The centre’s design means it should achieve the first sixgreen-star environmental rating for a convention centre.
There are now 16 international conventions booked into the new centre, which will bring a combined total of more than 36,000 delegates to Melbourne and generate more than US$135 million in economic impact for the southern Australian state of Victoria, according to Melbourne Convention and Visitors Bureau (MCVB).
The latest wins for the new centre include the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics General Assembly Conference, expected to draw more than 4000 delegates, and the 5th International Congress of the Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control, which will see a further 1,000 delegates arriving in Melbourne. Both events will be held in 2011.
“Melbourne has a strong base for innovation with an advanced infrastructure, a highly educated workforce, world-class research institutions and seven leading universities, making our city the perfect backdrop for the meeting of so many world-renowned minds,” said Sandra Chipchase chief executive of MCVB.
