THE Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) recently celebrated its 10th year in operation on the back of a milestone 2014 with 1,759 events hosted, an 11 per cent increase over the previous record of 1,565 in 2013.
The Entertainment and TenOnCall segments saw business grow 40 per cent and 14 per cent respectively while banqueting and functions and exhibitions both registered a 9 per cent growth. Delegate numbers were up accordingly, to more than 1.97 million against 1.96 million in 2013. And as it approaches its 10th year, the centre can take pride in having served more than 17.6 million delegates and visitors from 9,969 events and contributed RMB5.5 billion ($1.5 billion) in economic impact since opening in June 2005. Looking at the year ahead, general manager Alan Pryor says the centre will look to build on the momentum achieved last year by leveraging the knowledge and experience gained from a decade in the industry. “This valuable knowhow has moulded us into the savvy and resilient team of professionals we are today.”The centre’s 10th anniversary tagline of ‘Focusing on perfection, always, celebrating 10 enriching years’ with the accompanying message ‘Leaving you with memorable impressions is what drives us. Our motto will always be to passionately deliver excellence to make you happy’, aptly describe how the experience, knowledge and commitment to quality will hold the facility in good stead going forward, says the general manager. In tandem with the10th anniversary there are discounts on ancillary charges for day conference packages and complimentary mocktails for banquets to exhibition loyalty value-add programme tier upgrades, and more.Among the many high-profile events on the centre’s 2015 roster are the Asean Finance Ministers Meeting 2015, Global Food Safety Conference 2015, 18th Human Genome Meeting 2015, Global Round World Scholar Cup 2015, International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques (IMAST) 2015, Annual Meeting of the Asia Pacific Association of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (APACRS) 2015, Congress of the International Society for Hemodialysis (ISHD) 2015, Congress of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology 2015; and Asean Federation of Endocrine Society (AFES) 2015. Link to the The year in 2014: