFILE VENUE OPENINGS FROM THE PAST 12 MONTHS
ENGLISH AIR EXPANDING
HORIZONS
The Farnborough International
Exhibition & Conference Centre
(FIECC) has become one of the
pre-eminent events venues in
the UK. FIECC’s new 20,000sqm
exhibition and conference
facility opened in Spring 2018.
Included in the new venue is
a 12,500sqm exhibition hall,
which can be divided into
three sections with movable
partition walls. Purpose-built
seminar rooms are close to the
show fl oor, and the modular
layout provides room for
exhibitions to grow year-on-
year.
As the destination for
the biennial Farnborough
International Airshow, the
site has steadily expanded
its portfolio over the last
decade. This new purpose-
built facility will allow for
more conferences, meetings,
exhibitions and events to
take place at Farnborough in
northeast Hampshire, England.
Events at the new venue
include the Disabled Living
Show (Kidz to Adultz) and
Merchandise World. The Exhibition and Event
Association of Australasia (EEAA)
has welcomed the recently
completed expansion of the
Melbourne Convention and
Exhibition Centre (MCEC).
The MCEC completed the
A$350m expansion earlier this
year. It comprises 20,000sqm,
with 9,000sqm of exhibition
space as well as a theatre,
multiple meeting rooms, a
banquet room, a café and a bar.
The expansion ensures that the
MCEC remains Australia’s largest
events space.
EEAA CEO Joyce DiMascio
comments: “The increased events
space is anticipated to attract
more events to Australia and
improve our competitiveness.
“Around the country state
governments are all being
asked to consider their venue
requirements for the business
events sector in the future. The
latest investment by the Victorian
Government will help the
exhibitions and events industry
enormously, and demonstrates
business events as an econmoic
driver.”
OMAN OPENING
The Oman Convention &
Exhibition Centre has opened a
new convention centre.
Part of the Madinat Al Irfan
urban development in Muscat,
it has been developed by the
Oman Tourism Development
Company.
The purpose-built centre
offers two ballrooms (including
the largest in Oman), a 456
tiered-seat theatre, 22 meeting
rooms in addition to the
already opened exhibition
centre. The centre focuses on
events that will bring strategic
and economic benefi t to the
country and that are in line
with Oman’s 2040 vision.
BEING FRANK
Designed by
Kadawittfeldarchitektur
GmbH, Messe Frankfurt’s
new two-storey Hall 12
was inaugurated in time
for Automechanika 2018 in
September.
The building is approximately
248 metres long, 118 metres
wide and 30 metres high. Total
exhibition space is around
33,600sqm.
“The new Hall 12 will be
ahead of its time in technical
matters and will set standards
in energy consumption and in
the production of solar power,”
says Nicolette Naumann,
divisional manager Ambiente.