BCEC Development Reaches Halfway

Construction of the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre (BCEC) on Grey Street, the expansion of BCEC's convention facilities, has passed the half way mark, already generating more than $40 million in economic benefit for Brisbane.
With 24 confirmed conventions booked for the venue and a further nine conventions choosing the new facilities for some of their conference events, interest has exceeded expectation, with the niche nature of the development proving a popular and cost effective solution for meeting planners.
Opening mid 2011, BCEC on Grey Street has been specifically designed for smaller and medium sized meetings for up to 600 delegates.
With an additional 20 meeting rooms and event spaces including two dedicated tiered auditoria and 52% increase in convention space, the expanded facilities will establish the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre as Australiaâs most flexible convention venue offering more choice than ever before.
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre General Manager, Robert OâKeeffe believes that the unique feature of the expanded centre is the unprecedented flexibility offering a greater choice of facilities and higher levels of service for meetings of up to 600 as well as being able to accommodate larger events of up to 8,000, explaining âBrisbaneâs emerging reputation as a world science hub and destination of choice as Australiaâs new world city, is gathering force and with the added draw card of Australiaâs newest and most flexible meetings venue, is a powerful proposition as demonstrated by the early bookings and high levels of interest."
BCEC is a member of the leading international venue management group, AEG Ogden.
BCEC can be contacted on 07 3308 3000.

http://www.bcec.com.au