2012
saw the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre host 1,442 events; the highest
number recorded since opening in mid-2005, a 7% increase from the
1,346 held the previous year, and served over 1.6 million delegates
and visitors.
In
turn, this resulted in an economic impact contribution RM590 million.
This
brings the total number of events held at the Centre between June
2005 and 31 December 2012 to 6,645, with over 13.7 million delegates
and visitors in attendance and the total economic impact contribution
to Kuala Lumpur and Malaysia for the period to RM4.2 billion.
For
the Centre, the past 12 months saw the launch of a revamped mobile
friendly website, Wi-Fi
networkenhancement, a student training
partnership with Taylor’s University and continuing Corporate
Social Responsibility (CSR) work with several environmental and
children’s organisations. The facility also garnered kudos from its
peers with receipt of several prestigious awards including the MICE
Report Awards 2012 for ‘Best Convention Centre in Asia’,
Gold Award at the Meetings Industry Marketing Awards 2012 for
‘Best Print
Advertising Campaign’ for the Batik
Sarong Tie-Up Campaign and the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs Malaysia
Chapter’s inaugural ‘Dato Lau Foo Sun Excellence in Dining
Award’, amongst others.
On
the Centre’s calendar of events for 2013, General Manager Datuk
Peter Brokenshire said the venue will have hosted and welcomed over
20,000 delegates by July through several prestigious events including
the 35th Asia Pacific Dental Congress (APDC 2013), 7th IAS
Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2013)
and Women Deliver Conference 2013. In the latter half (of 2013) will
be events such as the International Fire Security Exhibition &
Conference Asia 2013 (IFSEC Asia), Cybersec Asia 2013,
Glasstech Asia 2013 and the first International College of
Neuropsychopharmacology (CINP) Special Congress on Addiction and
Mental Health 2013.